IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-072
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD (PACIFIC) INCORPORATED
Date(s): 1960-1972
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 production unit comprising 1 envelope.
Name of creator(s): Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Inc
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Incorporated was registered in 1960 in California to take over the Seattle and San Francisco offices of Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated (CLC/B/112-065). In 1978 it acquired Benson Chemical Company. In 1978/9 it became a subsidiary company of Harrisons and Crosfield (America) Incorporated, and in 1988 it became part of Harcros Chemicals Group. For historical notes concerning Harrisons and Crosfield Limited's shareholdings in the company see CLC/B/112/MS37392.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Pacific) Incorporated, comprising papers relating to the formation of the Company.
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:
Available for general access.
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:
The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.