British Records Association Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 2159
Held at	: University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/library-services/collections-and-archives/london-college-of-fashion/ ›
Full title	: British Records Association Collection
Date(s)	: 1840-1899
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 6 documents
Name of creator(s)	: London College of Fashion

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records donated by the British Records Association relating to the garment trade in London, 1840-1899, comprising deed of partnership for carrying on the trade of a tailor in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London, 1840; licence of patent for improvements in materials used in the manufacture of bonnet fronts and ruches, 1860; letters patent for an invention for improvement in sewing machines, 1880; deed of partnership for the Eclaire Button Hole Sewing Machine Company, London, 1887; assignment of one-third share of an invention for improvements in button hole sewing machines, 1887; apprenticeship indenture, 1899, to train as a milliner.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records are unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.

Finding aids:

The records are uncatalogued.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The records were donated to the British Records Association from a number of sources.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by the British Records Association.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
July 2002