IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-158
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UNITED LANKAT PLANTATIONS LIMITED
Date(s): 1889-1988
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 10 production units comprising 6 volumes and 4 envelopes.
Name of creator(s): United Lankat Plantations Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
United Lankat Plantations Company was registered in 1899 to acquire Tjermin and Brahrang estates and the Lankat Plantations Company Limited (registered in 1887). In 1920 it sold 28,000 acres of its tobacco estate. In 1961 it was acquired by London Sumatra Plantations Limited (CLC/B/112-110).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the United Lankat Plantations Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
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:
Restricted access: please see 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:
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.