Collectie GB 0074 ACC/3085 - SMITH KENDON LIMITED {MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS/ CONFECTIONERS}

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0074 ACC/3085

Titel

SMITH KENDON LIMITED {MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS/ CONFECTIONERS}

Datum(s)

  • 1729-1969 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Omvang en medium

0.83 linear metres

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

The origins of Smith Kendon can be traced back to 1780 when William Smith set up business producing confectionery in Fell Street in the City of London. The firm remained a family business operating under the name Smith and Co. and in the 1860s, following a fire which destroyed the Fell Street site, moved to 128-132 Borough High Street, Southwark, where it remained until 1974.

Samuel Smith made the firm's products more medicinal in character. For a short time a factory operated in Messina, Italy producing liquorice but this along with the home production of spices and jams had all ceased by 1914.

Contracts with the Armed Forces kept business going during the Second World War and products such as 'Altoids' ensured the firm's continued success. In 1948 Smith and Co. became a limited company under the name of Smith Kendon Ltd. The additional name was simply an amalgam of 'Ken' and 'Don', the names of the two Smith brothers. In 1974 the firm moved from the Borough High Street to Brigend, Glamorgan. In the same year Smith Kendon was presented with the Queen's Award for industry. The company is now owned by an American firm, Beatrice Foods, but products can still be bought under the traditional Smith Kendon name.

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Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0074 ACC/3085 1729-1969 Collection 0.83 linear metres Smith and Co x Smith Kendon Ltd , manufacturing chemists and confectioners

The origins of Smith Kendon can be traced back to 1780 when William Smith set up business producing confectionery in Fell Street in the City of London. The firm remained a family business operating under the name Smith and Co. and in the 1860s, following a fire which destroyed the Fell Street site, moved to 128-132 Borough High Street, Southwark, where it remained until 1974.

Samuel Smith made the firm's products more medicinal in character. For a short time a factory operated in Messina, Italy producing liquorice but this along with the home production of spices and jams had all ceased by 1914.

Contracts with the Armed Forces kept business going during the Second World War and products such as 'Altoids' ensured the firm's continued success. In 1948 Smith and Co. became a limited company under the name of Smith Kendon Ltd. The additional name was simply an amalgam of 'Ken' and 'Don', the names of the two Smith brothers. In 1974 the firm moved from the Borough High Street to Brigend, Glamorgan. In the same year Smith Kendon was presented with the Queen's Award for industry. The company is now owned by an American firm, Beatrice Foods, but products can still be bought under the traditional Smith Kendon name.

Deposited in 1992.

Records of Smith Kendon Limited, manufacturing chemists and confectioners, 1729-1969, including records relating to property owned by the company, particularly in Borough High Street, Southwark, Lambeth, Saint Pancras and Islington; legal documents relating to the administration of the business including bonds and agreements; financial accounts; and two recipe books: 'Smith's Drop Book' and 'Smith's Pellet Book'.

In sections: ACC/3085/001-126: Property records; ACC/3085/127-150: Business records; ACC/3085/151-152: Recipe books.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Further records of Smith Kendon Ltd at ACC/2522 and B/SK.

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.

July to October 2009 Scientific personnel Scientists Chemists Pharmaceutical chemists Articles of partnership Business records People People by occupation Personnel Industrial personnel Manufacturers Financial records Law Legal documents Information sources Documents Deeds Pharmacology Drugs Confectioners Food industry personnel Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Company archives Property Smith and Co x Smith Kendon Ltd , manufacturing chemists and confectioners Property law

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Deposited in 1992.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Records of Smith Kendon Limited, manufacturing chemists and confectioners, 1729-1969, including records relating to property owned by the company, particularly in Borough High Street, Southwark, Lambeth, Saint Pancras and Islington; legal documents relating to the administration of the business including bonds and agreements; financial accounts; and two recipe books: 'Smith's Drop Book' and 'Smith's Pellet Book'.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

In sections: ACC/3085/001-126: Property records; ACC/3085/127-150: Business records; ACC/3085/151-152: Recipe books.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Available for general access.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

Further records of Smith Kendon Ltd at ACC/2522 and B/SK.

Toegangen

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

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Trefwoorden

Onderwerp trefwoord

Geografische trefwoorden

Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

London Metropolitan Archives

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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.

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik