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Date(s)
- 1833-1967 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.16 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
R M Holborn and Sons are listed in the 1935 Post Office Directory as wholesale tea, coffee and cocoa dealers based at Crutched Friars, EC3, Mincing Lane House, Eastcheap, EC3 and 11 Lehman Street, E1.
Repository
Archival history
The records in this collection were donated to LMA by an ex-employee of R. Twinings and Company Limited.
GB 0074 LMA/4294 1833-1967 Collection 0.16 linear metres R M Holborn and Sons , tea and coffee merchants
R M Holborn and Sons are listed in the 1935 Post Office Directory as wholesale tea, coffee and cocoa dealers based at Crutched Friars, EC3, Mincing Lane House, Eastcheap, EC3 and 11 Lehman Street, E1.
The records in this collection were donated to LMA by an ex-employee of R. Twinings and Company Limited.
Donated to the Archive in 1999.
This is a collection of records of various companies involved in the trading of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Indian teas. It consists of import registers for an un-named company, auction catalogues for private trade teas and photographs of tea plantations, possibly in Ceylon, and the offices and staff of R.M. Holborn and Sons Limited, tea and coffee merchants.
The collection is arranged as follows: LMA/4294/01 - import registers; LMA/4294/02 - auction catalogues; LMA/4294/03 - photographs.
The records are open and available for consultation.
Copyright rests with the City of London.
English
Fit
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.
July to October 2009 Business records Enterprises Business enterprises Auctions Trade International trade Imports People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Documents Information sources Tea Plant products Agricultural products Plantations Agricultural land Trade (practice) R M Holborn and Sons , tea and coffee merchants
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated to the Archive in 1999.
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Scope and content
This is a collection of records of various companies involved in the trading of Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] and Indian teas. It consists of import registers for an un-named company, auction catalogues for private trade teas and photographs of tea plantations, possibly in Ceylon, and the offices and staff of R.M. Holborn and Sons Limited, tea and coffee merchants.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged as follows: LMA/4294/01 - import registers; LMA/4294/02 - auction catalogues; LMA/4294/03 - photographs.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The records are open and available for consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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Language(s)
- English