GB 0103 RMT - River and Mercantile Trust Records

136 volumes, 44 boxes, 17 files

GB 0103 RMT 1819-1983 Collection (fonds) 136 volumes, 44 boxes, 17 files River and Mercantile Trust

The River Plate Trust Loan and Agency Company Ltd (founded in 1881), which administered various companies in South America, was succeeded in 1961 by the River Plate and Mercantile Trust Ltd (later the River and Mercantile Trust PLC).

Deposited by Rivermoor Management Services Ltd (manager of the River and Mercantile Trust PLC) in 1984. A small collection of notes made by Charles Jones and Linda Jones from part of the original archive that was destroyed in the 1970s was donated to UCL in 2018.

Records of the River Plate Trust Loan and Agency Company Ltd, 1876-1978, including minutes, ledgers, registers, accounts, annual reports, legal documents, insurance records, staff records, letters and files, some relating to subordinate companies (Ref: A); and records of the subsidiary companies it administered:
River Plate and General Investment Company Ltd, comprising minutes, 1888-1965, ledgers, 1888-1941, and annual reports, 1889-1983 (Ref: B);
Mortgage Company of the River Plate Ltd, comprising minutes, 1888-1965, ledgers, 1888-1953, and annual reports, 1888-1981 (Ref: C);
Compagnie Française des Chemins de Fer de la Province de Santa Fé, comprising circulars to bondholders, 1891-1947, and reports, 1936-1947 (Ref: D);
London Trust Company, comprising ledgers, 1889-1928, registers of stock, 1889-1958, and miscellaneous papers, 1819-1974 (Ref: E);
Entre Rios Railway Company, comprising reports, 1891-1900, and circulars and minutes, 1933-1947 (Ref: F);
Cucuta Railway Company, comprising Presidents' reports, 1926-1936 (Ref: G);
Montevideo Waterworks, comprising reports and accounts, 1880-1940, and notices and circulars, 1949-1953 (Ref: H);
Consolidated Waterworks of Rosario, comprising reports and accounts, 1897-1946, and notices and circulars, 1930-1955 (Ref: J);
Rosario Drainage Company, comprising reports and accounts, 1898-1947, and notices and circulars, 1955 (Ref: K);
Buenos Aires Central Railway, comprising minutes, 1916-1944 (Ref: L);
Buenos Aires and Lacroze Tramways, comprising minutes, 1932-1940, and reports and accounts, 1933-1941 (Ref: M).

Open.

Any major work based on the archives must be submitted to Rivermoor Management Services Ltd.
English, French and Spanish

Collection level. Handlist in progress. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2001; updated June 2018 Accounting Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires and Lacroze Tramways Buenos Aires Central Railway Colombia Compagnie Française des Chemins de Fer de la Province de Santa Fé Consolidated Waterworks of Rosario Cucuta Cucuta Railway Company Drainage engineering Enterprises Entre Rios Railway Company Finance Financial administration Hydraulic engineering Insurance London Trust Company Montevideo Montevideo Waterworks Mortgage Company of the River Plate Ltd Personnel Personnel management Private enterprises Railway companies Railway transport River and Mercantile Trust PLC River Plate and General Investment Company Ltd River Plate and Mercantile Trust Ltd River Plate Trust Loan and Agency Company Ltd Road transport Rosario Drainage Company South America Tramways Transport Transport infrastructure Uruguay Water resources management Water supply People by occupation People Organization and administration Health services administration Public administration Government Transport companies Companies

Deposited by Rivermoor Management Services Ltd (manager of the River and Mercantile Trust PLC) in 1984. A small collection of notes made by Charles Jones and Linda Jones from part of the original archive that was destroyed in the 1970s was donated to UCL in 2018.

Records of the River Plate Trust Loan and Agency Company Ltd, 1876-1978, including minutes, ledgers, registers, accounts, annual reports, legal documents, insurance records, staff records, letters and files, some relating to subordinate companies (Ref: A); and records of the subsidiary companies it administered:
River Plate and General Investment Company Ltd, comprising minutes, 1888-1965, ledgers, 1888-1941, and annual reports, 1889-1983 (Ref: B);
Mortgage Company of the River Plate Ltd, comprising minutes, 1888-1965, ledgers, 1888-1953, and annual reports, 1888-1981 (Ref: C);
Compagnie Française des Chemins de Fer de la Province de Santa Fé, comprising circulars to bondholders, 1891-1947, and reports, 1936-1947 (Ref: D);
London Trust Company, comprising ledgers, 1889-1928, registers of stock, 1889-1958, and miscellaneous papers, 1819-1974 (Ref: E);
Entre Rios Railway Company, comprising reports, 1891-1900, and circulars and minutes, 1933-1947 (Ref: F);
Cucuta Railway Company, comprising Presidents' reports, 1926-1936 (Ref: G);
Montevideo Waterworks, comprising reports and accounts, 1880-1940, and notices and circulars, 1949-1953 (Ref: H);
Consolidated Waterworks of Rosario, comprising reports and accounts, 1897-1946, and notices and circulars, 1930-1955 (Ref: J);
Rosario Drainage Company, comprising reports and accounts, 1898-1947, and notices and circulars, 1955 (Ref: K);
Buenos Aires Central Railway, comprising minutes, 1916-1944 (Ref: L);
Buenos Aires and Lacroze Tramways, comprising minutes, 1932-1940, and reports and accounts, 1933-1941 (Ref: M).

Open.

Any major work based on the archives must be submitted to Rivermoor Management Services Ltd.

• English

• Latin

English, French and Spanish

Collection level. Handlist in progress. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English