MERRY AND COMPANY {SADDLEMAKERS}

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 B/MR
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: MERRY AND COMPANY {SADDLEMAKERS}
Date(s)	: 1883-1951
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 7.26 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Merry and Company | saddlemakers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

According to the 1930 Post Office London Directory, Merry and Company were run by E Merry Owen and Arthur Trepess. They were based at 4 Saint James's Street, Piccadilly, SW1.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Merry and Company, saddlemakers, 1883-1951, including letter books, ledgers, account books, wages books, order books containing clients' names, notes of their requirements (whips, racing equipment, sporting gear, etc.) and many specimens of coloured silks, order book for jockeys' race caps, and correspondence.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Letter books (001-007); Financial (008-028); Order books and catalogues (029-162); Correspondence (163-168).

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the archive in two accessions in 1957 and 1962.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
July to October 2009