Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/036-09 - TEKKA TAIPING LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/036-09

Title

TEKKA TAIPING LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1919-1961 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

21 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Tekka Taiping Ltd was in business by 1914, but was reconstructed in 1919 when some of its properties went into liquidation and were transferred to a new company. Its registered office was Station Hill, Redruth, Cornwall, and its principal business was tin mining in Malaysia. The company was taken over by Camp Bird Ltd in 1956 and went into voluntary liquidation in 1958.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/036-09 1919-1961 Collection 21 production units. Tekka Taiping Ltd , tin mining company

Tekka Taiping Ltd was in business by 1914, but was reconstructed in 1919 when some of its properties went into liquidation and were transferred to a new company. Its registered office was Station Hill, Redruth, Cornwall, and its principal business was tin mining in Malaysia. The company was taken over by Camp Bird Ltd in 1956 and went into voluntary liquidation in 1958.

These archives, together with the archives of Camp Bird Ltd and of other Camp Bird subsidiaries, were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in May 1987 by the Official Receiver. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The records of Tekka Taiping Limited, tin mining company, comprise Board and general minutes, cash books, journals, and ledgers. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice to access.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

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

CLC/B/036-01: Camp Bird Limited;
CLC/B/036-02: Abelheira Paper Mills Limited;
CLC/B/036-03: Boa Vista Spinning and Weaving Company;
CLC/B/036-04: Braco de Prata Printing Company;
CLC/B/036-05: Davis and Soper Limited;
CLC/B/036-06: Grahams (Lisbon) Limited;
CLC/B/036-07: Grahams Trading Company;
CLC/B/036-08: Reserved Assets Company;
CLC/B/036-09: Tekka Taiping Limited;
CLC/B/036-10: West European Industries Limited;
CLC/B/036-11: William Graham and Company;
CLC/B/036-12: William Graham Junior and Company.

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. Tin mining Information sources Documents Business records Mining Tekka Taiping Ltd , tin mining company Malaysia South East Asia

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These archives, together with the archives of Camp Bird Ltd and of other Camp Bird subsidiaries, were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in May 1987 by the Official Receiver. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The records of Tekka Taiping Limited, tin mining company, comprise Board and general minutes, cash books, journals, and ledgers. They are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice to access.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

CLC/B/036-01: Camp Bird Limited;
CLC/B/036-02: Abelheira Paper Mills Limited;
CLC/B/036-03: Boa Vista Spinning and Weaving Company;
CLC/B/036-04: Braco de Prata Printing Company;
CLC/B/036-05: Davis and Soper Limited;
CLC/B/036-06: Grahams (Lisbon) Limited;
CLC/B/036-07: Grahams Trading Company;
CLC/B/036-08: Reserved Assets Company;
CLC/B/036-09: Tekka Taiping Limited;
CLC/B/036-10: West European Industries Limited;
CLC/B/036-11: William Graham and Company;
CLC/B/036-12: William Graham Junior and Company.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

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Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area