SENGAT RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/112-142
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SENGAT RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1910-1958
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 3 production units comprising 3 envelopes.
Name of creator(s)	: Sengat Rubber Estate Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sengat Rubber Estate Limited was registered in 1910 to acquire estates in the Kinta district of Perak, Malaya. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited replaced Shand, Haldane and Company as secretaries and agents of the company in 1954. In 1957 Sengat Rubber Estate Limited was acquired by Grainger, Born and Company, and Harrisons and Crosfield Limited resigned as secretaries and agents.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Sengat Rubber Estate Limited, including articles of association, annual report, and circulars to shareholders.

Access & 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:

Available for general access.

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.

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 2010 to January 2011.