COURAGE AND BARCLAY: PRODUCTION RECORDS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2305/19-5
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: COURAGE AND BARCLAY: PRODUCTION RECORDS
Date(s)	: 1931-1967
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 2.83 linear metres (extent of all 6 Courage and Barclay subfonds combined).
Name of creator(s)	: Courage and Barclay Ltd | brewers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Courage and Barclay Limited, Anchor Terrace, Southwark, was formed in 1955 upon the merger of Barclay Perkins and Company Limited and Courage and Company Limited.

Took over Charles Kinloch and Reffells Bexley Brewery in 1957 and Yardley's London and Provincial Stores and Santovin in 1959. Nicholson and Sons Limited was a wholly owned subsidiary by 1959.

Joined with H. and G. Simonds and Company Limited to form Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited in 1960.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Production records of Courage and Barclay Limited, brewers, including minutes of the Brewing Committee; papers relating to hops including hop books, stock notes and accounts; malt journals; malt stock books; sugar stock books; customs and excise summaries; papers relating to the brewing of Harp lager; samples books and papers relating to laboratory sampling of lagers.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records of Courage and Barclay have been divided into sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/19-1: Corporate Records;
ACC/2305/19-2: Financial Records;
ACC/2305/19-3: Sales Records;
ACC/2305/19-4: Staff Records;
ACC/2305/19-5: Production Records;
ACC/2305/19-6: Property Records.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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 as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

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:
November 2009 to February 2010