IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 URHRW
Held at: University College London
Title: UNITED RAILWAYS OF THE HAVANA & REGLA WAREHOUSES RECORDS
Date(s): 1871-1975
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 42 boxes and 1 volume
Name of creator(s): United Railways of the Havana & Regla Warehouses Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company, which went into voluntary liquidation in 1954 after the purchase of its property by the Cuban Government, incorporated a number of smaller Cuban railway enterprises.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the United Railways of the Havana & Regla Warehouses Ltd, 1871-1975, including minute books 1898-1956; stock and share certificates, 1899-1920; cash books and ledgers 1898-1954; accounts, 1900-1950; papers relating to the liquidation, 1927-1975; schemes of arrangement, 1941-1952; trust deeds, 1906-1927; register of mortgages; United Railways of Havana, Matanzas Terminal Railway Company and American Cuban Estates Corporation settlement, 1937; outline of growth and development, 1930; papers of J T Clark, accountant, 1939-1954; copies of decrees of sale to the Cuban government, 1953-1955; register of documents sealed, 1933-1958; register of charges, 1944; memorandum outlining proposed scheme of reorganisation, 1944; proceedings of general meetings of members, 1957-1966 and circular letters, 1954-1961.
Also papers of the subsidiary companies of United Railways of the Havana & Regla Warehouses Ltd including:
Records of Cuban Central Railways Ltd including board minutes, 1907-1921; register of mortgages, 1899-1914; mortgage particulars, 1921; minutes of meetings of 5 percent debenture holders, 1920-1952; minutes of meetings of 4.5 percent debenture holders, 1920-1952; outstanding shares and coupons of extinct companies, 1901-1919 and papers relating to the amalgamation of three companies into Cuban Central Railways Ltd, pre 1900.
Records of Havana Terminal Railroad Company including Board and AGM combined minute books, 1871-1954; register of director and secretaries, 1901-1952; general ledger no 3, 1925-1953; cash book, 1930-1954; journal, 1937-1954; balance sheets, 1952-1953; certificate of incorporation and by-laws, 1910; deed of exchange and agreement and supplementary agreements, 1910-1934; ledger, 1945-1954; notices of resignation and appointment certificates and translation of mortgage.
Records of Mariano & Havana Railway Company Ltd including Board and AGM combined minute books, 1871-1954; register of director and secretaries, 1901-1952; general ledger no 3, 1925-1953; cash book, 1930-1954; journal, 1937-1954; balance sheets, 1952-1953; memorandum and articles of association, 1870; accounts, 1938-1951; share transfers, 1940-1952; annual returns, 1942-1953; trust deed, 1894 and working agreement with United Railways of Havana, 1905.
Records of Matanzas Terminal Railway Company including Board and AGM minute book, 1926-1934.
Records of Western Railway of Havana Ltd including board minutes, 1892-1921; minutes of shareholders meetings and liquidation meetings, 1892-1924; minutes of meetings of 4.5 percent debenture holders, 1920-1952; ordinary share register, 1912-1929; register of mortgages, 1892-1921; memorandum and articles of association, 1892; and compensation from the Spanish government for damages to company property by rebels, 1898.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Online catalogue for first accession. Box list only for second accession.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in two accessions: first accession in 1964, second accession on loan from Pannell Kerr and Forster (PKF accountants and business advisors) in 2004.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 1999; revised to include second accession, 2008.