KUALA SELANGOR RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/112-097
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: KUALA SELANGOR RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1905-1985
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 7 production units comprising 2 volumes, 1 binder and 4 envelopes.
Name of creator(s)	: Kuala Selangor Rubber Co Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Kuala Selangor Rubber Company was registered in 1905 for the production of rubber and palm oil on the Kuala Selangor estate in Selangor, Malaya. In 1910 it acquired the Pasangan estate, and in 1917 the Abu plantation estate in Papua New Guinea. In 1952 Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) replaced Bright and Galbraith as secretaries. Harrisons and Crosfield (Malaya) Limited (CLC/B/112-071) acted as local agents from 1953.

In 1981/2 it became a PLC (public limited company). In 1984 it was acquired by Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Berhad (CLC/B/112-080), and it became resident in Malaysia for tax purposes.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Kuala Selangor Rubber Company Limited, including articles of association, board minutes, annual reports, notices and circulars to shareholders.

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.