IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-123
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PADANG JAWA RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED
Date(s): 1952-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit comprising 1 envelope.
Name of creator(s): Padang Jawa Rubber Estate Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Padang Jawa Rubber Estate Limited was registered in 1910 to acquire the New Padang Jawa Rubber Company Limited (registered in Singapore) and its estates in Selangor, Malaya. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries / agents in 1952. In 1953 Harrisons and Crosfield sold its stock in the company and ceased to act as secretaries / agents.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Padang Jawa Rubber Estate Limited, comprising annual reports and papers relating to the sale of the Company.
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.