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London Metropolitan Archives

COURAGE: STAFF RECORDS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/08-5

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: COURAGE: STAFF RECORDS

Date(s): 1852-1964

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 21.5 linear metres (extent of all 8 Courage subfonds combined).

Name of creator(s): Courage and Co Ltd | brewers
Courage Ltd | brewers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Courage of Aberdeen bought a brewhouse in Southwark in 1787. After his death it was managed by his wife Harriet and then the senior clerk John Donaldson. It was known as Courage and Donaldson from about 1800 until 1851, when John Courage junior and his sons removed the Donaldsons from management. The company was incorporated as Courage and Company Limited in 1888. Managed The Anchor Brewery, Horselydown, Southwark.

Acquired:
- Alton Brewery Co, Hants, 1903
- G Hall and Co Ltd, Alton Brewery, Alton, Hants (Alton Brewery had been bought by Henry Hall in 1841. After it was acquired by Courage and Co, it continued to brew until 1969 when it became a canning and kegging plant);
- Camden Brewery Co Ltd, Camden, 1923;
- Farnham United Breweries, Surrey, 1927;
- Noakes and Co Ltd, Bermondsey, 1927;
- C N Kidd and Son Ltd, Dartford, 1937;
- Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Co Ltd, Surrey, 1943.

Courage merged with Barclay Perkins and Company Limited in 1955, and ceased to trade in 1957. Courage and Barclay Limited and H and G Simonds Limited merged in 1960, forming Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Staff records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including papers relating to wages and salaries; register of pensioners; papers relating to appointments; papers relating to an insurance policy for war injuries; and bye-laws of The Courage Club, staff association.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records of Courage and Company Limited have been divided into 8 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/08-1: Corporate records;
ACC/2305/08-2: Financial records;
ACC/2305/08-3: Sales records;
ACC/2305/08-4: Production records;
ACC/2305/08-5: Staff records;
ACC/2305/08-6: Property records;
ACC/2305/08-7: Public Relations records;
ACC/2305/08-8: Records of individuals.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Breweries | Commercial buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Brewers | Food industry personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Brewing industry | Food industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Pensions | Social security | Social services
Staff associations | Trade unions | Labour relations
Wages | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Courage and Co Ltd | brewers
Courage Ltd | brewers

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe