IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-126
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PATALING RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED: BIKAM RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED
Date(s): 1907-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units comprising 5 envelopes.
Name of creator(s): Bikam Rubber Estate Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Bikam Rubber Estate Limited: This company was registered in 1909 to acquire the Bikam (tea and rubber) estate in Perak, Malaysia. It acquired Victoria (Malaya) Rubber Estates Limited (in 1927), North Labis (Johore) Rubber and Produce Company (1934), Sungkai Chumor Estates Limited (1935) and Tebolang Rubber Estates Limited (1935). In 1952 it was taken over by Pataling Rubber Estates Limited (CLC/B/112-124).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Bikam Rubber Estate Limited, comprising articles of association, annual reports, and circulars to shareholders.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.