DOOARS TEA COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/038-03
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: DOOARS TEA COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1885-1935
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 1 production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: Dooars Tea Co

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dooars Tea Company began trading in 1885 as the operator of 4 estates in the Western Dooars, Bengal. It had offices at 36 Wood Street, 1885-91; 60 Gracechurch Street, 1891-1912, 2A Eastcheap, 1912-68 and 13 Rood Lane, 1968-71. In 1982 the company was acquired by the Caparo Group Limited.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Dooars Tea Company, comprising papers relating to the foundation and constitution of the company.

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:

Access by appointment only. Please contact 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 Caparo Group took over the archives when it took over the company and donated them to Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

CLC/B/038-01: Assam Frontier Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-02: Budla Beta Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-03: Dooars Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-04: Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-05: Empire of India Holdings Ltd;
CLC/B/038-06: Lanka Plantation Co;
CLC/B/038-07: Oriental Rubber Co;
CLC/B/038-08: Singlo Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-09: Singlo Holdings Ltd.

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.