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TANAH DATAR RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-152

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: TANAH DATAR RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED

Date(s): 1916-1967

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 production unit.

Name of creator(s): Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Limited was registered in 1912 to acquire Tanah Datar and Doesoen estates in the province of Batoe Bahara, Sumatra, Indonesia. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries and agents of the company in 1952. It held this post until 1967.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Limited, comprising articles of association and circulars to shareholders.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One file.

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 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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Plantation records | Documents | Information sources
Plantations | Agricultural land
Rubber goods | Industrial products
Rubber industry and trade | Manufacturing industry | Industry

Personal names

Corporate names
Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Ltd

Places
Sumatra | Indonesia | South East Asia