GOLDEN HOPE PLANTATIONS LIMITED: STRAITS PLANTATIONS LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/112-061
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: GOLDEN HOPE PLANTATIONS LIMITED: STRAITS PLANTATIONS LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1899-1984
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 20 production units comprising 8 volumes, 3 binders, 1 file and 8 envelopes.
Name of creator(s)	: Straits Plantations Ltd | rubber and coconut plantations

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Straits Plantations Limited was registered in 1899 to acquire Bagan Datoh estates in Perak, Malaya. It acquired Coconut Plantations of Perak Limited in 1929, Perak Oil Palms Limited in 1937 and Kayan (F.M.S.) Coconut Company Limited in 1937. In 1962 it was acquired by Golden Hope Rubber Estate Limited (CLC/B/112-054). From December 1977 the company was resident in Malaysia for tax purposes. It became a private company in May 1982.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Straits Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectuses; and out-letters.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

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:

Restricted access: please see 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:

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.