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HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-068

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

Date(s): 1959-1992

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 production units comprising 1 volume and 1 envelope.

Name of creator(s): Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Limited was registered in 1959 as an investment holding company. It was originally going to be called Harrisons and Crosfield (OTC) Limited. It held the entire share capital of Harrisons and Crosfield (Borneo) Limited (1960-) (CLC/B/112-066), Harrisons and Crosfield (Hong Kong) Limited (1961/2-70) (CLC/B/112-070), Technical Advisory and Service Company Limited (1963/4-70) (CLC/B/112-154) and British Chrome and Chemicals Limited (1973/4-) (CLC/B/112-027). See CLC/B/112/MS37543/1 for draft memorandum and articles of association 1958-1959.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Limited, including minute book and general papers regarding registration and shareholdings.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) 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 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
Holding companies | Companies | Enterprises

Personal names

Corporate names
Harrisons and Crosfield (Holdings) Ltd
Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd | traders in tea | coffee | rubber | timber | chemicals | and other agricultural products

Places
England | UK | Western Europe | Europe