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Taking care of drawings
JONATHAN BROWN
‘Windows on the World’: cataloguing the archives of the Standard Chartered Bank
AMY PROCTOR AND ANNE-MARIE PURCELL
Letters from America: celebrating 80 years since the founding of the
Business Archives Council
RICHARD WILTSHIRE
Bibliography in business history 2013
RICHARD A. HAWKINS
Business records deposited in 2013
MIKE ANSON
Book reviews
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The objects of the Council are to promote the preservation of business records ofhistorical importance, to supply advice and information on the administration andmanagement of both archives and modern records, and to encourage interest in the historyof business in Britain.
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Taking care of drawings Jonathan Brown 1
“Windows on the World’’: cataloguing the archives of theStandard Chartered BankAmy Proctor and Anne-Marie Purcell 13
Letters from America: celebrating 80 years since thefounding of the Business Archives CouncilRichard Wiltshire 29
Bibliography in business history in 2013Compiled by Richard A. Hawkins 41
Business records deposited in 2013Compiled by Mike Anson 53
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NEIL TYLERSanders Bros. The rise and fall of a British grocery giantMike Anson 75
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TAKING CARE OF DRAWINGS
JONATHAN BROWNMuseum of English Rural Life
IntroductionFor many years I had curatorial responsibility for the collections ofengineering drawings in the archives at the Museum of English Rural Life(MERL) at the University of Reading1. It was rather a love-haterelationship. They are documents which do not conform, creating problemsfor the archivist in matters of storage, conservation, cataloguing and access.Most of them are large, making them unwieldy to handle – in smallnumbers they are floppy, in quantity they are heavy, and still floppy. Thematerial from which many are made can be slippery: place them slightlyoff-centre on the trolley and they slide on to the floor. Some are fragile,many are ingrained with dirt. They need large shelves or drawers forstorage. Manhandling them was, therefore, something I wanted to avoid,but could not because they are popular with the Museum’s enquirers. Andthe enquirers don’t want just a few drawings. They might need 20, or 30 ormore – the complete set of drawings for some large steam engines is 70 ormore. That’s just the ones which survive. Dealing with the enquiries waschallenging in other ways. These being engineering drawings, they wereabout things beyond my technical competence, as enquirers asked aboutdrawings for components that I could barely recognise in three dimensions,let alone two.
Yet something must have rubbed off on me – more, that is, than theresidue of their days of heavy use in the engineering works – and I havecome to appreciate more of the qualities of the drawings. There is, forexample, the technical skill involved in their creation – some truly can bedescribed as works of art. The one I have used as illustration, a generalarrangement drawing of a Fowler ‘Superba’ steam ploughing engine, wouldlook good on the wall. There is a lot they can tell us about the process ofdesign and engineering, and the processes of printing and reproduction.Perhaps ceasing to have day-to-day responsibility for them made it easier toappreciate such things, but I had gained much from the years of dealingwith them. So, when I was awarded a Monument Fellowship by theMuseums Association, the collections of engineering drawings were onearea on which I concentrated. Others now had responsibility for the
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drawing collections, and part of my role in the fellowship was to help themget to grips with their complexities as materials and in their organization. Inthis article I want to say a little about the collections of drawings at theMuseum, their importance, and how they have been managed in order todeal with some of the problems I mentioned at the beginning.
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General arrangement drawing of a Fowler ‘Superba’ steam ploughing engine, Museum of English Rural Life
The collections The Museum of English Rural Life started to acquire engineering drawingsat the beginning of the 1970s when, after a project to survey the records ofthe agricultural engineering industry, it received deposits of archives fromsome of the firms involved. Two of the big names in agriculturalengineering of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were among theearly depositors, between 1969 and 1974. Ransomes Sims & Jefferies ofIpswich had been founded in 1789 as a maker of plough shares. Its businessexpanded to include a wide range of agricultural machinery, from ploughsand harrows to threshing machines, steam engines, combine harvesters andsugar beet lifters. Ransomes were still active agricultural engineers in 1969when they decided to place their archives with Reading University.Subsequent changes in ownership have meant that the Ransomes name can
still be seen only on lawn mowers, another product which the firm hadmade since the 1830s.
John Fowler was the man who, in the late 1850s, succeeded inmaking steam ploughing viable, both technically and financially. Thebusiness he founded, with a factory in the Hunslet district of Leeds,became John Fowler & Co (Leeds) Ltd. As well as the engines andimplements for steam ploughing, the firm made steam traction engines,road rollers, railway equipment (mainly for overseas industries, such assugar plantations) and the Gyrotiller, an amazing diesel-engined tractor-cultivator. This firm closed in 1974, at which time a large collection ofarchives was deposited at the Museum. Amongst those records wereabout 30,000 engineering drawings; the archives deposited byRansomes included 80,000 drawings. Subsequent deposits have swelledthe numbers in both collections, while more drawings came from otherfirms. In the 1980s the records of Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke,makers of steam traction engines and road rollers, added another 10,000drawings, and the drawing archives of the steam engineers CharlesBurrell & Sons of Thetford, deposited more recently, are of similar size.
All told, there are now about 200,000 drawings, a large collectionby any reckoning. There are larger collections elsewhere – this is not amatter of competitive bragging. As well as the companies mentionedabove, MERL has several other smaller collections. Among those are R.Hunt & Co., of Earls Colne, whose drawings of small corn grinders andchaff cutters are a delight. Among the drawings from R. & J. Reeves &Sons, of Bratton, Wiltshire, are a few of shepherds’ huts, the now-fashionable adornments of large gardens. Some collections are modern,such as the drawings of farm wagons made by David Wray in the 1950-60s, but all share the same characteristics in terms of archivalmanagement. They contain almost all the possible types of engineeringdrawing, and they originate from companies covering the full range ofsize and organization.
The earliest drawings in the MERL collections date from the 1820s.That is a few decades after the emergence of modern engineeringdrawing practice, which most historians of technology date to thesecond half of the eighteenth century, as water and steam engineeringwere expanding2. The drawings of Boulton & Watt, in the collections ofBirmingham City Libraries, are a prime example of that development.From the 1820s, drawings in the MERL collections continue to the1980s, at which time traditional draughtsmanship was starting to give
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way to computer-aided design. Records of CAD drawing technique haveyet to arrive.
Although they were engaged in similar business, the firms whosearchives are at MERL were of markedly different character. Fowler’shad a large, well-organised drawing office, employing 43 in 1914. Theyalways used the best handmade paper made by Whatman’s ofMaidstone, the firm that pioneered the production of quality cartridgepaper.3 Burrell’s was at the opposite end of the spectrum. The firm hasoften been described as a ‘country works’ – much smaller than Fowler’sand with less money. There was no standardisation in its drawing officebefore 1914, at least. Paper of all sorts and sizes was used, not alwaysof the highest quality. The finish of the drawings was of lowerstandard.4
John Allen & Sons (Oxford) Ltd began as a steam ploughingcontractor, expanding into repair and rebuilding work, and then becamea manufacturing company. They employed draughtsmen and designersof high quality who produced good drawings. However, the firm tried tosave money in the drawing office by, for example, using very flimsyblueprint paper. Several different drawings were copied on to a sheet ofthis paper, a challenge for indexing.
Types of drawing and their materialsA conservation report on MERL’s drawing collections made about tenyears ago identified more than a dozen different materials from whichthe drawings were made: handmade paper, machine-made cartridgepaper, tracing paper, tracing cloth, cyanotypes, diazo prints and more.Almost every type of drawing and copying process employed betweenthe 1820s and the 1970s is represented in these collections. Qualityranges from the strong durable handmade cartridge paper to weakertracing papers.
The earliest drawings are in the Ransomes collection and date fromthe 1820s-1840s. These are original drawings made on cartridge paper.The paper at this time was handmade, and the drawings were in pencilor ink. Prick marks from dividers can be seen on many of the drawings.Several have colour washes, which were a common means of indicatingthe materials to be used in building the machine (yellow for wood, andso on). Aesthetics might also have played a part for some of the moregeneral outline drawings, especially later in the century, and the colourscertainly add to their attractiveness now. Some drawings on cartridge
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paper in the Burrell collection were mounted on card for their betterpreservation. The adoption of photographic processes for reproducingdrawings from the 1840s onwards reduced the use of coloureddrawings.
By the late nineteenth century drawing offices were ceasing to usecartridge paper for the first drawings. This was an economy measure:tracing paper was much cheaper. Although they used a heavy-duty gradeof tracing paper, it was much weaker and flimsier than cartridge. It hasnot been a good material for storage, and nearly all the most fragiledrawings are on tracing paper. Some firms kept on with cartridge paperfor a while, but by the 1920s most had gone over to tracing paper.
A copy tracing was made from the original drawing, and from thisthe prints for use in the workshops were copied. Most of the drawingsin the MERL collections are tracing copies and blueprints. Oneexception to this is the Ransomes collection. As a preservation measure,this company in the 1940s copied the drawings they wanted to keep onto acetate negatives of half-plate size (6½in x 4¾in), known asbarcrographs. They then destroyed almost all of the originals, boththose that had been copied and those deemed obsolete but not copied.Needless to say, many that were destroyed, drawings of the firm’s earlymanufactures and not copied, are ones which researchers would like tosee now.
Copy tracings were mostly drawn on cloth, a material introduced tothe drawing office about 1850. Draughtsmen and tracers wouldcommonly refer to cloth tracings as ‘linens’; that was the material usedat first, and the name stuck. In fact cotton was the most common tracingcloth, and the material from which the majority of drawings in archivecollections was made. By the 1870s the price of long-fibred Egyptiancotton had fallen so much that it was superseding linen. The cloth washard-wearing: after a hundred years or more nicks and tears are few. Acoating of starch formed the medium for the application of the indianinks. In the 1970s polyester film replaced cloth for making copytracings.
Blueprints (and buff prints and white prints) are copies printed onlight-sensitive paper. These are the cyanotypes referred to in theconservation report. Most are on heavy-weight paper, many with a clothbacking, but others (such as the John Allen blueprints) are on thinnerpaper.
The prints were the ones most used in the workshops, and many
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show signs of heavy use, ingrained with the oily thumb-prints ofgenerations of workmen, and heavily creased, which adds to the naturalfragility of some of the materials.
Double elephant was one of the most common sizes for engineeringdrawings, whether originals, tracing or prints. Nearly all the JohnFowler drawings are this size, 40in x 27in. Firms, such as Burrell’s,which did not use double elephant paper exclusively, still drew most oftheir drawings on large sheets, A1 or larger in modern terms. Even themost standardised of firms produced drawings in different sizes.Fowler’s drew some components on half and quarter sheets. Ransomeshad a series of small component drawings on sheets approximately A3size, most of which survive in cloth tracing form. Wallis & Steevenshad what were called sketches on small sheets, as did Fowler’s, whobound theirs.
Storage and handlingStorage and handling of such bulky materials are the first of the issuesconfronting the archivist. It was a problem in the works as well. Most of thefirms represented in the MERL collections stored their drawings indrawers: indexing by drawer number was one of their main means ofaccessing drawings. There were other means of storage. Honeycombracking, rather like a wine store, was one alternative. The drawings wererolled up and slipped into the holes in the racks. Another method was tostore the drawings suspended in an extra-large version of a filing cabinet.Sometimes those cabinets were mobile, wheeled around the drawing office.John Allen & Sons, of Oxford, put rolls of drawings (50 or more) into largetin tubes. These were most likely the non-current drawings, placed in store.It must have been a damp store, as by the time the collection reached theMuseum, several tins were distinctly rusty, and damp had seeped through tothe drawings, destroying some beyond rescue.
MERL’s preference has been for flat storage; drawers are firstchoice, but sometimes open racks are used. Many of the collectionsarrived with plan chests from the works. These were kept in service formany years. It was a nice link with their original home, but it could notlast. The drawers were wood and often stiff with age: opening andclosing them could be a challenge at times. They also seemed to befilled with more drawings than was ideal for handling (I suspect theywere often over-full in the works as well). Eventually, budgets forupgrading archival storage allowed the wooden chests to be replaced
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with steel chests of archival quality, with drawers holding a moremanageable number. The chests hold the drawings upon which heaviestdemand is placed; those rarely consulted are kept on shelves in denserstorage – some in rolls – and some are in an outstore.
Even with good quality storage, handling the drawings is a problem. Alarge number of drawers per cabinet reduces the number of drawings perdrawer. Even so, with 30 or 40 to a drawer the weight mounts up, and it isalways the one at the bottom that is needed. Taking large and unwieldydrawings in and out of drawers is best done with two pairs of hands toreduce the wear and tear, which regular handling renders inevitable,affecting even the most durable cloth tracings and heavy-weight prints.
ConservationAlthough many of the drawings bear the dirt of generations of workshopuse and factory storage, their conservation needs seem remarkably modest.The conservator’s report already mentioned highlighted surface cleaningand repair of nicks and tears as the principal requirements. That is a reliefwhen conservation budgets are limited. Effort has also gone into reducingthe amount and the effect of handling the drawings. One way of doing thishas been to house all the fragile drawings in archival sleeves. The secondmethod has been to make preservation copies.
The negative copies of drawings made by Ransomes were an earlyexample of preservation copying. They were a precautionary measureagainst possible loss from bombing during the Second World War, but thebenefits from saving storage space encouraged the firm to continue thepractice. Microfilm copying was adopted by some companies during the1950s, and in the 1970s and 1980s aperture cards became popular. Theseare individual microfilm negatives mounted on card, making them easier tohandle and label. Few of them have come from engineering companies forthe archive collections so far, but MERL took up aperture cards for its ownconservation copying. They provided useful quick-reference copies for thereading room, reducing the handling of the large drawings and could beused to make copies for enquirers. Almost the whole of the Fowlercollection was copied in this way and a start made on other collections. Bythis time, the turn of the century, digital copying techniques for large-format documents had become practical and affordable. Digital copying,done in-house, is now the main means of preservation copying fordrawings. The aperture cards meanwhile continue to provide a readilyaccessible set for users of the reading room.
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Catalogues and other finding aidsDrawing offices produced their own finding aids, some of which survivedto be included in the archive collections. However they can introduceanother layer of complexity in the understanding of the drawings, as thereis often a series of registers and indexes. Because not all survive, many ofthe interlocking mechanisms between them are now lost.
The first of these records was the drawings register. Each new drawingcommissioned was entered in the register and a number allocated. No twofirms followed the same procedure for registering drawings. The simplestformat was a list in number order, but drawing office practice was rarely sosimple, and several different number sequences were common. Theeighteen or so different numbering sequences – a main series for originaldrawings, and others for copies – which Burrell’s accumulated was perhapsan extreme example, but three or four series seems not at all uncommon.
Of course, not many of the workmen would look up drawings bynumber, although regular use made some familiar (I can remember some ofthe numbers of drawings I was regularly getting out for enquirers). So, theregisters needed indexing and cross-referencing. Sometimes indexes wereincluded at the front or back of the register, but more often there wereseparate indexing systems. Burrell’s had a volume cross-referencing thenumbers of original drawings against those of copies (most othercompanies used the same number for the original and its tracing). Many ofthe firms which stored drawings in plan chests organised the drawers bytype of product, each drawer being given a number. They then needed aregister indexed by drawer number. John Allen & Sons’ register of this typesurvives. From it we learn that drawer number six was one for drawings ofsteam roller components, drawers 12 and 13 contained drawings ofploughing engines, and so on. Ransomes of Ipswich was another firm withseveral series of registers. The firm had a departmental structure, so therewas a register for each main department, which meant one for each of themain ranges of products: steam engines and threshing machines; ploughs;lawn mowers, and so on. For their steam engines, the products of mostinterest to many present-day users, they used ledgers with a complicatedsystem of internal cross references, and an additional book giving an indexto the main page headings. Most firms probably had card indexes, althoughfew survive: the one compiled by Burrell’s is an exception among thecollections which have come to MERL.
When the records were first deposited at the Museum the registers werethe only means of accessing the drawings, and even now, after years of
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work by archivists and volunteer supporters producing lists, indexes andcatalogues, many of the original registers continue to be useful. Thoseproduced by Ransomes are one example: because drawings were updatedregularly as details of design changed, checking the cross-references in thedrawings ledgers is still the best way of finding the drawing mostappropriate for what the enquirer needs and whether it survives. Wallis &Steevens made lists of drawings appropriate to each class of product – the10-ton steam roller, 6hp traction engine and so on. These lists, found at thebeginning of their main registers, were the main index to this company’sdrawings for many years.
There are problems with reliance on the company’s own registers andindexes. First is that not all of them have survived. Only the registers fordrawings of steam engines and threshing machines have survived fromRansomes, Sims & Jefferies. That is fortunate, for these are the mostrequested items. But of other products – the ploughs, lawn mowers andothers – there are in the archive no indexes, no registers, no guides. As wellas having to find one’s way around the system used by the differentcompanies, reference to the original registers subjects these documents tocontinual handling, causing wear and tear to documents, some of which arefragile after decades of heavy use in drawing offices. There was thus theneed to create new finding aids to make the drawings more accessible forusers, to reduce handling of some of the original documents and, of course,to catalogue the collections to professional standards.
The work of creating new indexes and lists began soon after thecollections were deposited. The Museum was fortunate in obtaining grantfunding for cataloguing many of its business archives collections in theearly 1970s. This was the pre-computer age, of course, and the resultantoutput was in the form of typescript catalogues and card indexes. TheFowler and Ransomes collections were the main ones with engineeringdrawings which were catalogued at this time. Because there were so many,the drawings were not individually listed. It was rightly surmised that noone was going to work through a typescript list of drawings. The cataloguegave a description of the types of drawing, their size and the cataloguemark (sub-fond DO1) given to them. The firm’s drawing numbers wereretained in the full catalogue record, which made life easier both forenquirers and museum staff when referring to them. Thus the drawing forstandard chimneys, Fowler’s drawing 39232, simply became cataloguereference TR FOW DO1/39232. Access to individual drawings was througha card index, arranged by class of product. That accorded with the principal
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way in which enquirers make their searches. The drawings in the Ransomes collection, even greater in number, were
also not listed individually, nor was a comprehensive card index compiledin this round of cataloguing. The original registers continued to giveservice, and lists of drawings for most-requested products were transcribedfrom them. Unfortunately that did mean that almost all the drawings forwhich there are no registers remained uncatalogued and unlisted. With80,000 negatives to work through that is understandable, but it does leave alarge number of drawings without a means of access until one day someonehas the energy to tackle them.
Other, more piecemeal work to make the collections more accessibleincluded transcribing the lists from the Wallis & Steevens registers, and thecreation of other lists and indexes from scratch, usually compiled in thecourse of answering enquiries. Of course, all these catalogues, card indexesand reference lists were available only in the Museum’s reading room,although they could be photocopied for postal enquiries. That was howmatters were until the arrival of computers, websites and databases.Fortunately that coincided with new rounds of grant-aided funding from themid-1990s onwards.
The projects funded by those grants have enabled more collections tobe completely catalogued. Among them has been the Wallis & Steevenscollection, and this time the drawings, all 10,000 or so, were individuallylisted in the handlist version of the catalogue. The records of Burrell’s ofThetford, a relatively recent arrival (2005) were also included in thisprogramme and given the full cataloguing treatment, with drawingsindividually listed. This was not because users would work through a longlist in 2006 any more than they would have done in 1976, but because acataloguing database is now available. The spreadsheet in which thedrawings were listed could be fed into the database, and thus the record ofthousands of drawings were made available to search online (go towww.reading.ac.uk/merl and follow links to Collections to do so).
The launch of Access to Archives (A2A) also enhanced onlinesearching. The typescript catalogues were entered on to the A2A database,including the Fowler collection. These entries were subsequently added tothe Museum’s own catalogue database. The individual card records of theFowler drawings are yet to be entered into the database, and the Ransomesbarcrograph negatives are still to be listed, but cataloguing and listing hastaken a new form in the online world. Other information about drawingshas been incorporated into the Museum’s database. Some of the old lists of
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drawings for different classes of steam engine, now turned into electronicdocuments, are attached to catalogue entries. Information has gone on tothe Museum’s website, and more will be added in time. There is, as always,more that could be done.
The collections and their usersThe questions about handling, storage, conservation and access have allbeen to the fore because the engineering drawing collections have alwaysbeen popular with users. The subject matter of the drawings – steamtraction engines, threshing machines, railway locomotives – meant thatthese collections were in demand almost from the day they arrived at theMuseum. It is still so: hardly a week passes without at least a couple ofenquiries and visitors interested in the drawings. For the owners of steamtraction engines and model-makers interested in building a scale version ofone, the Museum of English Rural Life is one of the places to go forinformation, some would say the only place to go.
It has always been the Museum’s practice to make collections availableas soon as possible. Finding aids might have been rudimentary at first, butthe drawings were quickly made available to users for study and forreproduction. This could be tiresome when cataloguing was a work inprogress, but the steady demand forced the pace of listing, cataloguing andconservation copying, and provision of the service won the Museumimmense goodwill and support from the users. Groups such as the RoadLocomotive Society have become committed supporters of the Museumand partners in a number of archive projects.
Rudimentary lists was not the only issue in making drawings availableto enquirers. Space was another: drawings, like maps, need a large flatsurface. It was only with the Museum’s move to new premises in 2005 thatwe felt table space was adequate, and even now on some busy days in thereading room space can be limited.
It is rare to find an engineer in the archive profession. Perhaps thereshould be more, but that is for another discussion. Most of the enquirersand users of the engineering drawings are, if not trained engineers, veryexperienced in engineering practices. They understand settings of valvesand crankshafts, and know what the drawings should tell them. The non-engineer curator of archives has to rely on the titles given to the drawingsto identify and catalogue them. However, practice varied across theindustry in terms of what parts were included on particular drawings.
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Nomenclature of some of the parts of engines also varied. Boilers and othermajor components present no problem, but some naming of the partsrelating to gearing and steerage, for example, might differ from firm tofirm. To the non-engineers among archivists this can cause difficulties inidentifying the drawings of interest to researchers. ‘It should show thebracket set at seven eighths,’ the telephone caller might say. If he’d had avideophone link he would have seen my expression was blank. But, for allthe occasional talking at cross-purposes, I found dealing with the enquirers,who sometimes appeared to have come straight from the workshop to lookat drawings, often stimulating. As a by-product, it turned me into a little bitof a historian of technology, although I still wouldn’t spot a bracket set atseven eighths easily.
Engineering drawings can create problems in archival management,they take the historian-archivist outside his comfort zone (this one at anyrate), but they can provide as much interest and value to the researcher asother documents, and repay the care given them.
Notes
1 I would like to thank Guy Baxter, Reading University Archivist, for his encouragement and forreading and commenting on the draft of this article.
2 See, for example, J. H. Andrew, ‘The Copying of Engineering Drawings and Documents’,Transactions of the Newcomen Society, v. 53 (1981-2) pp. 1-15.
3 MERL, TR FOW AD2/1, administration manual for Fowlers’ works. A. H. Shorter, Paper-making in the British Isles: and historical and geographical introduction (1971) pp. 40, 59-60,61-2
4 G. F. A. Gilbert, Burrell Style 1900-1932 (1994) p. 11.
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‘WINDOWS ON THE WORLD’: CATALOGUINGTHE ARCHIVES OF THE STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK
AMY PROCTOR AND ANNE-MARIE PURCELLLondon Metropolitan Archives
SummaryLondon Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is the City and pan-Londonrepository managed by the City of London. The collections held by LMAdocument a 1,000 years of history and include records relating to localgovernment, health and welfare, education, families and individuals,manors and estates, courts and legal records. The collections also include avast array of business records covering all manner of organisations fromgiant breweries, to sole traders, to banks. In 2010 LMA formed an excitingpartnership project with Standard Chartered Bank to catalogue the archivesof the bank and its predecessors in support of the writing of a new officialcorporate history. The project was named, ‘Windows on the World – herefor good’ echoing the brand promise and ethos of the bank.
The project was completed in January 2014. This article will review theproject highlighting the structure and methodology used in cataloguing therecords and summarise the wider benefits of the project.
IntroductionThe idea for the project began in 2009 when the bank approached LMA toseek advice regarding the disposal of departmental records held in theircare and to request information about the contents of the archives depositedwith the former Guildhall Library Manuscripts section which, following themerger of the two departments, were now in the care of LMA. The latterinterest was prompted by the approaching anniversaries of theestablishment of the two principal founding banks of the present dayorganisation and the desire to commission a new official history of thecompany to celebrate the occasion.
Standard Chartered Bank was formed in 1969 following the merger oftwo large City of London based overseas banking institutions – TheStandard Bank of South Africa and The Chartered Bank of India, Australiaand China. The Standard Bank of South Africa was incorporated in 1862with the first branch opening in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town in 1863. The
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bank expanded its network from South Africa across East and CentralAfrica, partly through the acquisition of local banks and partly byresponding to the economic development and growth of these regions. In1962 the name was changed to The Standard Bank Limited for operationsoutside South Africa with The Standard Bank of South Africa Limitedcontinuing to run as a wholly owned subsidiary in South Africa. TheChartered Bank of India, Australia and China was established by RoyalCharter in 1853. It was an overseas exchange bank, controlled from theCity of London. The bank established operations in India and throughoutthe Far East, although despite the name the bank never operated inAustralia. The bank established its own network of branches and alsoacquired a number of smaller overseas banking institutions. In 1956 thename of the bank was shortened to The Chartered Bank. In 1969 these twobanks, along with their principal subsidiaries and associated companies(including Eastern Bank, Bank of British West Africa and WallaceBrothers) merged to form the Standard Chartered Banking Group Limited,later The Standard Chartered Bank.
In 1979, Standard Chartered Bank made the decision to establish itsown archive department in a warehouse in Wapping, collecting togetherrecords from its London headquarters and from around the world. Thearchive operated for a decade but by the end of the 1980s the bank decidedto close the department as a result of cost-cutting measures. The recordsheld in the archive were either to be deposited at an appropriate institution,or failing that, to be destroyed. Guildhall Library was seen as theappropriate place to hold the collection as both the founding banks werebased in the City. In 1989 within the space of two months the GuildhallLibrary accessioned approximately 700 linear meters of records.1
Over subsequent years additional records were received from the bankand staff gradually catalogued over half of the archives, without externalfunding. However, by 2009 there still remained 335 linear metres ofdeposited records to be catalogued, including the majority of the archivesof Chartered Bank and all the archives of Standard Bank.
Project planningIt was clear that the uncatalogued archives would need to be accessed bythe commissioned author of the official history and also by individualbranches seeking to develop their own celebrations of the founding of theStandard Bank and Chartered Bank. Discussions were held between LMAand staff of the Standard Chartered Bank and gradually an idea was
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developed to embark on a partnership project which would unlock the richinformation within the records.
LMA calculated that there would be several elements needed to fund asuccessful project for cataloguing the records. Firstly, it would need theequivalent of one archivist working full time for a period of five years tocomplete the surveying and cataloguing. Secondly, there would beadditional costs regarding re-packaging of the records and minorconservation work. Thirdly, it was recognised that an additional staffingelement would need to be added to the project to take account of the factthat the collections would need to be accessed whilst still in anuncatalogued or semi-catalogued state by the commissioned officialhistorian. The figure for funding this work was put to the bank through atwo sided proposal report. This process was straightforward and simple,without the administration often required for funding applications forgrants or bursaries. There were no complex application forms or drawn outnegotiations. The project terms were agreed by the exchange of lettersbetween the two parties and in addition the original deposit agreement wasrenewed to account for changes since 1989.
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The Standard Bank in Gwelo (Zimbabwe) with staff in December 1898
Project team and relationship with the bankOverseeing the project at LMA was the Head of Collections and Systemsand the collections team Principal Archivist. The Senior Archivist took onthe role of the daily project supervisor liaising with the bank to agreetargets and supporting the project archivists, for example, by agreeingcataloguing structures and reviewing completed lists. There were regularmonthly meetings between the Senior Archivist and the project archivistsand regular meetings between the team and the Head of Collections andSystems and Principal Archivist. These were essential to ensure the steadyprogress of the project.
One essential element of the project was to maintain the relationshipwith the bank. As part of the partnership agreement LMA committed toprovide the bank with a written quarterly progress report. These reportsincluded information relating to the progress of cataloguing and surveywork, as well as providing the opportunity of highlighting to the bank anyparticularly unusual or interesting finds. The reports also proved to be agood reviewing tool for the project staff in ensuring that the projectremained on track.
The quarterly reports also contained an update on the continued supportof the project team to the official historian. This support was on a rota basiswith individual team archivists taking a three month stint to be the maincontact and to handle requests for access to material and other queries,which at times ranged from plentiful and complex to few and far between.Relations between the project archivists and the historian were good and hewas able to access a considerable amount of material during the cataloguingproject. Project archivists have had the privilege of reading the draftchapters of the book as they have been prepared. The author has alsoassisted in attracting a number of new external deposits, includingphotographic material from a former employee.
LMA hosted a number of visits for staff from the bank to showcase notonly the institution’s archives but also to introduce bank staff to archivesmore generally. This was helpful in informing individuals of the importanceand value of the work that was being undertaken on the bank’s records, andalso to benefit from bank staff’s knowledge of records to assist in thecataloguing project.
The contact with the bank throughout the project also meant that thephotographic images were able to be catalogued to item level and digitised,having the dual benefit of assisting in the preservation of the originals andproviding the bank with access to the images, making them self-sufficient
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in using this rich resource. Enthusiasm for the project from key contacts at the bank has been
extremely beneficial to the project and was a key part of its success. It alsosecured some small additional deposits, for example, six delightful foldersof banknotes and cheques were added to the archives, including some notescreated by the Standard Bank during the Mafeking Siege, which the teamhave item level catalogued (CLC/B/207/SCB11/06). LMA was fortunate tohave such a good relationship with the bank but it is important to consider‘what if’ the bank had applied more pressure on project staff, for exampleby demanding complex research enquiries were undertaken during theproject. This may have resulted in a reduction in the amount of time staffcould spend cataloguing the collection.
SurveyingThe project team were aware that there would be an immediate demand toaccess the records by the official historian and that he would be mostinterested in the uncatalogued material as this was largely the records of thetwo founding banks, the majority of the catalogued material relating to thesubsidiaries and business they acquired by acquisition. It was decided that afull survey of the remaining material should be undertaken. This was quitea task as the amount of material was vast, for example, the uncataloguedrecords of Standard Bank ran to 203 metres and additionally it was storedoff-site from the LMA premises. Each box of records was given a referencenumber (for example, the Standard Bank material was listed as SBSA001,SBSA002 and so forth), this number was entered onto a spreadsheet alongwith a brief description of the contents, approximate date range, extent andlocation. In addition where it was possible at this early stage the potentialLMA sub-fonds and the creating department were recorded. In total over3,500 boxes were listed.
Surveying to this level of detail was time-consuming but in retrospect ithad several advantages. It allowed the project archivists to gain a thoroughgrasp of the types of records that were within the collection. The surveyspreadsheets allowed for the records to be sorted by field columnmaking it easy to identify discrete series. It also made every box ofarchives identifiable and importantly producible during the cataloguingprocess. The official historian used the survey sheets to help identifyrecords that he wished to consult and it was the survey references thatthe official historian used in his research. These have been entered intothe former reference field of the catalogue to maintain the link between
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them and the new catalogue references. Without this system it wouldhave been an unenviable task to identify which material had been usedin the writing of the book and this measure has avoided the oftencommon referencing problem when historians use uncatalogued orpartially catalogued records which leave future researchers unable toidentify material.
The survey also helped establish a structure and a plan to ensure thatthe cataloguing proceeded in a timely and efficient manner. Asmentioned it identified in some cases the creator or originatingdepartment (although in many cases much more work, more thaninitially expected, would have to be undertaken in this respect) and ithelped to identify discrete record series which were divided between theproject archivists, giving them clear roles and manageable ‘chunks’ tocatalogue. The team were also able to identify which areas would bebest worked upon together, for example, the heavy ledgers in thefinance series were re-packaged as a team effort as this would havebeen a weary task for a single individual.
As the project progressed and knowledge of the collections grew,the decision was taken to carry out additional surveys, although initiallythis seemed like going over old ground, the team found this aparticularly useful technique for identifying sub-creators and recordskept by individuals who were only identified as the project progressed.At the end of the project one of the benefits of being so thorough insurveying meant that there were no records left unidentified.
The project archivists were also able to undertake a survey at thebank of non-deposited records, fortunately there was empty office spaceand a system was arranged for the regular transfer and return of recordsfrom the bank’s external storage provider. This survey not onlyidentified records for disposal but also identified records for potentialfuture transfer and, to the delight of the official historian, uncoveredmost of the Standard Bank early board minutes.
CataloguingThe day to day cataloguing plan and all decisions relating to the structure ofthe catalogue and the appraisal of the records were in the ownership of theLMA project team. The bank was informed when records were identifiedfor disposal, although these were mainly duplicates or routineadministrative material as there had been significant appraisal of therecords in 1989 by the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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The collection reflects 16 businesses which merged into the StandardChartered group over time and responsibility for different functions ofthese businesses often moved between departments. It was, however,decided that a functional structure, developed by the former GuildhallLibrary Manuscripts Section and based on creator departments would bestrepresent how the business operated and changed and who the key recordcreators were.2The cataloguing plan was influenced by the demand for access from the
official historian. One notable example was prioritising the letter bookswhich for Standard Bank consisted of 1,884 volumes, approximately 100linear shelf metres. This extensive series covered both inward and outwardletters and circulars with managers in South Africa, Rhodesia [Zimbabwe],Kenya, Malawi, Zambia and Seychelles as well branches and offices inLondon and Birmingham, New York, Tokyo and Hamburg and formed thebackbone of the in-depth research on the bank’s business activities andconditions up to the mid-1970s.
In some cases the records had been boxed prior to deposit with littleregard to the original creator of the records. Boxes of uncatalogued recordseither consisted of unrelated items or in some cases appeared to bethematically arranged. However, establishing the creator of many recordswas not easy due to the complexity of individual departments, sections andtransactions. The team had to look for clues, for example, there was a verylarge series of files on operations in individual countries from CharteredBank. Prior to deposit they had been largely boxed alphabetically bycountry but on closer investigation it became increasingly apparent thatthey had originally been created by different departments in the bank. Theteam considered the covers of files, did different departments use differentcoloured files? Whose initials were marked on the covers? Who wereletters received from or sent to? Of course, they also had to be aware of theannoying forwarding and copying of correspondence to multiple people anddepartments! Unravelling the origins of these files required some detailedresearch into the history of the bank and the staff at different times. Theproject archivists were able to glean some details from the two publishedhistories of Standard Bank and Chartered Bank as well as some partialstaffing lists that the team were able to develop with information found inthe records allowing the creation of a ‘who’s who’ of the bank whichbecame a vital tool in ensuring records were catalogued according to theircreating department. It was worthwhile taking the time to do this. In thecase of the Country files it was possible to identify two main series, one
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from the General Managers’ department and one from the Secretary’sdepartment, although these files often contain information about thesame topics they do have subtle differences in their content, reflectingthe elements of concern that the separate departments gave to the sameissues.
The posterity files:One series in particular which benefitted from the exercise in returningdocuments to their original order is the series of posterity files withinthe secretary’s department of the Chartered Bank of India, Australiaand China (LMA ref: CLC/B/207/CH03/01/09-13). The posterity fileshad mostly been boxed, pre-deposit and marked as such by thesecretary’s department for reference. However, a significant numberwere also identified within the country files, mentioned above. Theposterity files were very identifiable. They generally consist of anenvelope containing one or more documents related to a particularsubject (mainly agreements with specific corporate customers,premises material and legal cases and records on the foundation andcharter). An original paper list to the files forms the basis of the onlinecatalogue descriptions. A distinguishing feature of these files is ahandwritten number on the top right hand corner of the envelope,which represents the document’s number within the series. The originalfile numbers allocated by the bank have been retained as the finalnumber in the reference code. The project team decided to remove theposterity files found in the country boxes and assess whether these filescould be placed back in their original order. The title descriptions ofeach file listed on the indexes assisted in checking that the documentswhich were identified as potential posterity files were definitely part ofthis series. By returning the relevant files to their original order withinthe posterity files, the team have been able to fill some of the gaps inthe series therefore making it more complete for researchers. Theproject historian often used files from this series during his work,therefore returning these documents to their original order wasdefinitely a worthwhile exercise.
The archivists also found it useful to undertake research into thehistory of the countries where the bank operated, for example as SouthAfrica developed into a republic in the 1960s the bank changed internalstructure and hived off its South Africa business into a subsidiarybusiness. With this awareness, the team were able to catalogue the
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records created during this time to reflect such changes. This work alsoenabled accurate cross-referencing in catalogue entries of current andformer names of places and countries to ensure that records will beidentified if users search the online catalogue using these differentnames.
Wallace BrothersOne of the predecessor companies of Standard Chartered Bank wasWallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Limited. The Company hadbeen founded in London in 1862 and had a complex administrativehistory; it was acquired by Standard Bank Limited in 1977 and ceasedtrading in 1989. The records had been deposited at the GuildhallLibrary Manuscripts Sections over several years, the earliest deposit in1974. Several attempts had been made by staff and volunteers at theformer Guildhall Library Manuscripts section to catalogue theCompany’s large series of records. The collection includes records onkey subsidiary companies whose work was based in the Far East, suchas the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited. Cataloguingbegan back in the 1970s when listing of the files within the collectionwas done on cataloguing slips with a corresponding running number.The slips were arranged into subject themes within each subsidiarycompany therefore enabling a form of access to the files. There washowever little interest in recording information about the creator of therecords in the cataloguing slips. Further work by staff some years laterled to part of the Wallace Brothers records being catalogued and madeavailable however there were still a number of files and volumes yet tocatalogue. In order to bring the cataloguing of the records up to date,the file descriptions on the cataloguing slips were input into LMA’scataloguing software and issued with a unique reference number whichcorresponded to the running MS reference numbers used by the formerGuildhall Library Manuscripts Section (a further prefix of CLC/B/207 wasadded to ensure the cataloguing conformed to LMA’s cataloguing systems).These new references were then labelled on the corresponding files, whichwere repackaged and labelled.
It was decided to continue the cataloguing of Wallace Brothers usingthe work already completed on cataloguing slips. The slips provided a basicstructure for the catalogue and therefore sped up the process of making thematerial accessible. When the original cataloguing listing began, ISAD(G)was not in existence as a recognised cataloguing standard. However by
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continuing to use the running MS numbers, listing the records in one longlist rather than in a structured series, the arrangement of the records do notconform to ISAD(G) cataloguing standards. Despite this, the project teamcontinued to work on the collection in this way in order to ensure that aconsistent method of cataloguing was used. Small problems encounteredincluded matching the cataloguing descriptions to the files where thecorresponding file numbers were not always obvious. Occasionally thecontents of the files did not exactly match what had been noted on thecataloguing slips. However, as the cataloguing of this collection spanned anumber of decades, it is perfectly reasonable that there were somediscrepancies with the interpretation of descriptions generated by different
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Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, elephants pulling logs in Sabah (Malysia), 1953
cataloguers during very different eras. By cataloguing the collection in thisway, the archivists ensured that the records of Wallace Brothers andCompany (Holdings) Limited were finally made fully accessible to thebank and other researchers via LMAs online catalogue.
Benefits and outcomesThere have been many benefits to LMA from this partnership project, most
obviously there are approximately 335 shelves less of uncataloguedmaterial within the LMA collections! This is about a third of theuncatalogued material inherited from the collection of the former GuildhallLibrary Manuscript section.
The project provided valuable experience to the archivists involved atdifferent times and provided LMA with experience in handling a largeproject with a high profile external partner. This has already been of benefitin new negotiations to encourage depositor funding for cataloguingprojects. The team archivists were able to host training sessions on thebank’s records which provided an opportunity for other staff at LMA toexplore the rich material within the collection and use that new knowledgeto assist users. These training sessions also raised an awareness of how thematerial could be used by other LMA teams in their work, for example,project staff were able to showcase some records which could be used bythe Development Team for their curriculum based sessions with schoolgroups.
The project plan allowed for regular promotional work and projectarchivists undertook a range of activities including writing articles for theLMA newsletter which not only reached several thousand subscribers butwere also supplied to the bank for their internal news. Staff spoke about theproject at professional conferences, for example at the Business ArchiveCouncil Conference (BAC) in Nottingham in 2013. LMA has also usedmaterial from the collection at events such as the BAC ‘Meet theArchivists’ sessions and the publicity work has helped attract academic useof the collection and raise awareness of the diversity of the materialavailable. Excitingly the wider awareness of these records and theiravailability, now catalogued, has already led to a proposed research projectby an academic.
The official historian has been able to exploit the collections to re-interpret the history of Standard Chartered Bank as this work nears itscompletion it is hoped it will be ready for publication soon. Writing theofficial history alongside the cataloguing of the bank’s archives has provedbeneficial in assisting cataloguing staff with establishing facts about thebackground of the organisation and structure of bank departments.Occasionally corrections have been made to the book based on what hasbeen uncovered during cataloguing.
The surviving records include a large number of photographic albumswhich are rich in images relating to the operations of the bank, for example,
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pictures of branches and branch staff in South Africa, images depictingtrade activity in the Far East and images reflecting both celebrations andconflicts. As the richness of these collections was uncovered during theproject LMA realised that to prevent a ‘last-minute’ rush in trying to selectpictures for use in the publication and to provide the bank with a long-termresource for use by the Head Office and the worldwide branches it wouldbe ideal to have the images digitised. LMA were able to negotiate with thebank and some additional funding was forthcoming. This allowed everyimage held within either the photographic albums or identified in otherseries of the collection to be digitised by LMA’s Imaging and Media team.The funding also allowed two catalogue editors to catalogue eachphotograph to item level and produce a spreadsheet of descriptions toaccompany the digitised images. Project archivists undertook final editingand the processes necessary to transfer the descriptions into the LMAcatalogue. In the end the total number of images was found to be 3,594.This was a valuable ‘add-on’ to the project, making the images much moreaccessible and as a result are actively used by the bank for promotional andadvertising work. The availability of the detailed descriptions will alsoassist the official historian in choosing images to illustrate his work.
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Standard Bank Travelling Agency at Camps Bay, South Africa, 1950s
The futureThe bank still has significant archives in their own care, including the earlyboard minutes already mentioned. These minutes as well as other historicallyimportant items, approximately a further 250 linear metres, have beenidentified for potential future transfer to ensure their long term preservationand accessibility. There are also a number of key records which have beencatalogued but remain at the bank, such as the royal charter for the CharteredBank of Indian Australia and China, and other items which are on display attheir London head office. These have been allocated references but are listedas being ‘on loan’ to the bank ensuring that they are accounted for as part ofthe archival records. In due course it is intended that the notes compiled by theofficial historian in writing the new publication will also be deposited. There isprecedent for this as the collection contains the notes of Compton McKenziegenerated through his work in writing the 1954 history of The CharteredBank, ‘Realms of Silver’, and these have proved very useful to the officialhistorian and other researchers as there are some 125 files and volumesincluding material such as transcripts from board minutes and letters.
The catalogue for these records is now available for researchers to consultworldwide via our online OPAC. Since the launch of the catalogue there hasbeen a noticeable increase in the use of the archive and more awareness ofhow these records can be applied to many different research interests. Thearchive is not only key to documenting the history of the bank, from its originsas two London colonial banks to its current status, but also in documenting thelives and the history of the people and countries who have been involved inthe work of the bank. The records reflect the global range of the banks’operations in places such as Japan, Burma, China, Philippines, Seychelles,Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Uganda and Tanzania to name but a few. Theycontain information regarding trade in a number of commodities includingrice, tea, hemp and rubber and record the development of new opportunities,for example, the beginning of the South African gold rush at Witwatersrand in1886.
Highlights from the collection include letters to the Secretary of theChartered Bank from Dr Bennett, who for over 10 years was responsible forexamining potential staff wishing to be posted abroad. These includeincredibly detailed observations on applicants general state of health, familyhistory and his own, often excruciatingly honest, opinions on whether he feltthey would be suited to the climate of the branch they wished to work,providing an excellent ‘snap-shot’ of the medical issues of Londoners at thattime (CLC/B/207/CH08/08/001).
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Amongst the records of Standard Bank there are important customerdocuments sent to London Head Office for safe custody from SalisburyBranch, largely relating to ownership of gold claims and gold sharescertificates (CLC/B/207/ST07/05/01/001); annual reports on the performanceof bank employees from the 1920s to 1940s (CLC/B/207/ST09/03/01/001);and a small collection of material on staff clubs and bankers’ social societies,which includes minutes of the African Banks Athletic Club and programmesof performances by the Springbok Musical and Dramatic Society(CLC/B/207/ST09/09). The cataloguing work also uncovered two ‘NativeGold Received and Dispatched’ registers for Hartley Branch, Rhodesia(CLC/B/207/ST07/05/02/001).
The ‘voices’ of employees of the bank can be heard in some of therecords, there are letters from staff of the Chartered Bank who were interneesin prisoner of war camps during World War II (ref:CLC/B/207/CH03/01/09/003-004) outlining their experiences, and a morelight hearted account from Mr J Swanson of the Standard Bank who opened abranch of the bank in Kampala in 1912, the first branch in Uganda(CLC/B/207/ST11/03/003).
And of course, there are substantial financial records including balancesheets, general ledgers, profit, loss and branch returns, and bank audits.
The records are available to view at London Metropolitan Archives and thecatalogue can be searched online. The records require 48 hours notice inorder to be consulted as they are currently stored off-site.
Further ReadingMabin, Alan and Conradie, Barbara, eds, The Confidence of the WholeCountry: Standard Bank Report on Economic Conditions in Southern Africa1865 – 1902, (Johannesburg, Standard bank Investment Corporation, 1987)Mackenzie, Compton, Realms of Silver: One Hundred Years of Banking in theEast (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1954)Henry, J A (Shepmann, H A, ed.), The First Hundred Years of the StandardBank (London, Oxford University Press, 1963)Freeth, Stephen, ‘Destroying archives: a case study of the records of StandardChartered Bank’ Journal of the Society of Archivists vol. 12, no. 2 (Autumn1991), p. 85-94Gasson, Michael, ‘Business Archives: some principles and practices’, Journalof the Society of Archivists, vol. 18, no. 2 (1997), p.141-149
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Notes1 For further details please see Stephen Freeth, ‘Destroying archives: a case study of the records
of Standard Chartered Bank’ Journal of the Society of Archivists vol. 12, no. 2 (Autumn 1991),p. 85-94
2 For further details see Alison Turton, Managing Business Archives (1991)
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LETTERS FROM AMERICA: CELEBRATING 80YEARS SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE BUSINESS
ARCHIVES COUNCIL
RICHARD WILTSHIRE1
Trustee, Business Archives Council
SummaryThe year 2014 marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the BusinessArchives Council. Since 1934, the Council’s objectives have been topromote the preservation of business records of historical importance;supply advice and information on the administration and management ofbusiness records; and encourage interest in the history of business inEngland and Wales. This article provides an insight into the early years ofthe organisation between 1932-1939, drawing from letters and otherrecords from the archives of the Business Archives Council. The mainfocus points and key personalities in the Council, who promoted the causeof business archives, are highlighted through presented extracts from theCouncil’s correspondence.
IntroductionThe Business Archives Council was formed as the Council for thePreservation of Business Archives in 1934, in the aftermath of theeconomic slump following the Wall Street crash in 1929. At that time manycompanies who could trace their origins to the industrial revolution weredisappearing through unfavourable trading conditions. Little attention wasbeing paid to the preservation of the records accumulated by these concernswhich included shipbuilding, mining, iron and steel, and textile companies.A group of business individuals and academic historians, realising thatrecords of great interest were being destroyed as a matter of routine whenthe companies were liquidated, joined together to form the Council with theaim of assisting with the rescue of records.
In the words of Professor Sir George N. Clark, a founder of theCouncil, ‘many people must have seen during the 1920s, as we did, thatwhile the study of business records as historical sources was increasingrapidly, the records themselves were in greater danger of destruction thanever before. We thought that an effort should be made to bring academic
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and business people together in an effort to draw attention to the value ofbusiness archives and to the means of preserving them.’
Early beginnings and advice from North AmericaThe correspondence of the Council indicates that the main impetus forformation of the Council came from the academic community. Individualsbased at the London School of Economics, Institute of Historical Researchat the University of London and Oxford University received helpful advicefrom an already well-established business archives community in theUnited State represented by the Business Historical Society (incorporated1925) of Baker Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
The following is an extract from a letter dated 2 July 1932 fromProfessor N.B.S. Gras, Editor, Journal of Economic and Business History(published by the Business Historical Society Inc and the Graduate Schoolof Business Administration, Harvard University), Baker Library, SoldiersField, Boston to Dr Eileen Power (Chair of Economic History), 20Mecklenburg Square, London: ‘Your project of a business historical societyis promising. Where better than in London? I have asked the secretary ofour Business Historical Society to send you such literature as he has.’ Inhis letter, Gras outlines the chief sources of business records, namely banksin their taking over of smaller institutions, lawyers liquidating bankruptfirms and families of closed firms. He continues by emphasising that theCouncil will require:a) ‘plenty (and more plenty)’ of housing spaceb) staff for arrangement and classification of recordsc) an independent existence from a libraryd) the ‘advantage of keeping scholars in at least partial control of affairs.Business men are likely to be fonder of collecting material than of utilisingthem’e) a business policy and scheme of management
In the margin Dr Eileen Power writes ‘No. Our plan is not a centralcollection unless firms are unwilling to keep their records’.
In a further letter dated 5 July 1932 Frank C Ayres, Executive Secretary,Business History Society to Dr Eileen Power writes:
‘Professor Gras advises me that you are interested in the establishingof a business historical society in connection with the London School ofEconomics, and it is needless to say that the expansion of our idea in thisrespect would be most interesting to us and receive our best cooperation. Itis very difficult for us to secure original records from our friends
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abroad...the fact remains, however, that our students of research in thiscountry need the information which foreign records may give, and shouldthe establishment of an historical society in London be an accomplishedfact, it occurs to me that perhaps an exchange of American for Englishrecords might be effected which would be of mutual benefit.’
Two years later Ayres writes again, this time to George M. Clark,Professor of Economic History, Oxford University on 17 September 1934:
‘I was interested to note in a recent publication of the New York Timesa short notice relating to the formation of a proposed Council for thepreservation of business archives in London. The article in question gaveno detail whatever, but I am informed by our good friend Professor N.S.B.Gras, of the Department of History, Harvard Business School, that you areinterested in this new organization. I understand that this Council, if andwhen formed, will carry on in England practically the same kind ofundertaking in which this Society has been engaged during the past nineyears. I hasten, therefore, to congratulate you upon this forward step whichyou and your associates are taking, and to offer you any assistance ofwhich we may be capable. It is possible that our experience of the last nineyears may be helpful to you in carrying on the policies which you willadopt, and on the other hand, we would like very much to be kept informedas to your progress and your plans, since our interests are practicallyidentical.’
The idea of suggested centralised record-keeping by the newly formedCouncil was again emphasised by Ayres on 29 October 1934 to A.V.Judges, Honorary Secretary who was based at the Institute of HistoricalResearch, University of London:
‘Would it not be possible for you to find a depository for your businessarchives which would be more completely under your own control? This isthe policy under which we started our undertaking and chose the BakerLibrary of the Harvard Business School, because it had unusual facilitiesfor centralizing the records which we would collect. ... I do not know thatthese suggestions are at all feasible, since I am not aware of the facilitiesenjoyed by the Institute of Historical Research or the London School ofEconomics, but if it is at all possible, it seems to me that the centralizationof historical material insofar as can be secured and maintained, would helpyour own organization in many ways’.
A.V. Judges provides a useful update on the Council’s first year ofprogress in his letter dated 21 November 1935 to Mr Ralph Hower ofBusiness Historical Society:
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‘Beside the magnitude of your operations, our own affairs, conductedas they are in an amateurish, happy-go-lucky fashion, hardly seem worthmaking a fuss over...the main importance of our efforts to date lie in theirpreventive influence. We have made one or two finds, it is true; but ingeneral it is hard to work up enthusiasm in this country without takingexpensive propaganda measures. Sympathy there is in business circles, butpassionate enthusiasm is lacking. And this is perhaps partly explained bythe relative want of interest on this side in the doings of trading ancestors.We lack the family pride of the Americans. Of course we soon discoveredthat a vast amount of business material was lying about, but we have alsodiscovered, or rather confirmed our previous suspicion that an appallingamount of good stuff was destroyed during the War and post-Waryears...we are by no means discouraged by our experience.... It would notbe unreasonable to say that the paper you gave at the Anglo-AmericanConference helped to stimulate interest in the preservation of businessrecords over here.’
Relations with America continued to be developed by those on theCouncil up to 1939. The Council’s chairman Professor George N. Clarkwrote to John Wadsworth, Joint Secretary in 1938 suggesting the Councilbecomes affiliated to The Society of American Archivists. A.V. Judges hadto write on 7 March 1939 to the Society to decline affiliation due to the‘delicate state’ of the Council’s finances but states that he had recentlytravelled to America, met members of the Society ‘and if I may say so withhumility, I formed a very high opinion indeed’... of the Society’s work.
Key officers and fundingThe Council itself was formally launched at a meeting at the LondonSchool of Economics in May 1934. During the 1930s the Council’s workwas supported by its committee consisting of Chairman, Professor GeorgeN. Clark; Honorary Treasurer, Edward H. Hoare of Hoare’s Bank; andHonorary Secretaries, A.V. Judges of the Institute of Historical Research,University of London, and John E. Wadsworth, employed in IntelligenceDepartment of Midland Bank Limited. By 1938 the following key businessand government individuals had been secured in support of businessarchives: President: Master of the Rolls (since 1934), vice-presidents: SirJosiah Stamp, Robert Holland-Martin and The Right Hon Lord JusticeMackinnon.
Funding of the Council’s activities was mainly dependent on externalsources. In the first decade money was awarded by the Rockefeller
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Research Fund Committee to help the Council start and maintain a registerof business archives. Letters to potential sponsors were seen as a good wayto raise funds, using contacts at high levels. On 13 April 1937 a letter waswritten by the Council’s Vice-President to Lord Wardington, the chairmanof Lloyds Bank Ltd:
‘The Council has been at work long enough to justify its existence andto prove the need for continuous work on the preservation of the class ofhitherto neglected archives which are its special concern. Until recently ithas relied solely on the generous support of a Rockefeller Foundation fundand a member of its own Committee...with the larger income which wehope to obtain, the Committee could not only hand over routineresponsibilities to a paid officer but also proceed with the plannedinvestigation of records on a locality basis, and be free to undertake theproduction of a series of handbooks for archivists and historians which itdesires to issue as soon as possible.’
The potential handbooks listed included a guide to history and recordsof marine, fire and life insurance; private banking and colonial producemerchants; a survey of early materials, not in public collections, relating tothe economic history of London; classification of business archives; and abrochure for general guidance of the student in search of business records.
Money however continued to be a concern for the Council. In February1939, the Council had only £148 4s 10d to meet their objectives. In thesame year it was becoming apparent that a new secretary and a centralisedadministration was needed to support the growing work of the Council.Miss Irene Shrigley, Librarian of the Institute of Bankers was singled outand approached to take over as Secretary. The following extract is from avery carefully letter from John Wadsworth, Honorary Secretary to MissShrigley, 1 March 1939, inviting her to become secretary:
‘...Judges wishes to relinquish the secretaryship in view of greatlyincreased duties elsewhere. I am unable to conduct it while my dutiesinvolve roving around the provinces, though I shall remain on theCommittee. Thus the post of Secretary is vacant. Could you be persuaded toconsider the job, if it were offered to you, as a spare time post?...chiefly itsattraction lies in the interesting work and the substantial contributionwhich it makes to academic research and economic studies. Because ofyour special knowledge and sympathy with these aims, I have thought thatyou might be interested in the idea...I realise that your time may be too full,or that for other reasons you may not wish to undertake the responsibilitiesof this post, and I shall quite understand if you feel unable to go forward
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with the suggestion. In thinking it over, however, you seemed so suited tothe special requirements of the position that I felt obliged to put theproposal before you in the first place. I hope that I shall not trouble youunduly in doing so.’
Luckily Miss Shrigley accepted the position and continued to contributeto the Council’s work until her death on 6 May 1960. She was clearlyadmired by those close to her on the Council. An open circular of 23 Mayto all members of the Business Archives Council gave notice of her deathstating: ‘Miss Shrigley, with her wonderful knowledge and untiring energy,increased the activities of this Council four-fold during the past three yearsand was an enthusiastic supporter for many years previously.’ Her obituarynotice was written by John Wadsworth, who had become by that timeHonorary Treasurer, and appeared in The Times on 11 May 1960.Wadsworth continued to support the Council resigning as Deputy Chairmanand member of Business Records Advisory Service in 1976 due to hiswanting to reduce his commitments. His memory continues with theWadsworth Prize, named in his honour, which is awarded annually by theCouncil to an author of a business history.
Today, the organisation continues to rely on finance directly from itsmembership and the work of volunteers to maintain the Council’sobjectives.
Advisory work and rescuing business archivesInitially advice and rescue was mainly focussed on banking records due toclose contacts the Council had, and continues to have, with that sector.
On 19 November 1935 a letter was written by A.V. Judges to CaptainD. Abel Smith to give advice on a search for records of Smiths’ Bank heldby National Provincial Bank. The letter recommended John Wadsworth’sexperience with early banking records and advised ‘if you want anytranscribing and sorting done, there is a young woman whom I introducedto W. H. Smith and Son, who has been cataloguing and writing up theirearly records, I believe to their complete satisfaction. She might be freeshortly to take on some more work of the same kind. Her charges wereeither one pound or one guinea a day, pro rata as the work was not donequite regularly for complete days’.
In a further letter of 30 December 1935 the Council explains that thereare a limited number of National Provincial Bank branches descendingfrom Smiths’ Bank saying ‘the labour of searching for historical materialshould not, therefore, be a long or a difficult task (though the dust of ages
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will make it far from pleasant), and it seems likely enough that the Bankwould be willing to arrange for it to be carried out, as much in its owninterest as those of historical research. I have no doubt as to the real valueof the work you have in mind, both from the academic and banking point ofview. So far as I am aware there is no set of private banking figuresavailable for as long a period as one hundred years, and if yourresearchers had no other result than a tabulation of principal balancesheet items, together with other key figures it would furnish a uniquecollection of material. The more remote in time, the more interestingbecome the figures. ……very little is known of banking methods in earlydays, and a well-documented example of the business technique of a largebank would be of great interest. Methods of lending, rates of interestcharged and allowed, the reserves of gold and notes held - all these presentavenues for exploration in almost uncharted country.’
A further case was that of Hoare’s Bank of Fleet Street, City of London.Wilfred Samuel, a committee member wrote to John Wadsworth on 5December 1938 concerning pending destruction of seventeenth centurytradesmen’s bills at the bank:
‘I do hope that you “trod delicately”...I suggested to Colonel Bennett[keeper of the Muniment Room] that they might be arranged in guardbooks under date order, but as he is very nearly stone-deaf I am not surehow much of this penetrated.’ Subsequent letters however reveal that theintervention was successful in alerting Mr Hoare as to the potential value ofthe bills which he confessed he had not know before.
The Council used the media to promote greater awareness of businessarchives and their value. On 1 December 1937 the Assistant Secretaryplaced an advertisement in The Times:
‘OLD BUSINESS FIRMS are asked not to destroy early recordswithout consulting THE COUNCIL FOR THE PRESERVATION OFBUSINESS ARCHIVES – write c/o Institute of Historical Research, MaletStreet, W. C. 1.’
The Council was asked to contribute to a series of talks planned by theBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A letter to from G.R. Barnes,Assistant Director of Talks, BBC to A.V. Judges on 7 December 1937explained: ‘We are in fact planning a series of talks under the title of“Family Papers” to take place fortnightly, 6.0 - 6.15 p.m., on Sundays inthe January-March quarter. In these talks various speakers will reconstructfrom unpublished papers (diaries, letters, commonplace books, etc.) the lifeof a typical member of the professions two generations ago...We are
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wondering if your Council would like to contribute to this series with theaid of published documents to which you have access. We realise that youare concerned with business records, but we believe that a talk constructedfrom old records of a family business would be appropriate in this series. Ifthis invitation is of interest to you we should have no objection to your finalparagraph containing some information about the destruction of businessarchives which is now going on.’
In 1939 ‘Saving Business Archives’ was supplied to The Times andappeared on 2 February, announcing how a systematic confidentialquestionnaire would be sent to businesses:
‘[The council] has collected a good deal of information aboutsurviving businesses of early date and has often been instrumental inhaving their records safe-guarded. Particulars of these old-establishedbusinesses are kept in a register and indexed. The register not onlycontains positive information of finds and disclosures but notes also thenon-existence of business records when inquiry shows them to havebeen irrevocably lost. The negative enquiries will save unnecessarysearching by future historians. The investigations so far carried outshow clearly how extensive has been the destruction of old businessrecords in quite recent times. Has the council been at work only 10years earlier there would have been a substantial difference in thequantities of material rescued.’
‘In the opinion of the society virtually every bundle of books andpapers recording transactions and details of business managementbefore, say, 1850 contains some valuable information...It is far fromgenerally realized that account books, correspondence, and apparentlyworthless records relating to the internal economy of a business –conditions of agency, partnership, wages, employment, prices,purchases of raw material and plant, consignment and certain practicesof oversea[sic] trade – can throw light on the development andproblems of commercial and industrial enterprise in general. It is afield in which America, though a newer country and poorer in records,is much ahead of Great Britain’.
By 1951 it was reported in The Evening News (February 23) that theCouncil was still ‘waging a continual war to make business men awareof the value of these [business] records…..Since 1934 the council hascollected a treasure-trove of manuscripts which include the accounts ofan 18th-century sugar planter in Trinidad the business letters of theDukes of Bedford’s 17th-century agents, accounts of the South Sea
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Company and daybooks of a colliery in the last century. The latestcache of letters - those of a West African trader (1767-70) who wasinvolved in shipping slaves - has been considered so important that ithas been printed and is now published in book form by the Council.’
Today the risks to business records continue to be a key concern ofthe trustees of the Council. Rescue work is still untaken by the Councilas members are represented on the Crisis Management Team establishedas part of the National Strategy for Business Archives.2
Forward thinkingIn 1930s the Council, as today, promoted business archives throughtalks. On 7 March 1939 A.V. Judges, Honorary Secretary, gave a speechto The Society of Genealogists on ‘Office Ledgers and the Genealogist’.He introduced himself by saying ‘I belong to the larger and less worthygroup of historical workers who have little difficulty in resisting theimpulse to spend a week of close research in an endeavour to establishbeyond all possibility of challenge the reality of a single event in the lifeof a single individual.’ Judges’ went on to explain the value of businessarchives and provide examples of their uses:
‘The value of most forms of business records is that they wereproduced in the course of action for a strictly limited purpose. They tellus in a pleasingly quantitative language of the experiences undergoneby the under representative as well as the representative unit ofenterprise, by the small unsuccessful firm as also by the expanding andflourishing firm. They give us information which is unobtainable fromany other source.….I have a notion too that the registers of life and firerisks undertaken by the 18th century insurance companies – and againmany of those books are still with us – would give much accurate andinstructive detail about persons and their dwellings. The gradualcompilation of a card-index of such information would not be animpossible scheme’.
Judges predicted future work and research opportunities well. Cityof London based insurance company policy registers have and are beingindexed currently by volunteers at London Metropolitan Archives asthese records are vital to studies of businesses, localities and personsfrom late seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
In his speech, Judges also referred to the appraisal of records andradical methodology for the time which was later termed ‘macro-appraisal’:
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‘The problem of physical volume is the most troublesome of all theconsiderations which exercise the Council for the Preservation ofBusiness Archives when it attempts to handle collections of recentorigins. Its solution does appear to involve certain departures from theordinary canons of propriety established by archivists and librarians.Cruel necessity requires the destruction in some cases of unexaminedmaterial, or at least records which, but for their physical extent, woulddeserve more careful scrutiny by the specialist. Faced with difficulties ofthis order the Council has so far been compelled to regard the functionsof counsellor and clearing-house as more important than the roles ofpreserver and collector. Later we hope to embark on more ambitiouspolicies, and we must eventually be prepared to accept responsibility forhandling and examining voluminous collections, at least for the criticalperiod which falls between a sudden emergency acquisition ofdocuments and the finding of a permanent home for them.’
The Council has continued to organise and participate in events, suchas annual conferences, seminars and meetings, to promote the use ofbusiness archives and allow wider discussion on best practice on theirmanagement and use.
Celebrating 80 yearsThe Council is indebted to the above mentioned forward-thinkingfounders who established and first campaigned in a focused, co-ordinated way for the preservation of business archives, and to all whovolunteered and were employed by the Council over the years. TheBusiness Archives Council has continued to lobby, rescue and surveycorporate records, advise companies on how to keep and maintain theirarchives, survey the history of specific industries, and field a steadystream of inquiries from researchers on access to material. The diversityof business archives ensures they attract interest from all facets ofsociety and has a strong support in the professional community. TheCouncil’s conference on access in November 2014 highlights the workdone over the past 80 years and examines how the charity has workedwith others to enhance access to business records.
Further readingAll extracted items are held in the archives of the Business ArchivesCouncil held by the Council. Contact Karen Sampson, HonorarySecretary, for further details on access.
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Notes1 This article draws on research conducted by Richard Wiltshire, Michelle Blagg and Karen
Sampson. 2 For more information about the rescue work of the BAC see A. Ritchie, ‘The work of the
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GeneralAlexander, N., ‘Retailing in international markets, 1900-2010: a response to Godleyand Hang’s “Globalisation and the Evolution of International Retailing: A Comment onAlexander’s “British Overseas Retailing, 1900-1960”’, Business History, 55, pp. 302-12.Berry, C., The idea of commercial society in the Scottish Enlightenment. Edinburgh:Edinburgh University Press.Braggion, F. and Moore, L., ‘The economic benefits of political connections in lateVictorian Britain’, Journal of Economic History, 73, pp. 142-76.Broadberry, S., Campbell B. M. S. and Van Leeuwen, B., ‘When did Britain industrialise?The sectoral distribution of the labour force and labour productivity in Britain, 1381-1851’, Explorations in Economic History, 50, pp. 16-27.Buckley P. J. , Horn S. A. and Cross, A. R., et. al. , ‘The spatial redistribution of Japanesedirect investment in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 2010’, Business History, 55,pp. 405-30.Burke-Gaffney, B., Holme, Ringer & Company: the rise and fall of a British enterprise inJapan (1868-1940). Boston: Global Oriental.Burnes, B. and Cooke, B., ‘The Tavistock’s 1945 invention of organizationdevelopment: early British business and management applications of socialpsychiatry’, Business History, 55, pp. 768-89Cantor, G., ed., The Great Exhibition: a documentary history. Pickering & Chatto.Claydon, T., ‘Daily news and the construction of time in late Stuart England, 1695-1714’, Journal of British Studies, 52, pp. 55-78.Colella, S., ‘“That inscrutable something”: business in the periodical press’, VictorianPeriodicals Review, 46, pp. 317-342.Foreman-Peck, J. and Hannah, L. ‘Some consequences of the early twentieth-centurydivorce of ownership from control’, Business History, 55, pp. 540-61.Freeman, M., Pearson, R. and Taylor, J. , ‘Law, politics and the governance of Englishand Scottish joint-stock companies, 1600-1850’, Business History, 55, pp. 633-49.Goddard, R., ‘Medieval business networks: St Mary’s Guild and the borough court in
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BUSINESS RECORDS DEPOSITED IN 2013
MIKE ANSONBank of England Archive
Compiled from information provided by the National Archives, Kew.
Advertising, media, publishing and printingBirmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, Library of Birmingham, CentenarySquare, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND: Tindal Street Press, publishers, Birmingham:records 20th cent (MS 4387)Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections, Arts and Social Sciences Library,University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TJ: Penguin Books Ltd, publishers, London:papers rel to ‘Rough Guide’ travel book series 1990-2009 (DM2551)British Library, Manuscript Collections, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB: James Burn & CoLtd, bookbinders, London: records 1786-1998 (Add MS 89033)Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services, Tower Building,Dundee, Angus, DD1 4HN: Sapphire Project (Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History):material created and collected by the project incl administrative records, oral history recordingsand archives (in particular archives of Thomas Nelson, publishers) 20th cent-21st cent(2013/586)London University: Senate House Library, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU:Joan Lluis Gili i Serra, bookseller, publisher, translator and founder of the Dolphin BookCompany: records incl personal papers, author files and stock lists for the Dolphin Bookshopc1903-2004 (MS1197)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:Boswell Publicity Ltd, Nottingham: minutes, accounts, art work, corresp and legal papers 1920-1997 (8515); Hawthornes of Nottingham Ltd, printers and stationers: records c1895-2012 (8345)University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, Cadbury ResearchLibrary, Muirhead Tower (Lower Ground Floor), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston,Birmingham, B15 2TT: British Book Trade Index: additional papers, incl corresp 1983-1994(MS803)University of Reading: Special Collections, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX: Bradley & SonsLtd, printers, Reading: accounts, photographs and programmes 1914-1938 (MS 5491)West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN: SouthWales Evening Post, newspaper, Swansea: press cutting files and photographs c1960-2000
Agriculture, forestry and fishingBedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, Riverside Building, Borough Hall,Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP: David Stanton, farmer: farm diaries 1867-1905 (Z1517/1-8)Cambridgeshire Archives, Shire Hall, Cambridge,CB3 0AP: WG Hagger & Sons of BirdlimesFarm and Maor Farm, Comberton: accounts 1946-1988 (R113/060)Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire, SA31 1DS: Penyback Farm, Llanddowror: farm account book 1950-1970 (Acc
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8374)Ceredigion Archives, Ceredigion Archives, Old Town Hall, Queen’s Square, Aberystwyth,Ceredigion, SY23 2EB: Padarn Dairy: accounts, ledger recording herd management, photographc1890-1954 (ADX/1399)Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Bodwannick Manor Farm,Nanstallon, Lanivet: property records 1780-2009 (X1395)Denbighshire Record Office, 46 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1HP: David S Jones,Tyn Drain Farm, Llansilin: diary and farm accounts 1919-1940 (DD/DM/1830)Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL:Coffins and Falkedon Farms, Spreyton: farm diaries 1887-1888 (8679)Dumfries and Galloway Archives, Ewart Library, Catherine Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire,DG1 1JB: David Walker, farmer, Castle Douglas: diary 1848-1849 (GGD722)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: Scrambler family, farmers, of Penton Grafton: business records incl work diary, cropand animal statistics, accounts c1920-1989 (145A13); Unnamed farm, Wallop: accounts c1746-1858 (59A13)Highland Archives, Highland Archive and Registration Centre, Bught Road, Inverness,Inverness-shire, IV3 5SS: Muirtown Nurseries Ltd, Inverness: stock book, architect’s plans,newspapers, photographs c1951-1977 (D1372)Highland Archives: Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre, Elgin Hostel, Dunvegan Road, Portree,Isle of Skye, IV51 9EE: Glenvicaskill farm, Bracadale: account book 1925-1950 (SL/D275)Island Archives, Guernsey, St. Barnabas, Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1LF:Windflower Hill Nurseries, Les Sages, St Pierre du Bois: financial records rel to lily growing1900-1999Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage Trust, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4JY: Picot Farm, StOuen: photographs c1880-1930 (JA/2311)Lancashire Archives, Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2RE: HigherWoodhouse Farm, Slaidburn: diaries of Fred Wood and John Wood describing weatherconditions, work and social activities 1914-1967 (DDX 2996)Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester,LE18 2AH: Coteswick Farm, Barrow upon Soar: records incl financial, insurance, crop andanimal registration c2000-2013 (DE8649)Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB: J R Dring & Son Ltd, farmers,Legsby and Bleasby: records incl deeds, sale particulars, tenancy agreements, valuations,accounts, corresp, personal papers and miscellaneous items 1687-1992 (MISC DON 1782);Roberts family, farmers, Weston: account book and other associated records 1865-1905 (MISCDON 1773)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Wild Family, farmers of Heathrow: cash books, sale ledgers and wages registers c1928-1949(LMA/4067)Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX: Ruth Timbrell, farmmanager: business records, catalogues and photographs 1910-1970 (FR DX2014); Richard Kent,farmer of Scotland Farm, Cornwall: diaries 1876-1906 (FR DX1992); Simmons family, farmersof Berkshire: corresp, diaries, farm valuations and papers rel to work with the War AgriculturalCommittee 1886-1949 (D DX1995)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:
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William Shaw, farmer, Cropwell Butler: account and recipe book c1762-1785 (8443)Pembrokeshire Archives, Prendergast, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2PE: Primrose HillFarm, Maidenwells: account book, kept by Susan Lewis (1860-1928) 1919-1933 (HDX/1907)Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre, Heritage Hub, Kirkstile, Hawick,Roxburghshire, TD9 0AE: Sanderson & Paterson, builders and timber merchants, Galashiels:account book 1826-1844 (SBA/565)Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AQ: Charles Meredith,livestock dealer, Clun: diaries 1910-1932 (acc 8716)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF: Freerange poultry farm, Huish Episcopi: business records 1960-1989 (A\DQJ); Heathfield Farm:additional accounts, diaries and photographs 1959-1985 (DD\BRO); John Land, farmer,Withypool: diaries and other papers 1913-1953 (A\DRX); John Oram, farmer, Lovington andWeston Bampfylde: diaries [6 PDFs] 1854-1907 (A\DSZ)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Lipscombe Farm,Knaphill: accounts 1865-1984 (9249)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: AbbeylandsFarm, Henfield: photographs 20th cent (Acc 17058); Unnamed farm: diary and account book(possibly for Salt Hill Farm, New Fishbourne) 1819-1896 (Acc 17008)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:Rowden Farm, Chippenham: accounts, wages and cash books 1946-1999 (4162)
Architects and landscape designBath Record Office, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW: David McLaughlin, conservationarchitect: slides, research notes, and corresp rel to architecture and conservation in Bath c1982-2004 (1042)Bristol Record Office, ‘B’ Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN: Sir Frank W Wills& Sons, architects, Bristol: additional records incl drawings rel to Bristol Museum and ArtGallery, ledger, journals, maps and photographs 1882-1969 (43641)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: Percy Thomas Partnership, architects and planning consultants,Cardiff: architectural drawings and reports c1920-1989 (D975); Thomas Morgan Architects,Pontypridd: maps and plans rel to buildings incl hotels, cinemas and billiard halls, mainly in theRhondda Valley 1905-1972 (D993)Glasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN: Wilson,Hamilton & Wilson, architects, Glasgow: architectural and cost surveys of Woodside 1968(TD1885)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: JA Chatwin & Son,architects, Birmingham: papers concerning church fabric, Deerhurst 1956-1977 (P112)Highland Archives: Caithness Archive Centre, Wick Library, Sinclair Terrace, Wick, Caithness,KW1 5AB: Sinclair Macdonald & Son, architects, Thurso: additional plans 20th cent (P801)National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library, Merseyside Maritime Museum,Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ: Philip Collins, architectural technician: photographic slides ofdereliction and renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool taken by Collins of Holford Associates,architects appointed by Merseyside Development Corporation c1980-1989 (PR 623)Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: Peter CodlingArchitects, Norwich: plans and drawings c1975-1995 (ACC 2012/329, 332)
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Auctioneers, estate agents, surveyors and propertyBath Record Office, Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW: Jones Lang LaSalle, propertyagents: architectural drawings of buildings designed and renovated in Bath 1885-1996 (1034)Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire, SA31 1DS: Laugharne Park Owners Club, holiday timeshare company:minutes, accounts, other records 1990-2003 (Acc 8367)Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: BJ Ridge, fish salesman,auctioneer and estate and insurance agent, Newlyn: additional business records 1880-1996(X1206)Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL:Carter & Carter, estate managers: management and rental records rel to property in Exmouth andBudleigh Salterton 1880s-1990s (8530)Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: Iles & Co, estate agents,Billericay: corresp, plans and town maps 1930-2007 (Accs.A13674, A13725)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: FrederickLoveridge, auctioneer, valuer and estate agent, Gloucester: additional record, ledger 1914-1917(D5640)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Drivers Jonas, chartered surveyors, London: ledgers, reports, auction books, property estaterecords, marketing material, photographs, and family papers c1700-2003 (B13/143)Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: FrancisHornor & Son, surveyors and land agents, Norwich: additional records 14th-20th cent (ACC2013/230, 237)Pembrokeshire Archives, Prendergast, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2PE: John Francis& Son, land and estate agents, auctioneers and valuers, Carmarthen: corresp, surveys, plans, saleparticulars and other papers 19th-20th cent (D-JF)Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT39HQ: Phoenix West Belfast Development Trust Ltd: corresp and financial papers 1989-1997(D4565/UNL)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Guy Hanscomb,auctioneer and estate agent, Oxted: sale and rental particulars for local properties, with saleparticulars of Hampton & Sons estate agents for properties incl Limpsfield Court and Wistler’sWood c1937-1942 (9239)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: HenryAdams, estate agents and valuers, Horsham: agricultural valuation books c1850-1930 (Acc17228)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:Edington Station Yard Ltd, property investment company: deeds, accounts, minutes and papers[30 year closure] 1942-2013 (4187)
Banking, finance and insuranceGwent Archives, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6AA: Blaina CottageBuilding Society: records incl minutes, ledgers, rental records and share certificates c1889-1950
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(D5949)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB: GW & A E Thomson Ltd, pawnbrokers, London: accounts, ledgers and sale books c1930-2010(B13/103)
BrewingHounslow Library Local Studies Service, Hounslow Library, Local Studies, CentreSpace, TreatyCentre, High Street, Hounslow, TW3 1ES: Beehive Brewery, Brentford: account book incl beerpurchases by Beehive Public House, Bedfont 1900-1908 (HALS/ARC 337)Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage Trust, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4JY: Ann StreetBrewery Co Ltd, St Helier: records incl brewing books, accounts, annual reports, Jersey Café Corecords, Channel Wines and Spirits (Jersey) Ltd minutes, Greville Bathe Fund, wages books andHops Marketing Board corresp c1878-2005 (JA/2318, JA/2299, JA/2342)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Bankruptcypapers (1866-1867) rel to John Keen Sidgwick, brewer and maltster, Stonham Brewery 1668-1897 (HD3046)
Building construction and suppliesBath University Archives, The Library, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, Somerset, BA27AY: James Nisbet & Partners, quantity surveyors, Bath: corresp, papers and work specificationsrel to the construction of Claverton Down campus, University of Bath 1960-1989 (NISBET)Bristol Record Office, ‘B’ Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN: FJ Dodge & Sons,plumbers, Bristol: job book 1929-1932 (45189)Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FE: Tarmac Construction Ltd,Wolverhampton: photographs of Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass under construction 1984-1987(D7619)Edinburgh City Archives, Corporate Governance, City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers,High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ: J & G Laidlaw, builders and joiners, Leith: letter book andledger 1878-1894 (Accession 920)Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: FJ Green & Sons Ltd, builders,Leigh: corresp and financial records 1920-1994 (Acc.S3346)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: Morgan & Thomas, builders, contractors and undertakers,Ynysybwl: records incl order books for coffins with names, ages and dates of death, corresp relto building repairs and personal papers of Jonathan Thomas 1912-1963 (D1002)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: SC Morris & SonsLtd, builders, Cheltenham: accounts 1905-1931 (D13338)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: C Jennings, builder, Sherborne St John: wages book 1949-1952 (90A13); Odihambrickworks: accounts 1852-1889 (104A13); Ringwood Cottage Building Co Ltd: records inclminutes, annual reports, membership records, share certificate 1881-1921 (117A13)Huntingdonshire Archives, Huntingdonshire Library and Archives, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA: George Richardson, builder, Huntingdon: ledger c1867-1890 (5667)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Stuarts Granolithic Co Ltd, industrial flooring contractors, Birmingham: minutes, members
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registers, share ledgers, financial records, corresp, product specifications, works photographs,advertising and printed material, and pension papers 1887-2010 (B13/057)Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: Hugh RWilkins, builder, Norwich: accounts (3 vols) 1952-1962 (BR 380)North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8TB:Cherry family, joiners and undertakers, Thornton Steward: account books c1855-1949 (Z.1433)Northamptonshire Record Office, Wootton Hall Park, Mereway, Northampton,Northamptonshire, NN4 8BQ: John James, joiner, Warmington: ledger c1923-1952 (2013/27)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:Herbert Baggaley Construction Ltd, Mansfield: records incl ledgers, day work book, register ofdirectors 1930-1981 (8404); Walkers of Gedling, builders and joinery manufacturers: records inclstock, order and salaries books and family papers 20th cent (8537)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Unnamedbuilder, Suffolk: account book 1795-1815 (HD3063)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: FW Clarke & Sons,builders, Woking: deeds and papers c1930-1969 (9327)Teesside Archives, Exchange House, 6 Marton Road, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough, TS11DB: Middlesbrough Casements Ltd, window manufacturers: photographs of their productsc1930-1969 (Acc 7289)Watt Library Archives, 9 Union Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, PA16 8JH: Archibald C Fletcher,plumbers, Greenock: sales ledger 1913-1922 (BG62)West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN: WilliamAaron James, builder, Cowbridge: corresp and receipts rel to Swansea companies 1885-1914(D/D Z 918)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:AE Farr Ltd, civil engineering contractors, Westbury: additional records, tenders, photographsand papers 1923-1935 (2233); G & H Offer, carpenters, box makers and undertakers, Devizes:accounts and papers 1932-1972 (4219)
Chemicals, oils, plastics, refining and rubberFlintshire Record Office, The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Hawarden, Flintshire, CH5 3NR:Clariant Life Science Molecules (UK) Ltd, chemical manufacturers, Sandycroft: photographs,annual reports, company profile 1999-2003 (AN4791)Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives, City CentralLibrary, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS: Harrison & Sons Ltd, dyemanufacturers, Hanley: records c1950-1960s (SD 1654)Teesside Archives, Exchange House, 6 Marton Road, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough, TS11DB: Imperial Chemical Industries (General Chemicals) Ltd: papers rel to research anddevelopment, chemical products, mergers and acquisitions, photo album rel to royal visit toWilton site c1950-1989 (Acc 7223, Acc 7228)Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, 277 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ:Robert William Sherrard, oilman, Bow: account book 1870-1887 (B/MIS/42)
Co-operative societiesGlasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN: Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, general merchants and manufacturers: additional records
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Electrical, electronics and telecommunicationsGloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: Tetbury ElectricalSupply Co: cash and account books (transferred from Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre)1924-1933 (D13035)Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives, Savoy Hill House, 7-10 Savoy Hill,London, WC2R 0BU: British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, manufacturers of electrical machineryand equipment: films rel to work on light bulb manufacture and sound on film 1920-1940(IET/SPE/3/6/55-56); North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co, Wood Green: records1906-2013 (SC MSS 250)Pembrokeshire Archives, Prendergast, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 2PE: PembrokePower Station: leaflets, photographs and other papers 1972-1997 (HDX/1908)Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft Branch, The Library, Clapham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR321DR: Taylor Electrical, domestic electricians, Beccles: business papers, incl accounts andcatalogues 1913-2013 (2222)Tyne and Wear Archives, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4JA:Burgess Products Co Ltd, electrical equipment manufacturers, Gateshead: Micro Switch Divisionnotes and photographs of staff and company products 1940-1978 (DX1523)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, PrincessAlexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU: HG Heaton Ltd, electrical repair shop, Honley andHolmfirth: records 1957-2010 (WYK1702)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:Trowbridge Electric Supply Co: ledgers and accounts incl West Wilts Lighting & Power Co1911-1935 (4115)
Employers, trade and business organisationsBristol Record Office, ‘B’ Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN: Bristol WholesaleGreen Fruit Trade Association: minutes, reports and papers 1910-1989 (45160); Tobacco TradeTravellers Association, Bristol and West of England branch: minutes 1937-1951 (45016)Dundee City Archives, 18 City Square, Dundee: Dundee and District Master ButchersAssociation: minutes 1912-1991 (GD/HF/MBA)Tyne and Wear Archives, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4JA:Tyneside and Wearside Pork Butchers Association: minutes, draft rules 1926-1992 (AS.PB)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Hand Engravers Association of Great Britain: interview transcripts, histories and notes on handengravers, from files of the ‘Cut in Clerkenwell’ Heritage Lottery funded project 2012-2013(LMA/4643); Licensed Trade Charity: minutes, accounts, publications, registers, photographsand deeds 1794-2006 (B13/023, B13/055); Northern Friendly Society of Pawnbrokers: minutes,photographs, rules, members lists and notes 1832-1962 (B13/102); Skin, Hide and LeatherTraders Association: minutes, rules, lists of arbitrations, newsletters and handbooks 1953-2003(B13/070)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Woking Chamber ofCommerce: minutes, notes, publicity material and administrative papers c1974-2011 (9143)
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Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce: additional minutes and corresp 1992-2011 (3599)
Engineering, machine making and manufacturingBirmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, Library of Birmingham, CentenarySquare, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND: Hoare Lea, consulting engineers, London: records1879-2011 (MS 2626)Conwy Archive Service, Old Board School, Lloyd Street, Llandudno, LL30 2YG: R White & SonsLtd, engineers, Widnes: photographs of the Great Orme Tramway 1900-1902 (CP519)Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Harvey & Co Ltd, shipand engine builders, ironfounders, timber, coal and general merchants, Hayle: property deeds1869-1988 (AD2277); Holman Brothers Ltd, pneumatic tool manufacturers, Camborne:additional records, plans and site products aerial photographs 1934-2002 (X1397)Coventry History Centre, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QP:Alfred Herbert Ltd, machine tool manufacturers, Coventry: minutes and photographs 1938-1980(PA2918); Speedright Gauge & Tool Ltd, Coventry: records, incl financial and production papers1928-2006 (PA2925)Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FE: Bryan Donkin Co Ltd,mechanical and gas engineers and valve manufacturers, Chesterfield: minutes, photographs ofstaff, worksites, machinery and production, internal publications 20th cent (D5029)Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP: Northey RotaryCompressors Ltd, Poole: minutes 20th cent (D.2554)East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service, The Treasure House, ChampneyRoad, Beverley, HU17 9BA: Armstrong Patents Co Ltd, shock absorber manufacturers, Beverley:records 1945-1995 (6495)Hackney Archives Department, Dalston CLR James Library, Dalston Square, Dalston Lane,London, E8 3BQ: E Reed & Sons Ltd, general engineers and surgical equipment manufacturers,London: business papers c1893-2008 (2013/03)Knowsley Archives, Kirkby Library, Newtown Gardens, Kirkby, Lancashire, L32 8RR: CrossHeuler, toolmakers, Knowsley: photographs many featuring Harold Wilson c1900-1999 (Acc201317)Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX: Wantage Engineering CoLtd, agricultural and general engineers: additional records incl invoices, order book, labourrecords, accident book and corresp 1900s-1950s (TR DX2047)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:Beeston Boiler Co Ltd: records incl photographs and slides 20th cent (8382)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF:Unnamed wheelwright, Nether Stowey: ledger 1800-1899 (A\DQC)Southwark Local History Library and Archive, John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High, Street,London, SE1 1JA: R Hoe & Co Ltd, printing press manufacturers, Southwark: photographs offactories with papers rel to an apprentice at the company 1925-1962 (2013/1)Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives, City CentralLibrary, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS: Bernard W. E. Webber Ltd, potteryand glass making equipment engineers and suppliers, Stoke-on-Trent: records c1949-1969 (D1625)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Compair
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Reavell Ltd, compressor manufacturers, Ipswich: ledgers c1898-1949 (HC479); William Large,wheelwright, Butley: account book 1866-1872 (HD3040)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Teachers’ Bicycleand Tricycle Co, Oatlands Park, Weybridge: papers, mainly corresp to Mr Jesse; Colman, cycleagent, from customers and suppliers 1895-1921 (9215); Vokes Engineering Ltd, air and vehiclefiltration system manufacturers, Henley Park, Normandy: records incl papers of CG Vokes,company founder 20th cent (9127)Warwickshire County Record Office, Priory Park, Cape Road, Warwick, CV34 4JS: James WGlover & Sons, agricultural implement manufacturers, Warwick: day books 1841-1871 (05254)West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN: UniflocLtd, process engineers, Swansea: plans 20th cent (D/D UCE)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale, Central Library, Northgate House, Northgate,Halifax, HX1 1UN: Fielden Holt & Sons, picker manufacturers, Todmorden: records 1926-1971(WYC:1694)Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies, Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill,Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV1 1SF: John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd, tool makers:corresp, photographs and papers 1799-1898 (DX-1044); John Thompson Ltd, Wolverhampton,boilermakers and engineers: printed material comprising catalogues, reports and brochures 20thcent (DB-64)
Family business and personal papersAberdeen University, Special Collections Centre, Special Collections Centre, The Sir DuncanRice Library, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA: Samuel Michael David Alexander, industrialtrainer and amateur ornithologist: papers c1940-2010 (Acc No 679)British Library: Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections (previously Oriental and India OfficeLibrary), 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB: Richard Campbell Bazett, partner in Bazett,Farquhar, Crawford & Co, East India agents, London: corresp 1803-1832 (Mss Eur F678)Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections, Centre for Research Collections, MainLibrary, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ: Sir John Jackson, civil engineer: papers andphotographs 1838-1914 (Coll-1490)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: William Morgan, actuary: corresp of William Morgan and hisfamily 1770-1862 (D945)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: Drake family ofCheltenham: personal and family papers incl business papers rel to Drake’s department store,Cheltenham 20th cent (D13066)Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives), Worship Street, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU2 8BG:Clive Wilson, shipping company director: papers incl diaries and corresp c1880-1919 (UDX/375)London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Special Collections,Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG: Roland Berger, Director of the BritishCouncil of International Trade: personal papers and corresp, and papers rel to Berger’sinvolvement with trade with China 1905-1992 (PP MS 91); Richard Beattie Davis, charteredsurveyor and collector: photographs and diary rel to trip to value property in Africa c1952 (MS381170); Edward Lees, fur trader and businessman: corresp, diaries and family photographsduring the Lees’ residence in China c1900-1915 (MS 381183)
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Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: Nancy Ives,local historian: research papers rel to the Dutch and Flemish Strangers and the cloth trade inNorwich and elsewhere during the 16th and 17th centuries c1980-2010 (MC 3015)Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, Unit 3, Clare Place, Coxside, Plymouth, Devon, PL40JW: Radford and May families of Lydford: photographs and papers with ledgers of familybusinesses 1875-1974 (3982)Southampton Archives Office, South Block, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY: Alan D Chun,estate agent and local historian: business diaries, ledger, and papers rel to local history 1888-1969(D/Chun)Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives, City CentralLibrary, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS: Sir Francis L’Estrange Joseph,businessman: papers and diaries c1881-1953 (SD 1631)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Cecil Haven,prisoner of war, ceramics salesman: papers rel to his First World War imprisonment as a civilianprisoner at Ruhleben and his work as an overseas representative for Josiah Wedgwood & SonsLtd 1915-2013 (9165)Tyne and Wear Archives, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 4JA:Hector Macdonald Stewart, tugboat master: MS autobiography, records rel to the steam tugboat‘Hendon’ incl log books, statements of wartime salvage services and naval messages, personalpapers and corresp, photographs 1940-1977 (DX1524); Sir Paul Nicholson, industrialist:business papers, mainly rel to Vaux Group 1963-2002 (DF.PDN)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN: SirRichard Burbidge, 1st Bt, managing director of Harrods: diaries 1877-1917 with diary of EdithMarie Burbidge to 1939 and Richard G W Burbidge 1912 1877-1939 (4218)
Film and photographyBritish Film Institute, Special Collections, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, London, GreaterLondon, SE1 8XT: Artificial Eye Film Co Ltd, film distributors, London: scripts, press andpublicity material, accounts, legal papers and corresp 1960s -2000s ; Pukka Films Ltd, motionpicture producers, London: teaching notes for Pukka Films titles 2010-2011; Smart Egg Pictures,film production company, London: scripts, publicity material and stillsCornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Edwin Trembath, grocerand photographer, St Just in Penwith: glass negatives and lantern slides, views of St Just inPenwith 1800-1999 (AD2150)Dundee City Archives, 18 City Square, Dundee: Ron Gazzard, photographer, Dundee: journals,negatives, prints, albums of studio work, other records c1965-2010 (GD/Ga)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: Levi Ladd, photographer, Tonypandy: glass plate negatives inclTonypandy riots c1910-1919 (D974)Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: ChristopherSkipworth, photographer, Norwich: digital images (97) recording the redevelopment of the NR3area of Norwich for a contemporary photographic exhibition held at Norfolk Record Office2008-2012 (ACC 2012/280)Northamptonshire Record Office, Wootton Hall Park, Mereway, Northampton,Northamptonshire, NN4 8BQ: Photoair, aerial reconnaissance, Northamptonshire: negatives,films and CD scans of aerial photographs taken of Northamptonshire 1973-2000 (2013/122)
Food, drink and tobaccoBristol Record Office, ‘B’ Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN: Luton & Son,bakers, Bristol: minutes, accounts and papers 1893-1984 (45058)Cambridgeshire Archives, Shire Hall, Cambridge,CB3 0AP: Thomas and Sharach Livermore,wheat millers, Great Wilbraham: account book 1839-1859 (R113/056)Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Cheshire Record Office, Duke Street, Chester, CH1 1RL: TPrice & Son Ltd, bakers, Chester: papers 1865-1954 (D 8474)East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service, The Treasure House, ChampneyRoad, Beverley, HU17 9BA: Thompsons Dairies Ltd, Beverley: records c1940-2003 (DDX1919)Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: Brooks Flour Millers Ltd,Mistley: minutes 1937-1958 (Acc.A13683)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: Conway & Sons Dairies Ltd, Merthyr Tydfil: accounts 1925-1971 (D1003)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: SS Hall, catering provider: papers rel to running of the Mitre Catering Establishmentand the Methodist Church Canteen, Gosport, incl notebooks recording numbers served, correspwith Ministry of Food, suppliers and others 1941-1943 (81A13)Herefordshire Archive Service, Harold Street, Hereford, HR1 2QX: West Midland Egg ProducersLtd, Hereford: directors’ minute book, executive committee minute book, photographs 1949-1965 (CS69)Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage Trust, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4JY: AE Smith &Son Ltd, mineral water manufacturers and ice cream makers, St Helier: additional corresp, filesand plans c1970-1980 (JA/2300)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB: JLyons & Co Ltd, food manufacturers and caterers, London: notebooks of Isaac Berger, Lyon’sOutdoor Catering Manager c1930-1989 (ACC/3527/208/A)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:William Dalby, miller, Bradmore: accounts (with transcript, 2013) 1734-1747 (8518)Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke’s Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2HT: Brown’sOriginal Banbury Cakes, bakers, Banbury: additional records and family papers incl corresp,diaries and recipes 19th-20th cent (Acc 6158)Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre, Heritage Hub, Kirkstile, Hawick,Roxburghshire, TD9 0AE: RT Smith, bakers, Hawick: records c1950-1959 (SBA/582)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Parham Mill:sales ledgers, cash books and other records 1910-1940 (HC600); RM Scott (Ipswich) Ltd, biscuitmanufacturers: minutes, accounts, sales books, staff and wages records, corresp and other records20th cent (HC603)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: J & W Attlee Ltd,corn millers, Dorking: family records incl letters and business bills 1836-1900 (9146)Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, 277 Bancroft Road, London, E1 4DQ:James Pullen, butcher, Bethnal Green: account books and photographs c1920-1960 (B/PUL)West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN:Unnamed, milk delivery company, West Glamorgan: accounts 1974-1988 (D/D Z 911)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: C ShippamLtd, food product manufacturers, Chichester: further records, incl financial reports, minutes,
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recipe books, ledgers, price lists, labels 19th-20th cent (Acc 16974)Wigan Archives Service, Leigh Town Hall, Civic Square, Leigh, Wigan, WN7 1DY: HeinzFactory, Wigan: records of unions operating at the Heinz Factory site c1970-2005 (Acc. 2013/22)Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies, Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill,Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV1 1SF: Sherwood & Morris Ltd, soft drinks manufacturers,Wolverhampton: corresp, plans, product details and company history 1912-2013 (DB-63);Wolverhampton Winemakers Circle: minutes, membership records, and other papers 1960-1990(D-SO-67)
Funeral directors and undertakersNottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG: JohnHeath Tilford, funeral director, Newstead: ledgers 1893-1975 (DD/2710)Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AQ: Northwood & Sons,funeral directors, Much Wenlock: ledgers listing work, pay book, 1904-1906, accounts andcorresp 1901-1918 (acc 8732)Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester,WR1 3PB: RD Patrick, funeral director, Kempsey: record books and war diary 20th cent (15535)
FurnitureLeicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester,LE18 2AH: Peter Van de Waals, cabinet maker and joiner, Chalford: drawings with notes by SirGeorge Trevelyan c1930-1969 (DE8532)Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AQ: Thomas Graty & Sons,joiners and cabinet makers, Wem: day book 1913-1962 (acc 8723)
Glass, earthenware and potterySheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SP: J & J Dyson Limited, brickmanufacturer, Stannington, Sheffield: employee records and production books 1944-1977(2013/73)Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives, City CentralLibrary, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS: J H Weatherby & Sons Ltd,earthenware manufacturers, Hanley: additional records c1904-1985 (SD 1640)
Hotels, inns and public housesDorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP: Green Dragon PublicHouse, Beaminster: deeds 1854-2010 (D.2541)Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: Account book, sale inventory,visitors’ book and probate records of Lilian Rose Harrington, former publican of The Bell, SibleHedingham 1773-2007 (Acc. A13782)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG: CrocusInn, Nottingham: account book of spirits with list of names of landlords 1902-1957 (8499)
Iron, steel and metal tradesCornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Edward T Sara, RailwayFoundry, Camborne: business records 1862-1981 (AD2282)East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9BP: John Peters,
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blacksmith, Ashburnham: accounts 1892-1920 (ACC 11497)Gwent Archives, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6AA: Tredegar Iron & CoalCo Ltd, colliery owners and steel manufacturers: additional lease book believed to derive fromthe company records c1945-1950 (D5838); Whitehead Iron & Steel Co, Newport: records c1800-1950 (D5855)Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SP: Metal Heat Treatment Ltd, heattreatment specialists and steel annealers, Sheffield: records 1906-1974 (2013/78); TemperedSpring Co Ltd, spring manufacturers, Sheffield: records c1900-1993 (X603)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF: AlbertDay & Sons, iron and brass founders, Mark: accounts 1913-1923 (A\DCB); William Smithmaster broiler and tin plate maker, Taunton: account book (transferred from Frome Museum)1830-1856 (DD\X\FMM); Arthur Robert Warry, blacksmith, Wraxall: diaries and ledgers 1881-1960 (A\BAV)Teesside Archives, Exchange House, 6 Marton Road, Exchange Square, Middlesbrough, TS11DB: British Steel Corporation, steel manufacturers, London: negatives c1960-1999 (Acc 7302);Dorman, Long & Co Ltd, coal and iron masters, iron, steel and wire manufacturers, bridgebuilders, Middlesbrough: photographs showing construction of coke ovens at Dorman Long andSouthbank, owned by Frank Wild, engineer (Acc 7272); Engineering drawings incl Gjers Mill19th-20th cent (Acc 7252)
Jewellery, clocks and instrumentsHampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: John Tuck, clockmaker, Romsey: copy notebooks c1866-1875 (124A13)
Leather and footwearCarmarthenshire Archive Service, Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire, SA31 1DS: Henry Williams, shoemaker, Llandybie: account book 1869-1890(Acc 8363)Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL:John Sanders, skin and hides dealer, Feniton: accounts and commonplace book 1736-1785(8527)Liverpool Record Office, Central Library & Archive, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW:Liverpool Hide, Skin & Fat Market Co Ltd, hide and skin merchants: minutes with accounts1885-1901 (380 HID)
Leisure, recreation and artDerbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FE: The Gallery, Wirksworth,art gallery: client payment & account books, newscuttings, ephemera 1980-1996 (D7649)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Central London Arts Ltd, theatre company: minutes, reports, financial records, production files,corresp, scripts and press photographs c1970-2012 (B13/144)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF:Weston-Super-Mare Pier Co: additional records, letterbooks, jetty returns, financial papers 1860-1979 (A\DTX)University of Bristol: Theatre Collection, Department of Drama, Cantocks Close, Bristol, BS81UP: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, theatre company, Bristol: files, props and publicity
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material (2013/006); Theatre Roundabout, theatre company, Golders Green: administrative andfinancial records, publicity material, props and costumes (2103/066)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: HenfieldTheatre Co: records incl minutes and newsletters 20th cent (Acc 17328)
Medical and pharmaceuticalsAberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society, Medical Centre, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire,AB9 2ZD: Morrison’s Pharmacy, Inverurie: pharmacy ledgers c1950-1979 (Acc no 18)East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service, The Treasure House, ChampneyRoad, Beverley, HU17 9BA: TW Fields, chemists, Beverley: records (closed for conservationreasons) c1950-1979 (6351); Winifred Blackburn, midwife, Cottingham: records 1942-1970(DDX1933)Edinburgh City Archives, Corporate Governance, City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers,High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ: Smith & Bowman, dispensing chemists, Edinburgh: salesledger 1896-1906 (Accession 931)Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive, First Floor,Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road,Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DS: Thomas Morson & Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, Enfield:photographs, catalogues and advertising material 1900-1960 Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: John William Baugh, chemist,Chipping Ongar: prescription book 1908-1912 (Acc. A13554)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: Bream pharmacy:prescription books and accounts 1926-1980 (D13333); VCW Garraway, pharmacist, Cainscross:prescription books, registers and cash books 1934-1975 (D13317)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: HK Ross, chemist, Aldershot: records incl prescription registers 1927-1969(135A13)Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, CHR002, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG138EJ: Sheffield Pharmacies, Hertford: records, incl detailed prescription books 1913-1987 (Acc5485)Highland Archives: Lochaber Archive Centre, Lochaber College, An Aird, Fort William, PH336AN: Macfarlane & Son, chemists, Fort William: additional prescription books 1926-1948(L/D114)Isle of Wight Record Office, 26 Hillside, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2EB : Philip HenryMillidge. chemist, Newport: prescription books 1907-1926 (2013/076)Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT39HQ: Alexander Boyd, chemist, Lisburn: prescription books 1935-1966 (D2937/1/Add)Royal College of Midwives Archives, 15 Mansfield Street, London, Greater London, W1G 9NH:EM Hobson, midwife: papers and certificates 1943-1951 (RCMS/210); LRS Woodland,midwife: case registers 1937-1952 (RCMS/214); Alice Hakin, midwife, Northumberland: papersincl case registers and testimonials 1936-1939 (RCM/2013/24); Constance Avison, midwife: caseregister of deliveries in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, with photographs 1928-1932(RCMS/212); Florence Blanche Rowe, midwife, Sussex: training case register, case registersfrom work in Sussex, certificates and photographs of wartime service in the Middle East 1940-1948 (RCMS/223); Marjorie Johnson, midwife: papers rel to salary and supplies as districtmidwife 1945-1946 (RCMS/211); Joyce Wood, midwife, Kent: certificates, forms andexamination papers rel to Wood’s career as a district midwife in Kent 1942-1988 (RCMS/193)
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Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF: Iles,Ellis, Marshall & MacGregor, physicians and surgeons, Taunton: record book 1926-1929(A\DSP)Strathclyde University Archives, Andersonian Library, 101 St James Road, Glasgow, G4 0NS:George Mackie Ltd, dispensing chemists, Glasgow: prescription registers 1874-1958 (Acc 1419)Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch, 77 Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,IP33 2AR: Hinnell & Bird, general practitioners, Bury St Edmunds: account books 1873-1930(HD3250); Unnamed doctor, Bury St Edmunds: prescription books 19th-20th cent (HD3250)Wellcome Library, Archives and Manuscripts Section, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE: HPFrench, Wellcome Foundation sales representative: material collected by French during and rel tohis time at the Wellcome Foundation Ltd as a medical sales representative 1948-1970(MS.8841); WH Foxhall, chemists, Tunstall: recipe and formulae book 1890s (MS.8896)
Merchants, traders and dealersBristol Record Office, ‘B’ Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN: John Harvey &Sons Ltd, wine and spirit merchants, Bristol: additional records, corresp rel to Stokes & Co, laterStokes & Harvey, Portsmouth 1870-1960 (40913/Z); K-Toys, toy dealers, Bristol: accounts,sales, advertising, stock control papers and photographs 1940-2003 (45075)Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FE: JB White & Sons, winemerchants, Chesterfield: purchase ledger, stock book c1942-1984 (D7653)Island Archives, Guernsey, St. Barnabas, Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1LF: PeterFalla, stone merchant, St Sampson: corresp and papers incl copy charter rel to the stone trade inGuernsey 1905-1912 (AQ 1100/31 (07-27))Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage Trust, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4JY: John TregearLtd, provision dealers, St Helier: corresp and plans c1970-1980 (JA/2301)London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, 40 Northampton Road, London, EC1R 0HB:Cuddeford Brothers & Co Ltd, wine merchants, London: legal documents, financial records,corresp, price lists, staff wages, deeds, and historical research rel to the firm 1872-2004(B13/026)West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN: JamesStrick & Sons Ltd, fruit and potato merchants and commission agents, Swansea: records inclinsurance policies, stocks and share certificates c1930-1949 (D/D Z 915)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, PrincessAlexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU: Carr-Stead family, tea, coffee and hop merchants,Huddersfield: records 1869-1954 (WYK1507)Wigan Archives Service, Leigh Town Hall, Civic Square, Leigh, Wigan, WN7 1DY: TomasWilton, coal merchant, Goose Green: business records c1920-1949 (Acc. 2013/42)
Mining and extractiveBarnsley Archive and Local Studies Department, Town Hall, Church Street, Barnsley, SouthYorkshire, S70 2TA: Grimethorpe Colliery: records c1900-1999 (A/3512/Z)Carmarthenshire Archive Service, Parc Myrddin, Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen,Carmarthenshire, SA31 1DS: Rhos Colliery: accident book 1931-1932 (Acc 8359)Ceredigion Archives, Ceredigion Archives, Old Town Hall, Queen’s Square, Aberystwyth,Ceredigion, SY23 2EB: North Cardiganshire Silver Lead Mining Co: register of subscribers 1881(DB/95)
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Cornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: St Day United Mines:report on potential of mine and equipment needed to restart operations 1906 (AD2232);Tywarnhayle mine, Porthtowan, St Agnes: report and plans at abandonment of mine 2003(AD2234); Wheal Prosper, Lanivet: documents rel to ownership and management of mine 1890-1969 (AD2253)Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn, Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Ashington,Northumberland, NE63 9YF: Broomhill Collieries Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne: papers rel to boreholes in Broomhall, Radcliffe and surrounding areas c1839-1964 (NRO 10143); FallowfieldLead Mine, Northumberland: weekly expenditure sheets 1771-1772 (NRO 10406)Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Claremont, 23 Clarendon Road, Leeds, LS2 9NZ: Cool ScarQuarry, Kilnsey: records incl papers, maps and corresp c1979-1990 (MS1918)
Motor vehicle and related industriesBarking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service, Archives and Local Studies Centre,Valence House Museum, Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 3HT: Ford Motor Co Ltd,vehicle builders, Dagenham: shop stewards committee minute book and 16mm film made byFord rel to the history of the business 1953-1977 (ACQ20013/124, ACQ20013/115)Dumfries and Galloway Archives, Ewart Library, Catherine Street, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire,DG1 1JB: Houston’s Garage, Lockerbie: day book, ledger and taxi day book for Houston’sGarage, with profit and loss accounts and index of cars sold 1929-34 1924-1978 (GGD716)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: Samuel Warsap, of Highclere Motor Car Syndicate: papers and testimonials whileworking in the pattern shop 1895-1909 (31A13)Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for, Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester,LE18 2AH: Allen’s Garages, Little Bowden: notebooks of driver and mechanic JH Cudmore1957-1963 (DE8612)
Musical instrumentsCity of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann’s Street, London, SW1P 2DE: Bishop & Son,organ builders, London: photographs and prints showing organs produced by the firm 1820-1981(Acc 2756)
RetailCentre for Buckinghamshire Studies, County Hall, Walton Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,HP20 1UU: Odell Bros, ironmongers, Newport Pagnell: additional day book 1877 (AR 36/2013)Denbighshire Record Office, 46 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1HP: UnnamedRuthin shop ledgers 1900 (DD/DM/1816)Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FE: Skidmores, poultry andfish shop, Bakewell: ledgers 1921-1965 (D7616)Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT: Joseph Gripper Ltd,ironmongers, Springfield: minutes and other records 1886-1971 (Acc.A13702)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: David Morgan Ltd, department store, Cardiff: architect’sdrawings c1990-1999 (D988)Gwent Archives, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6AA: Isaac Hiley, grocer,Cwmavon: bills and receipts c1830 (D5884)
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Highland Archives, Highland Archive and Registration Centre, Bught Road, Inverness,Inverness-shire, IV3 5SS: A Taylor & Son, general store, Munlochy: day books, ledgers andindexes (D1371)Huntingdonshire Archives, Huntingdonshire Library and Archives, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA: Johnson’s (St Ives) Ltd, grocers: wage books 1897-1969(5605)Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT39HQ: Anderson & McAuley Ltd, department store, Belfast: company records incl minutes,financial papers, staff records and printed material 1884-1995 (D4545)Shropshire Archives, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 2AQ: T Ayres Grocery Shop,Dawley: ledger, photographs of T Ayres’s family and the shop c1960-1969 (acc 8665)University of Reading: Special Collections, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX: Arthur G Taylor,employee at WH Smith & Son Ltd, newsagents: corresp and photographs 1950-1981 (MS 5495)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: H Ayling &Son, grocers and drapers, Shoreham by Sea: account book 1908-1909 (Acc 17084)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, PrincessAlexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU: Arthur Charlesworth, newsagent: personal papers inclcorresp, diary and accounts 1863-2002 (WYK1710)Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies, Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill,Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, WV1 1SF: Beatties, department store, Wolverhampton: minutes,records, photographs and scrapbooks 1877-2000 (D-BEA)
Shipping and shipbuildingAberdeen University, Special Collections Centre, Special Collections Centre, The Sir DuncanRice Library, Bedford Road, Aberdeen, AB24 3AA: John Leslie, ship’s husband: memoirs 19thcent (Acc No 694)Edinburgh City Archives, Corporate Governance, City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers,High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ: Leith Harbour & Docks Commissioners, dry dock owners:rough notebooks kept by the docking foreman noting the vessel and technical docking details1943-2003 (Accession 914)Glasgow University Archive Services, 13 Thurso Street, Glasgow, G11 6PE: Ben Line ShipManagement Ltd, Edinburgh: records incl corresp, staff records, ships’ articles, official logbooks, press cuttings, plans, photographs 18th cent-20th cent (ACCN 3744, ACCN 3773);Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow: minutes 1955-1968 (UGD 124); Harrisons (Clyde)Ltd, ship owners, Glasgow: additional records 20th cent (ACCN 3802)National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section, Greenwich, London, SE109NF: Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London: records incl ship voyage accounts, financialrecords, personnel records and corresp from Frederick Bolton c1882-1982 (REG10/000387)National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library, Merseyside Maritime Museum,Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ: R Hughes-Jones & Co, shipowners, Liverpool: records c1886-1910 (DX/2563)Orkney Archive, The Orkney Library and Archive, 44 Junction Road, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW151AG: Nicol Spence & Son, ships agent and chandler, Kirkwall: additional ledger 1956-1988(D57)Southampton Archives Office, South Block, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY: Keller,Bryant & Co Ltd, shipping agents, Southampton: accounts, letter books, statistics 1862-1949
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(D/MUS/K); GJ Tilling & Sons Ltd, sailmakers, Southampton: records incl financial,shareholding, premises, promotional material and photographs 1900s-1980s (Acc 7185)Tyne and Wear Archives, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE14JA: John Readhead & Sons Ltd, ship builders and repairers, marine engineers, SouthShields: additional, specifications, plans and photographs 1909-1969 (DS.RDD); Swan,Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, shipbuilders, Wallsend: minutes, houses magazines 1895-1961 (DS.SWH)
SolicitorsCornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Grylls & Paige,solicitors, Redruth: additional deeds and client papers 1816-1946 (GP)Devon Heritage Centre, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter, Devon, EX2 7NL:Morgan & Pope, solicitors, Exeter: client deeds and associated papers c1800-1999 (8536)Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP: Kempe of Osmington,solicitors: accounts and deeds rel to farm land c1700-1899 (D.2560)East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9BP: Attree &Sons, solicitors, Brighton: additional corresp 1833-1841 (ACC 11710-11712)Edinburgh City Archives, Corporate Governance, City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers,High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YJ: J & A Hastie, solicitors, Edinburgh: letter book (Accession918)Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW: Goldingham &Jotcham, solicitors, Wotton-under-Edge: additional deeds and papers 1669-1913 (D654 acc13267); Penley, Milward & Bayley, solicitors, Dursley: additional deposits incl Vizard familypapers 1600-1999 (D2078)Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, CHR002, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG138EJ: Hawkins & Co, solicitors, Hitchin: firm’s and client records 15th-20th cent (Acc 5410)Manchester Archives and Local Studies, Archives+, Manchester Central Library, St Peter’sSquare, Manchester, M2 5PD: Slater Heelis, solicitors, Manchester: records c1600-1999(GB127.M824)North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL78TB: Edmundson & Gowland, solicitors, Masham: case papers and other records c1830-1900(ZDY)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG:Rothera Dowson Solicitors, Nottingham: deeds and papers 19th-20th cent (8467, 8480)Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT39HQ: Joseph Allen Solicitors, Lisburn: business papers 1920-1939 (D4527/9/UNL)Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre, Heritage Hub, Kirkstile, Hawick,Roxburghshire, TD9 0AE: Blackwood & Smith, solicitors and estate agents, Peebles: clients’papers c1359-19th cent (SBA/581)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF:Dyne Drewett, solicitors, Wincanton: records 1700-1959 (A\DTF)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Gudgeons,Peecock & Prentice, solicitors, Stowmarket: further clients’ records rel to StowmarketCharities, incl trustees copy letter books and minute books 1523-1926 (HB11); Alan Simpson& Co, solicitors, Essex: clients’ deeds rel to property in Ipswich, Suffolk 1779-1963 (HB466)
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Textiles, carpets and clothingCity of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann’s Street, London, SW1P 2DE: JP Allen & Co Ltd,tailors, London: member and share registers, private and customer ledgers with cash books 1902-1940 (Acc 2749); Martin Nunn, lace manufacturer, London: deeds and papers 1836-1886 (Acc2780)Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal, County Offices, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4RQ: South LakelandLacemakers, Kendal: minutes and other records 1982-2009 (WDSO 280)Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office, Ffordd y Bala, Dolgellau, Merionethshire, LL402YF: Ellen Lewis, dressmaker and costumier, Dolgellau: business ledger 1901-1925 (7150)Heriot-Watt University, Heritage and Information Governance, Heriot-Watt University,Riccarton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH14 4AS: J & H Brown & Co, woollen manufacturers,Galashiels: Henry Brown’s account books 1824-1832 (JHB)Jersey Archive, Jersey Heritage Trust, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 4JY: Marie Besnard,dressmaker, St Helier: day book 1939-1943 (JA/2416)Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DQ: AldrichBrothers Ltd, brushware and matting manufacturers, carpet and linoleum factors, Roydon:customers ledger book 1932-1936 (BR 246)North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8TB:Greensmith & Thackwray, colonial outfitters, Scarborough: ledgers and papers c1845-1980(ZZK)Nottinghamshire Archives, County House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham, NG2 1AG: FWGray & Co Ltd, drapers, Nottingham: papers incl corresp and financial records 1947-1991(8491); Reginald J Hambling, hatter, hosier, tailor and gentlemen’s outfitter, Newark: order booksand account book 1917-1978 (8448)Oxfordshire History Centre, St Luke’s Church, Temple Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2HT: CharlesEarly & Marriott (Witney) Ltd, blanket manufacturers: additional records incl ledgers, corresp,photograph albums (10) 19th-20th cent (Acc 6184 & Acc 6198)Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre, Heritage Hub, Kirkstile, Hawick,Roxburghshire, TD9 0AE: D Ballantyne Brothers & Co Ltd, woollen manufacturers,Innerleithen: corresp files, samples, marketing materials, photographs c1990 (SBA/577); JamesCossar & Son, drapers, Lauder: records incl day books, ledger, invoices and tailor’s records oftransactions (A/13/7)Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, S1 4SP: Abraham Simon Graham, waterproofgarment dealer: diary, corresp, poems and notebooks c1903-1989 (2013/42)Somerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF: EdwinHenley, draper, Shepton Mallet: minutes, corresp, leases and registers 1966-1990 (A\DQS)Surrey History Centre, 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6ND: Walter McLaren,credit draper, Woking: corresp and papers 1942-1943 (9224)Tameside Local Studies and Archives, Tameside Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under Lyne,Greater Manchester, OL6 7SG: Humphrey Lloyd & Sons Ltd, shirting and shirt manufacturers,Droylsden: diaries, corresp, cash books and other papers 1870-1972 (DDHL)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: EdwardCollins, draper: diary (1843) and will 19th cent (Acc 17194)West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery, PrincessAlexandra Walk, Huddersfield, HD1 2SU: James Beardsell & Sons, woollen manufacturers,Holme: typed transcript of account of first nine years of the business and extracts from the diary
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of Peter Beardsell 1828-1837 (KX478)Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service, The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester,WR1 3PB: Waterproof Covers Ltd, waterproof textile manufacturers, Worcester: minutes,registers, staff records and corresp 20th cent (15464)York Archives and Local History, York Explore, Library Square, York, YO1 7DS: Gansolite Ltd,button manufacturers, York: papers and photograph albums 1950-1980s (Acc2013/033)
TransportGlasgow City Archives, The Mitchell Library, 201 North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN: A & JMcLellan & Co Ltd, haulage contractors, Glasgow: minute book, private ledger, familyphotograph albums 1890-1970 (TD1892)Southampton Archives Office, South Block, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY: London &South Western Railway Co: staff books 1877-1937 (D/Z 1284)Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives, City CentralLibrary, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS: Potteries Motor Traction (PMT) Co,bus operator, Stoke-on-Trent: records c1897-1977 (SD 1652)Waterways Archive/Canal and River Trust, National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH65 4FW: Anderton Boat Lift Development Group Ltd, Warrington:working papers c1990-1999 (2013/44)Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3QN:Great Western Railway Co, London: survey of Swindon works as built, misc plans incl fromPaddington drawing office 1850-1927 (2515)
WaterCornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Camborne Water Co:stock and share register 1950-1968 (AD2240)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: Otterbourne Waterworks and Pumping Station: meteorological register, rainfall andevaporation register 1892-1948 (92A13)West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD: Duke &Ockenden Ltd, artesian well engineers, Littlehampton: records 19th-20th cent (Acc 16971)
MiscellaneousCornwall Record Office, Old County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 3AY: Bickford, Smith & CoLtd, fusemakers, Tuckingmill: photographs of staff and events 1924-1929 (X1392)Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office), Clos Parc Morgannwg, Leckwith,Cardiff, Glamorgan,CF11 8AW: Barry Dock Conservative Club & Institute Co Ltd: records rel tothe incorporation of the club, minute books, membership records, stock reports, corresp, shareregisters, insurance policies, financial records c1894-2010 (D1042)Hampshire Archives and Local Studies, Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester,SO23 8TH: Andover Country Market: records incl minutes, accounts and shareholder records1984-2013 (51A13); Unnamed garage and smith’s shop, Hampshire: accounts, with poultryaccounts, tentatively identified as rel to business owned by JW Cooke, Hurstbourne Priors 1942-1950 (70A13)Strathclyde University Archives, Andersonian Library, 101 St James Road, Glasgow, G4 0NS:Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products, Manchester: copy of part of the
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archives of Turner & Newall, made by Chase Manhattan Bank as part of the discovery processduring legal proceedings against Turner & Newall begun in 1987 c1920-1989 (Acc 1410)Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch, Gatacre Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2LQ: Green &Hatfield, antique dealers, Ipswich: corresp, orders and misc papers 1936-1937 (HC499)Working Class Movement Library, Jubilee House, 51 The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester,M5 4WX: Silentnight strike papers incl contact book, campaign material, Furniture, Timber andAllied Trade Union minutes and reports c1980-1989 (ACC203)
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REVIEWS
NEIL TYLER, Sanders Bros. The rise and fall of a British grocery giant (Stroud: The
History Press, 2014, pp.192, ISBN 978 0 7509 5621 5, £14.99)
In November 1956, a meeting took place at the registered office of Sanders Bros (Stores) Ltd.
This marked the final stages in the winding-up of the company. Those present ‘agreed the manner
in which books, accounts and documents of the company and of the liquidators shall be disposed
of’ (p.165). We can assume that this action did not appear on the radar of the Business Archives
Council at the time. Of course this was, and still is, a frequent occurrence: firms fail and their
records do not always survive. As the author of this book concedes, the story is in many ways
unremarkable. Yet, Sanders was a market leader, the self-styled ‘People’s corn and flour market’,
a business which in the interwar years compared favourably with rivals such as Sainsbury’s or
Marks & Spencer. Since its demise in the 1950s, Sanders Bros has remained largely unheard of:
this book goes a long way towards redressing that, and in the process highlights the problems of
writing the history of a business when there is no archive.
The origins of the company go back to 1887 and a single shop in Bethnal Green run by two
brothers, Thomas and Joseph Sanders. Over the years the operation grew and by the mid-1920s
there were over 150 shops. In 1925 Sanders was floated on the Stock Exchange and at the end of
decade the valuation of the company exceeded £1 million. The main products of the business
were animal feed (domestic poultry-keeping was an important market), flour, cereals, biscuits,
cake, dessert and jelly mixes. Expansion continued during the following decade with Sanders
owning over 260 stores across the Home Counties and employing 2,000 people. The company
also enjoyed a degree of vertical integration, with its own milling capacity (it acquired a flour mill
in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire in 1915) and a biscuit factory (opened in 1929). It also had a
controlling interest in Gilbertson & Page, a manufacturer of dog and game feed based in Hertford,
Hertfordshire. But despite all of this, the business was also displaying some signs of decline, and
profits were disappointing in the late-1930s.
The Second World War and the immediate post-war period was a tough one for Sanders due to
the strict government controls, for instance mills were taken over, and the impact of food
rationing. However, there was also a failure on the part of the company to adapt and innovate,
both in terms of terms of products and locations. Tyler notes that Sainsbury’s and Tesco were
increasing their product lines and ranges while Sanders was left looking frail. Perhaps
unsurprisingly, the company became the subject of takeover bids in 1950: one attempt, made by
the financier Charles Clore, was rebutted; a second, by Cromwell Industrial Securities was
ultimately successful. Cromwell was headed by Colonel George Brighten, a slightly shadowy
character who had been jailed for fraud in the 1930s. Brighten had other retail interests, acquiring
the well-known department store William Whiteley in 1952. Alas there appeared to be no future
for Sanders as a going concern and shortly after the takeover, the realisation of assets began: the
mill, the biscuit factory, and the controlling share in Gilbertson & Page were sold, and there was a
rapid disposal of the shops, including a large number of freeholds. By 1954, virtually all of the
shops had gone. One revealing fact about the size and location of these stores is that very few
were subsequently used for retailing food. In 1953, Sanders entered liquidation, the final acts in
winding-up came in 1956 and the following year it was no longer on the register at Companies
House. The records were destroyed.
That might have been that if it was not for a family connection between Sanders and the book’s
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author, Neil Tyler. An accountant by training, Tyler’s interest in the company was sparked by the
fact that his great-grandfather, Ernest Fairbrother, was the chairman and managing director of
Sanders Brothers between 1925 and 1947. But what to do when you want to write the business
history of a company when there is no business archive? Tyler has been hugely imaginative in
reconstructing the story of Sanders Bros from a wide variety of sources: annual reports to the
Stock Exchange; trade directories; census returns; information and photographs provided by
relatives and former employees. While there is no single archive of the business, because of the
nature and scope of Sanders’ operations, there are archives about the business held in various
repositories. These have been mined fully by Tyler. One point worthy of note is that employees
invariably lived above the firm’s shops thus enabling the census returns to be consulted to provide
information about staff: a good example of non-family history use for this source. Much of this
was done through research conducted online. Tyler has seemingly left no stone unturned in the
search for material, even using eBay to purchase ephemera such packaging and advertising
literature. All this demonstrates what can be achieved in such circumstances, but how much more
simple would Tyler’s task have been if someone had thought to preserve the records of the
company in the first place.
The lack of a single unifying source such as a minute book might have presented a challenge in
pulling together a convincing chronology and story, but this is not the case here. The vicissitudes
experienced by the business over the years are well told and the events are properly set in context,
particularly in relation to developments in the retail sector. Tyler’s professional background shows
(as well being an accountant he specialised in the retail and consumer areas) in his treatment of
the figures and the analysis of Sanders’ performance, management and business strategies. There
are some interesting conclusions about the failure of the business and what might have been done
to avoid it: useful insights for business and retail historians. The text is complemented by a good
selection of pictures of managers, staff, family members and shops, but it is the advertisements
and images from catalogues that really catch the eye.
Of course the scattered and patchy company record does mean that Tyler has to make use of
what is available and perhaps some of the material might not otherwise have been used if a
‘proper’ archive had been available. As Tyler himself admits, the story is infuriatingly incomplete
in several areas. There are some big questions that just cannot be answered and this is entirely due
to the lack of sources: though this is not an unusual situation for business historians. Importantly,
Tyler has avoided the temptation to resort to speculation and guesswork as a means of completing
the story.
Overall, Tyler demonstrates what can be done with limited archival sources, but a great deal of
lateral thinking. It shows that histories of businesses can be written even in the absence of a
business archive. But it is not an easy task and we should be grateful that Tyler decided to pursue
his family connection otherwise the story of Sanders Bros would almost certainly have remained
untold.
MIKE ANSON Bank of England Archive
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Taking care of drawings
JONATHAN BROWN
‘Windows on the World’: cataloguing the archives of the Standard Chartered Bank
AMY PROCTOR AND ANNE-MARIE PURCELL
Letters from America: celebrating 80 years since the founding of the
Business Archives Council
RICHARD WILTSHIRE
Bibliography in business history 2013
RICHARD A. HAWKINS
Business records deposited in 2013
MIKE ANSON
Book reviews
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