Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/112-151 - TAIT AND COMPANY LIMITED

21 production units comprising 21 envelopes.

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-151 1939-1980 Collection 21 production units comprising 21 envelopes. Tait and Co Ltd , tea merchants

This firm was established as tea merchants and commission agents in Amoy, China, in 1846. An interest in the company was acquired by Irwin Harrisons and Whitney (CLC/B/112-089) in 1922. In 1926 it became a limited company. Irwin Harrisons and Whitney purchased the Taipeh part of the business in 1927. The Amoy part of the business continued as an unlimited partnership but later went bankrupt.

In 1947 Harrisons, King and Irwin (CLC/B/112-083) acquired share capital from Harrisons and Crosfield Limited and Irwin Harrisons and Whitney. Tait and Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrisons, King and Irwin until it was liquidated in 1963, after which it was owned by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112). In 1990 the company was sold by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited as part of its general trading division.

For historical notes on Tait and Co see CLC/B/112/MS37392 and CLC/B/112/MS38199. For staff lists see CLC/B/112/MS37340-1.

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Tait and Company Limited, tea merchants, including correspondence; minutes; memoranda; financial accounts; and press cuttings.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Trade (practice) Food trade Tea trade Documents Information sources Tea Plant products Agricultural products Tait and Co Ltd , tea merchants China East Asia

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Tait and Company Limited, tea merchants, including correspondence; minutes; memoranda; financial accounts; and press cuttings.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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English

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

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

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.

• anglais