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Major accessions to repositories in 2022 relating to Business |
Business
- United Biscuits Ltd: records relating to Victoria Biscuit Works at Tollcross, Glasgow including product development related files, recipe specifications and packaging, photographs, audio visual material, in-house newsletters and marketing material 1900-2020 (UB2022/3+5)
- Incorporated Advertising Managers' [Management] Association (IAMA): records including minutes, Articles of Association, membership lists, accounts, correspondence 1938-1998 (HAT2022/11)
- John Ayling (fl1970-2022), independent media specialist: Association of Media Independents (AMI) files including correspondence, minutes, reports, related papers, notes, press releases, publicity 1981-1995 (HAT21/272 (HAT2022/6))
- Hugo Dunn-Meynell (1926-2013), adman, businessman and writer: publications, press cuttings, articles, correspondence, biographical information, business papers, photographs c1940-2013 (HAT21/589 (HAT2022/5))
- Allardyce Palmer advertising agency: photographs and papers c1950-2022 (HAT21/596 (HAT2022/27))
- Adrian Moore (fl1980-2020), advertising creative director: advertising, sales promotions, direct marketing, artwork, printed material/product literature c1980-2020 (HAT21/594 (HAT2022/8))
- Andrew Morley (1947-2021), artist, teacher, author, collector and co-founder of the The Street Jewellery Society: The Street Jewellery Society records including correspondence, artwork and mock-up designs, book manuscripts, drafts and author proofs, published material and articles c1976-2007 (HAT2022/19)
Local
- Evan Street Water Company, Aberdeenshire: records 1848-1886 (DD3204)
- Reed family of Lewannick: farm diaries of two generations of Ambrose Reed, for Trehummer, Tresmere and Trevell, Lewannick 1873-1912 (AD3103)
- Arthur Welch, China Clay industry expert: records rel to China Clay working, and in particular Stannon China Clay Works, St Breward c1875-2017 (AD3156)
- Harvey and Co Ltd, ship and engine builders, ironfounders and merchants, Hayle: ledger 1939-1949 (H)
- Charles E Olver (fl1880-1902), baker, confectioner and cook, Truro: recipe book c1880-1902 (AD3114)
- J T Cowls and Sons, sailmakers and marine engineers, Porthleven: business records, corresp, deeds and photographs 1902-2001 (X1482)
- Bath City Waterworks: photographs, maps, plans, statistical registers, ephemera c1900-2000 (312)
- Huntley, Boorne and Stevens, tin manufacturers, Reading: records c1846-1980 (D/EX2870acc10911)
- Hussey, carpenter and builder of Wargrave: customer account book 1881-1895 (D/EX2903acc10993)
- Brunskill & Todd, music shop, Berwick-upon-Tweed: collection of sheet music and catalogues for James Brunskill 1844-1914 (BRO2743)
- Berwick & Tweedmouth Gas Light Co Ltd.: company records c1900-1977 (BRO2784)
- Martins Bank Ltd., Wooler: safe custody receipts 1932-1966 (BRO2789)
- Martin Pink (fl1929), manager of BICC PLC, Erith: photograph album of factory 1929 (PHPNK)
- Sir John Boyd (1718-1800) 1st Baronet Boyd, sugar merchant, slave trader, and vice-chairman of the British East India Company: journal of accounts 1785-1793 (PEDAN)
- Ewen Harper, Brother & Co., architects: records 20th cent (MS 4991 Additional (2022/048))
- Hamlet Furniture Ltd., of Yate: trade brochures c1970-1983 (46678)
- Peel Mills: minute books, stock book, salaries book and contract book 1920-1964 (BPM)
- John Lobb Ltd, bootmakers: ledgers 1943-1989 (Acc3130)
- Captain John Whittle, (fl 1860-1913): family corresp, business corresp mainly from Henry Whittle and Co of Liverpool; copy letter books (2 vols), burial grant for private grave in the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery and receipt for grave-digging for the burial of Sarah Ann Whittle 1860-1913 (YDX 769)
- R F G Hollett and Son, antiquarian booksellers, Sedbergh: business records 1960-2014 (WDB 172)
- Wakefield family of Kendal: plan amended design for Curtiss Biplane [aka Waterbird], A V Roe and Company, Brownsfield Mills, Manchester. Scale: 3/8" to 1''. Signed by Reginald Parrott, works manager 1911 (WDW)
- Aiton & Co Ltd, Derby, steam pipe manufacturer: minutes, correspondence and accounts including minutes, correspondence and accounts of Aiton Africa (Proprietary) Ltd (c1953-1970) 1896-1994 (D5784)
- Amalgamated Society of House Decorators and Painters, Chesterfield Branch: minutes, accounts, letter books, membership records, contribution books, branch report books, banner, rules and other printed ephemera 1929-1970 (D8432)
- Cromford Canal Co: Langley Mill permit books with loose pages (various dates) c1822-1848 (D501)
- Eagle Star Foundry, iron manufacturer, Belper: correspondence, financial records, plans, photographs, catalogues, history of the company c1830-1970 (D982)
- Robert Jones & Son, painters and decorators, Duffield: clients accounts ledgers, and advertisement [c1920-1929] 1910-1938 (D8426)
- Barry Lewis (b 1971), local councillor, archaeologist and author: mss and notes for "Hunting in Britain: from the Ice Age to the present" and "Hill of the Boar" (a novel published under the pseudonym Benjamin B Lewis), archaeological surveys and research notes, published articles and newscuttings on subjects rel to archaeology, local politics and wine making c1997-2013 (D8456)
- Markham family of Tapton House, Chesterfield: deeds and related papers, incl for property Chesterfield, Tapton and Holymoorside; incl tenancy of Chesterfield Brewery Co (1927) 1753-1927 (D8418)
- Storer family of Mickleover and Littleover, farmers: diaries of John Storer and his son Philip 1861-1897 (D8429)
- Taylor, Simpson and Mosley of Derby, solicitors: client papers 18th-19th cent (D769)
- W G & J Strutt Company, Belper: photographs of workers & staff at mills in Belper & Milford 1896 (D8452)
- AH Lake, motor coach builder: business records including patents, correspondence, technical drawings and brochures 20th cent (ZBES)
- Hamilton Carhartt Ltd, overall manufacturers, Dundee: photographs, press cuttings, 16mm films c1940-1979 (GD/X1572)
- G Tarn Bainbridge & Son, auctioneers & valuers, Darlington: sales particulars, Tenant Right valuation books 20th cent (D/TB)
- Brown Brothers & Co Ltd, ironfounders, hydraulic and general engineers, Edinburgh: records of Andrew Betts Brown of Brown Brothers nd (1275)
- Bruce Peebles & Co Ltd, engineers and electrical machinery manufacturers, Edinburgh: selection of photographs of machinery, products, and staff in the workplace c1900-2010 (1298)
- Loadman family of York, dealers in antiques: a volume of illustrations and sketches of items purchased by the family over a period of 60 years. At least two generations of the family ran a shop initially at 5 College Street, then at 37 Stonegate and at Minster Gates, York, as dealers in antiques, old china, furniture, and curios 19th-20th cent (Acc 2022/001)
- Associated British Ports (ABP): photo archive of Associated British Ports incl hard drive containing digitised content and index 20th cent (DABP)
- Bird Family Business, agricultural and horticultural equipment suppliers, of Cowbridge: business records incl corresp, details of suppliers, customers, transactions, staffing and administration, promotion and events. Also pictures and photographs relating to the Bird family in Cowbridge. c1900-2010 (D1852)
- Taff Vale Railway Company: records incl agreements, workmen's compensation files rel to accidents, maintenance and renewals records 19th-20th cent (DTVR)
- Tynewydd Dairy Farms Ltd, Hirwaun: record of purchases and payments, 1907-1937; account ledger, 1911-1932; receipts, 1920-1941; record book including record of cow milk yields, cow servicing and calving, tuberculin tests and milk supplied, 1933-1938. 1907-1940 (D1881)
- Glasgow Chamber of Commerce: additional minutes, list of members, subscription book, letter books, newscutting books 1782-1913 (TD1670)
- Polmadie Iron Works: index of employees 1870-1920 (TD2165)
- R & W Sorley, jewellers and silversmiths, Glasgow: photograph album of commissioned works c1896-1919 (TD2162)
- Blaenavon Co Ltd, colliery proprietors, iron and steel manufacturers: corresp and photographs incl rel to Doncasters group 1955-1966 (D6670)
- Penllwyn Railway Company: file of corresp c1824-1922 (D6691)
- Lex Vehicle Engineering Ltd, Giltpack Packaging of Totton and Locomotors Ltd., Andover: records of the businesses, incl photographs and publicity material 1930s-2000s (19A22)
- Pritchard and Sons Ltd., tailoring business, Hereford: records 1890-1960 (DG80)
- Fuel Pump & Tank Services, Inverness-shire: minutes, corresp, financial records, photographs, map, diaries of Fuel Pump & Tank Services, Inverness-shire, with work diaries of Mr Melrose Douglas and Mr William Macdonald employees of Pump Maintenance Ltd c1960-1998 (GB232/D1727)
- British Aluminium Ltd, Kinlochleven: glass plate negatives 20th cent (L/D190)
- Lancashire Textile Manufacturers' Association: minutes, annual reports, members' files and other papers 19th-21st cent (DDX 3617/ACC13110)
- Luneside Engineering Co. (Halton) Ltd.: business records incl corresp, accounts, technical drawings, staff records, publicity material and photographs 1947-2021 (LUNE/ACC13193)
- Peter Whitehead, (fl1839-1854), cotton mill owner and trader: corresp addressed to Peter Whitehead mostly sent from agents detailing the current cotton market in New York, Liverpool and Manchester 1839-1854 (DP 547/ACC13271)
- AE Bilsdon, radio, electrical, cycle & hardware stores, Uppingham: financial records 1927-1980 (DE10476)
- Bates Textile Machine Co (Leicester) Ltd: advertising brochures & leaflets, scrapbooks (1970-1984), photographs of machinery, buildings & exhibitions, record of experiments, recollections of Emile Bernard Bates (photocopy), miscellaneous papers 20th cent (DE10436)
- J Owen Jones & predecessors, chemists, Ashby De La Zouch: prescription books (c1859-1960). veterinary prescription book (c1870-1920), accounts (1928-9). photographs (c1870-1979), pharmacy textbooks & directories (1838-1932) c1838-1979 (DE10346)
- John Richardson & Co, Chemists, Leicester: records including minutes (c1892-1961), register of Directors' holdings and interests (1960), staff register (1945-1946), pay roll register (1954-1960), letter books (c1887-1909), stock book (1869), price lists (c1906-1946), cash books (1869-1874), Memorandum of Association (1960), insurance papers (1950s), record of raw opium (1933-1955), news cuttings book (c1880-1899), photographs, booklets 1869-1961 (DE10529)
- Messenger & Co Ltd, horticultural builders & heating engineers, Loughborough: records 1889-1961 (DE10339)
- Beagle Aircraft Ltd, light aircraft manufacturers, Rearsby & Shoreham: technical drawings c1950-1969 (DE10483)
- Pepper family, Kegworth: records including World War II journals of Ronald Alec Pepper and his model shop, Apex Craft in Leicester 20th cent (DE10460)
- Stathern and District Dairy Co Ltd: records including rules (1920), reports & balance sheets (1921-1948), accounts & delivery books (c1920-1939), misellaneous papers (c1930-1939) 1921-1948 (DE10317)
- Palmer & Ward Garage, Leicester: records including photographs, plan, receipts and instructions on the death of partners c1930-1979 (DE10301)
- JC & WH Sandercock, farmers, North Kilworth: financial records c1950-1979 (DE10412)
- Sawday Associates , architects, Leicester and predecessors: architectural drawings & papers 19th-20th cent (DE10405)
- Shakespear, McTurk & Graham, auctioneers, valuers, land agents & surveyors, Leicester: property sales books indexed by vendor, prices paid and purchaser details and sale particulars 1936-1989 (DE10505)
- Simpkin & James, grocers, Leicester: register of Share Transfers and photographs 1955-1972 (DE10522)
- Stockdale Harrison & Son and Symington, Prince & Pike, architects, Leicester: plans including Liberty Shoes factory, Leicester (c1920), Wyggeston Grammar School for Girls, Leicester (c1925) and Adderly & Co store, Leicester, drawings including Ragdale Hall and Rockingham Castle, Northamptonshire, photographs of buildings including Southfields Library, Leicester, ledger (1899-1952), award certificates and other papers 19th-20th cent (DE10437)
- Tangent Design Co-operative Ltd & Tangent Architects Ltd, architects, Leicester and Rearsby: architectural drawings, files, CDs and photographs c1980-2019 (DE10347)
- Tanna & Co, solicitors, Leicester: deeds to properties in Leicester and Leicestershire and also Nuneaton, Coventry, Harlow and Liverpool c1880-1980 (DE10465)
- Withers Sports, sports store, Leicester: invoices and printed ephemera 1924-1978 (DE10334)
- Everard & Pick, architects, Leicester: drawing showing detail of windows for cottage and shop, Countesthorpe for Mr John Taylor 1897 (DE10506)
- Lloyds Names Association: committee minutes, reports, legal and political correspondence, petitions and court cases 1982-2010 (B22/014)
- Farebrother, Ellis And Company, chartered surveyors, London: records incl photographs, maps, plans, sales particulars; Book of Remembrance WWII; copy of Act of Parliament from Charles II rel to the sale of Fee Farm Rents; volume of floor plans; index to inventories; business and personal papers of Ernest Munro Runtz, partner; notes on company and Farebrother family histories; correspondence and other papers 1660-1988 (B22/041)
- Wissmann & Co., stock-jobbers, London: letter book, tally books, transfers books, ledgers, accounts, early papers (incl Stoop and Co.), papers rel to company takeover, printed material 1880-1970 (B22/049)
- Business Archives Council, London: committee papers and minutes, papers of president, vice president, chair, deputy chair, secretaries; correspondence, regional branch records, reports, surveys and publications, digital photographs 1935-2011 (B22/060)
- Paulden's Department Store: financial records and rel corresp 1931-1949 (2022/73)
- Marks Brothers, Printers and Stationers of Barnstaple: sales ledger, cash book, loan book, customer library card. 1879-1896 (B1467)
- Sideham Farm, Tawstock: title documents 1920-2013 (B1466)
- Joblings Solicitors, Daventry: records incl deeds and other documents c1600-1999 (2022/35)
- John and George Britten, tenant farmers to Lord Wantage, Abington: diaries (1881-82, 1884-88, 1890-96, 1899 & 1920-21) c1881-1921 (N466)
- Barry Eccles, tailor, Worksop: order books c1940-1969 (10215)
- Hall Farm, Clipston-on-the-wolds: farm diaries (1969-1970), invoices, correspondence, inventories, year end accounts (1968-1969) belonging to tenant farmer William Dodsworth 1937-1971 (10140)
- Significant Sign Limited: digital copies of art work for Covid 19 pandemic signage for the National Health Service, Plymouth Argyle Football Club, Plymouth City Council and others clients 2020-2021 (4441)
- Ward Chowen Commercial, estate agents, auctioneers and surveyors: printed wartime ephemera, corresp mainly rel to property sales and valuations, Commons' registration on Dartmoor, sale particulars, accounting records, valuation notebooks, diaries, newspaper cuttings, and an index of clients c1940-2000 (4424)
- Andrews, Butchers of Pannier Market, Plymouth: ledger incl monthly accounts c1941-1959 (4364)
- Hawick Chamber of Trade: minutes and papers 1982-2003 (SBA/1336)
- Beatson Drake Ltd., cutlery handle manufacturers, Sheffield: business records incl order books, staff wages book, purchase journal, catalogues and brochures, incl of amalgamated predecessor firms: Drake and Son, formerly Biggin and Drake, John Biggin Ltd and Frederick Beatson and Son c1921-1990 (X1027)
- Humphreys and Heighway, grocers of Shrewsbury and Baschurch: ledgers and photographs 1830-1998 (9862)
- Viney Bridge Mill, fabric manufactures, Crewkerne: records, incl order books, day books, staff cards, packing slips and fabric testing records 1950s-1980s (A/FAD)
- City Bakeries Boys' Camp: photograph albums documenting the annual City Bakeries Boys' Camp for apprentices 1921-1939 (1,001,101)
- A G Richardson & Co Ltd, earthenware manufacturers, Cobridge: pattern books, kiln book and pricing book 1930s-1950s (SD 1942)
- Campbell Brick & Tile Co., Fenton: pattern books and related ledgers 20th cent (SD 1945)
- Imeson & Finch, manufacturing and colliery engineers: minutes, staff records, photographs and financial records 1802-1994 (7916)
- T&G Allan Ltd., stationers & pen dealers, Newcastle upon Tyne: company and family records incl minutes, accounts, deeds, correspondence, photographs 1876-2021 (6037)
- David Evans Co Ltd, department store, Swansea: papers collected by Cyril Davies incl photographs (staff, interior, publicity, parades, celebrities), brochures, staff magazines and ephemera 20th cent
- Baybridge Canal Co: records 1825-1875 (20166)
- Norton Farm, Aldingbourne: accounts and diaries, with material rel to Tangmere c1846-1953 (20426)
- Plans and architectural drawings of Shoreham Cement Works and digital copies of same 20th cent (20187)
- Walter Gardiner Photography, Worthing: photographic collection c1890-2020 (20442)
- Montague Burton Limited, tailors, Leeds: colour transparencies illustrating the design of a jacket and the correct order of production; colour transparencies are layered on top of one another to show the make up of the garment and an index provides the detail of the design nd (WYL2329)
- Pendlebury Organ Co: business records incl accounts, programmes of openings and recitals, photos, corresp, design books and memorandum and articles of association 1909-1983
- Joseph Gye, builder and blacksmith: business ledgers 1888-1948 (2872B)
- Higgins & Son, chemists Salisbury: prescription book 1948-1949 (1701)
- Avon Rubber plc: volumes containing mould drawings and specifications c1900-2000 (4558)
- Birkenhead Corporation: maps and plans 19th and 20th cent (2511)
- Nicholson and Co. Organ Builders: correspondence rel to organ orders, maintenance, overhaul, repair, and tuning c1840-1976 (16718)
- John Barnett Ltd., seed merchant: documents c1900-2022 (16697)
National
- Alice Marion Hart (1848-1931), philanthropist, artist and businesswoman: correspondence 1872-1923 (Add MS 89479)
- Ledger of sugar estates owned by George Cunningham in Jamaica, dated 1843-1856 1843-1956 (Add MS 89654)
- Bedford Lemere & Co, architectural photographers, London: photograph of men discussing building works in Lewisham c1890 (BL/P741)
- Mrs Edie Hotton (fl1945-1970): corresp addressed to Mrs Hotton mostly rel to her St Martin's Guest House business, and news from friends and relatives following the Liberation of Guernsey in May 1945 1945-1971 (AQ 1702/01 to AQ 1702/41)
- John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823), financier and art collector; Cyril Fry (1918-2010), art dealer: ms and graphic material rel to the Angerstein family and circle; portrait miniature, photographic reproductions, correspondence and research notes (20th century) 1732-1974 (NGA49)
- Alexander Low Bruce (1839-1893), colonial estate owner, Nysasaland, and son-in-law of David Livingstone, missionary and explorer: corresp mostly rel to his business interests in the African Lakes Corporation, and related companies, but incl some copy letters, 1859, of David Livingstone 1859-1892 (Acc.14404)
- John Borland (1796-1885), merchant and emigrant: typescript copy of journals kept by John Borland, emigrant to the USA 1843-1882 (Acc.14314)
- Gall & Inglis, printers and publishers, Edinburgh: business records 1840-1974 (Acc.14407)
- George Henry Strick (1855-1940), industrialist: notebook compiled during a visit to America during the period of the implementation of the Tariff Act of October 1890, when he visited mines and collieries, taking detailed notes and observations on American practices, as well as meeting with fellow leading industrialists to gauge the ongoing level of tin-plate exports to America 1890 (NLW MS 24180)
- William John Roberts, (1888-1957), store clerk, Nigeria: photographs and documents rel to employment in Lagos, Nigeria 1912-1935 (PR/701, DX/2695)
- W A Ross & Sons, soft drinks and mineral water manufacturers: minutes, accounts, shares documents, salaries books, correspondence, certificates and trademarks, photographic prints and advertising materials incl bottle labels c1882-1985 (D4851)
- Lamson Engineering Co Ltd: company records incl minute books, memoranda and articles of association, correspondence, agreements and reports on formation of the company 1888-1949 (MS/2207)
Special
- Backstreet, gay leather club, London: artefacts, papers, posters 1985-2021 (BACKSTREET)
- Owlsworth IJP Ltd., millwrights and building restorers, Reading: millwrighting drawings and other records rel to work on wind and watermills 1990s-2000s (OIJP)
- Ferranti International plc, electrical engineers: collection compiled by D W Alford rel to the history and development of an oscillogyro at the Ferranti Aircraft Equipment Department, Bracknell and later Ferranti Defence Systems Ltd, Edinburgh 1940-1987 (2022-235)
University
- Alexander Pirie & Sons, paper-makers, Aberdeen: additional business records 19th-21st cent (MS 2911)
- Caledonian Breweries Ltd, brewers, Edinburgh: papers 20th cent (GLAASC ACCN 00115)
- George Gibson & Co Ltd, shipping company, Edinburgh: minutes, gross earnings, letter book, charter, photographs 1878-1972 (GLAASC ACCN 00079)
- Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society: additional records 20th cent (GLAASC ACCN 00103)
- Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee: counter books (2) c1930-1939 (DB)
- Francis Johnson & Partners, Architects Ltd., Bridlington: job files, drawings series, photographs, and survey notes rel to the work of the architects practice 20th-21st cent (U DFJ)
- Land Design Studio, visitor experience design company, London: pitch documents, projects sheets, drawings, photos, notes, slides, press cuttings and videos for successful and unsuccessful museum and commercial exhibition project tenders 1992-2021 (Acc 2022/9 (H))
- Metaphor Ltd, exhibition design and architecture, London: administrative records including project briefs, pitches and object files, physical models c1990-2020 (Acc 2022/11)
- Sir Joseph Whitworth & Co Ltd, machine tool and armaments manufacturers: business letter book 1854-1860 (Eng Ms 1589)
- Baile Family, farmers of Brook Farm, Lincolnshire: business records kept by Brian and Tim Baile c1940-2000 (Acc.DX2414)
- Suttons Seeds Ltd: trade catalogues and manuals for Sutton's Seeds collected by Ron Butler, long term employee at Suttons Seeds and volunteer at the Museum of English Rural Life. 1878-2014 (Acc.DX2434)
- George Green, (1793-1841), miller and mathematician: correspondence and papers relating to George Green collected by Dr J M Rollett (d2015), physicist 1968-2007 (GG)
- WH Smith & Son, retailer: administrative documents incl deeds, agreements, licences and some photographs c1909-2010 (Acc.MS5777)
- Reginald L Wilde (fl1939-1944), employee at Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturer of Reading: account of the evacuation of Huntley & Palmers staff and their families from the La Courneuve factory in Paris back to England 1939-1944 (Acc.MS5783)
- Huntley, Boorne & Stevens Ltd, tin makers of Reading: papers and photographs of the company c1850-1930 (Acc.MS5784)
- J Salmon Ltd, publishers and printers, Sevenoaks: administrative documents, original artwork, proofs and examples of products c1899-2010 (Acc.MS5860)
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