IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/56
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHANDLERS
Date(s): 1935-1957
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.37 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Chandlers Ltd | brewers
Union Breweries Ltd | brewers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Chandlers Limited was incorporated in South Africa in 1902. It operated in association with Courage and Company from 1950. The name was changed to Union Breweries Limited, South Africa, in 1954. The company merged with South African Breweries Limited in 1956; whereupon Courage and Barclay withdrew from the partnership and the London committee was dissolved in 1957.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Chandlers Limited, brewers, including London committee minutes with agendas; papers about share transfers; list of ordinary shareholders, divided into London, South Africa and other registers; correspondence; memorandum and articles of association; financial accounts; reports and notes on accounts and plant; and forms of proxy.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/2305/56/001-013: Corporate and Accounting Records.
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
Related material:
For envelope of papers relating to Chandlers, 1946-1955, see Courage and Co. reference ACC/2305/08/026/13.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010