GB 0074 CLC/B/207-11 - WALLACE BROTHERS AND COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED: F F CHRESTIEN AND COMPANY, MICA PRODUCERS, INDIA

0.45 linear metres

GB 0074 CLC/B/207-11 1910-1955 sub fonds 0.45 linear metres F F Chrestien and Company Limited , Domchanch , India
xx Associated Insulation Products Limited

F F Chrestien and Company Limited, Domchanch, Northern India was one of the oldest and largest mica producers in the world. In 1920/21, Chartered Bank suggested Wallace Brothers should take over from the financing, production and shipment of mica by F F Chrestien and Company Limited. Wallace and Company became managers of F F Chrestien and Company. The Company did not return much income until after World War Two when demand for mica increased world wide. In 1948 the Company became the Associated Insulation Products Limited.

These archives were deposited as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of F F Chrestien and Company including agreements, correspondence and accounts (CLC/B/207/MS40801 - MS40803A). Also includes memorandum and articles of association of Indeuram Limited.

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

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

48 hours notice required for access

PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.

Copyright is held by the depositor.

English

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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.

Added January 2014 Trade (practice) Mineral trade Mica trade F F Chrestien and Company Limited , Domchanch , India India South Asia

These archives were deposited as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of F F Chrestien and Company including agreements, correspondence and accounts (CLC/B/207/MS40801 - MS40803A). Also includes memorandum and articles of association of Indeuram Limited.

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

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

48 hours notice required for access

PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.

Copyright is held by the depositor.

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English

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.

• Engels