IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/123-06
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ASSAM ESTATES LIMITED
Date(s): 1910-1977
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 15 production units.
Name of creator(s): Assam Estates Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Assam Estates Limited was a tea company operating in Assam, 1910 to 1977. It was part of the Inchcape Group.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Assam Estates Limited, tea company, including ledgers, journals, cash books and book of bills payable.
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:
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:
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987 and 1988 by Inchcape Plc, together with the records of many other constituent companies of the Inchcape Group.They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.