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University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion

British Records Association Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2159

Held at: University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion

Title: British Records Association Collection

Date(s): 1840-1899

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 6 documents

Name of creator(s): London College of Fashion

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records donated by the British Records Association relating to the garment trade in London, 1840-1899, comprising deed of partnership for carrying on the trade of a tailor in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London, 1840; licence of patent for improvements in materials used in the manufacture of bonnet fronts and ruches, 1860; letters patent for an invention for improvement in sewing machines, 1880; deed of partnership for the Eclaire Button Hole Sewing Machine Company, London, 1887; assignment of one-third share of an invention for improvements in button hole sewing machines, 1887; apprenticeship indenture, 1899, to train as a milliner.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records are unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

The records are uncatalogued.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

The records were donated to the British Records Association from a number of sources.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the British Records Association.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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: July 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clothing | Textiles
Craft workers | Skilled workers | Workers | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Textile industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Enterprises

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe