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ARNHOLD AND COMPANY LIMITED: OPERATIONS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/207/AR02

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ARNHOLD AND COMPANY LIMITED: OPERATIONS

Date(s): 1928

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 0.005 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Arnhold and Company Limited xx Arnhold, Karberg and Company xx Arnhold Holdings Limited

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Arnhold and Company Limited existed in China since 1866, when it was initially known as Arnhold, Karberg and Company. It traded in and became a leading distributor of building materials and engineering equipment. It was reconstituted as a British company after 1919 and Sir Victor Sassoon became the majority shareholder after 1919 after a merger. The company is still trading and is now known as Arnhold Holdings Limited. The initial chairman was Harry Edward Arnhold, a close business associate of Sir Victor Sassoon. The Company's headquarters were in the Arnhold Building at 6 Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, China until its relocation in 1930 to the third floor of Sassoon House, 1 Nanking Road, Shanghai, China. Arnhold and Company Limited flourished until 1949 when, with the change of Government in China, the headquarters relocated to Hong Kong. Maurice Green, who had been associated with the company since the Sassoon takeover, acquired the controlling interest in Arnhold and Company Limited in 1957.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Arnhold and Company Limited including trademark document.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Sub-fonds arranged as follows:
CLC/B/207/AR02/01 - TRADEMARK

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:

Copyrignt 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:

The bank's archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989 and after. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Added January 2014


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Building materials
Equipment
Trade (practice)

Personal names

Corporate names
Arnhold and Company Limited

Places
Hong Kong | East Asia
Shanghai | Shanghai Shi | China | East Asia