IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-134
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ROBUR TEA COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1928-1949
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units comprising 3 envelopes and 2 folders.
Name of creator(s): Robur Tea Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Robur Tea Company was registered in 1928 to take over the tea businesses of R J Alcock, James Service and Company and Robur Tea Company Limited (of which James Service and Company were proprietors). It had a head office in Melbourne, Australia, and a branch in Sydney. The company had a holding in Oriental Tea Company Limited (CLC/B/112-122).
For historical notes on the company see CLC/B/112/MS37392. See also the records of Harrisons Ramsay Proprietary (CLC/B/112/MS37842-92) which held a large interest in Robur Tea Company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Robur Tea Company Limited, including articles of association, annual accounts, and summary of balances.
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.