IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/123-55
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UPPER ASSAM TEA COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1862-1979
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 36 production units.
Name of creator(s): Upper Assam Tea Co Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company, operating in India 1862-1979, was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Upper Assam Tea Company Limited records comprise: board minutes, 1937-59 (Ms 28162A); accounts, 1862-1979 (Ms 28163-7); and historical notes, 1972 (Ms 28168).
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:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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:
These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Inchcape Plc in 1987-88. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.