MANAOS TRAMWAYS AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/157 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : MANAOS TRAMWAYS AND LIGHT COMPANY LIMITED |
Date(s) | : 1908-1976 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 17 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Manaos Tramways and Light Co Ltd Para Electric Railways and Lighting Co Ltd |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company was incorporated on the 12th of January 1909 and had London offices at 9 Cloak Lane (1909-66), Lee House, London Wall (1967-72) and Three Quays, Tower Hill (1973-5). It went into liquidation in December 1976.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Manaos Tramways and Light Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1909-23; agreements, trust deeds and related items, 1908-39; share transfer schedules, 1965-1972; register of directors, 1909-1971; minutes of directors' meetings and shareholders' meetings, 1909-1975; annual reports and statements of accounts, 1910-73; papers relating to debenture holders and shareholders' meetings, 1923; correspondence, 1961-1966, 1970; register of documents sealed, 1923-73; register of mortgages, 1909-1971 and blank share and debenture certificates, 1923-71. Also correspondence of the Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company Limited.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English and Portuguese.
System of arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two sub-fonds: CLC/B/157-01: Manaos Tramways and Light Company; CLC/B/157-02: Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company.
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 the liquidators in 1977. They were catalogued in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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:
January to May 2011.
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