Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/112-157 - UNITED COCOA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-157

Titre

UNITED COCOA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1955-1978 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

2 production units.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

United Cocoa Development Company Limited was registered in 1955 to acquire and develop land in Malaya as a cocoa estate for commercial growing. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as managing agents for the company in Malaysia. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001-016) acted as a London secretary. In 1975 United Cocoa Development Company Limited went into voluntary liquidation.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-157 1955-1978 Collection 2 production units. United Cocoa Development Co Ltd

United Cocoa Development Company Limited was registered in 1955 to acquire and develop land in Malaya as a cocoa estate for commercial growing. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as managing agents for the company in Malaysia. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112-001-016) acted as a London secretary. In 1975 United Cocoa Development Company Limited went into voluntary liquidation.

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.

Circulars of the United Cocoa Development Company Limited.

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

Available for general access.

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. Cocoa dealers Business records Agricultural products Plant products Cocoa Information sources Documents Plantation records Trade (practice) Food trade Cocoa trade Mercantile personnel Personnel People by occupation People Plantations Agricultural land United Cocoa Development Co Ltd Malaysia South East Asia

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Circulars of the United Cocoa Development Company Limited.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

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.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées