IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/207-15
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WALLACE BROTHERS AND COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED: WALLACE AND ADAM LIMITED
Date(s): 1948-1965
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.9 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Wallace and Adam Limited
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Wallace and Adam Limited was formed in 1950 when Wallace Brothers purchased a half share in the Adam Trading (Kenya) Limited who were importers of agricultural equipment. Ol Pejeta Ranching Company Limited was based on a 100,000 acre ranch in Kenya, formerly owned by Lord Delamere, in which Wallace and Adam Limited invested in. A.L.P.F Wallace was made a director. Pyrita Limited was a Wallace and Adam venture for the cultivation of pyrethrum crops.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Wallace and Adam Limited including memorandum and articles of association, copy minutes of directors and AGM's and reports. Also includes records of subsidiaries: Adam Trading (Kenya) Limited: (CLC/B/207/MS40861), Kiu Estate Limied (1952): CLC/B/207/MS40862 - MS40865B), Ol Pejeta Ranching Company Limited: (CLC/B/207/MS40866 - MS40870), Pyrita Limited (CLC/B/207/MS40871 - MS40874).
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:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
48 hours notice required for access.
PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright is held by 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 as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Added January 2014