CAFFIN AND COMPANY LIMITED {CIVIL ENGINEERS}

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3026
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CAFFIN AND COMPANY LIMITED {CIVIL ENGINEERS}
Date(s)	: 1921-1959
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.1 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Caffin and Company Ltd | civil engineers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

According to a letter heading in the first minute book, the firm was established in 1908. Trade directories show Caffin and Company having an office in Craven Street, just off the Strand, from 1912, at which date the firm was described as 'Railway Contractors'. The firm was incorporated in 1921.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

This small collection consists of two minute books (containing records of both Directors' and Annual General Meetings) which from 1921, the year in which Caffin and Company was incorporated. There are also various miscellaneous papers, a draft debenture agreement, and a document relating to Caffin (Africa) Limited.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

These records have been retained in their original order.

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 in 1992 (ACC/3026)

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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