IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/038-07
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ORIENTAL RUBBER COMPANY
Date(s): 1906-1920;1954-1961;1976-1978
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Oriental Rubber Co
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company was registered in 1919, to take over a firm of the same name registered in 1906. It was acquired in 1954 by the British Malay Rubber Company Limited, and in 1960 by London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Company. Oriental Rubber Company went into voluntary liquidation in 1976.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute book of the Oriental Rubber Company.
ACCESS AND 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:
Access by appointment only. Please contact 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:
Ms 20326 was donated to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1982 by the Caparo Group. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
CLC/B/038-01: Assam Frontier Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-02: Budla Beta Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-03: Dooars Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-04: Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-05: Empire of India Holdings Ltd;
CLC/B/038-06: Lanka Plantation Co;
CLC/B/038-07: Oriental Rubber Co;
CLC/B/038-08: Singlo Tea Co;
CLC/B/038-09: Singlo Holdings Ltd.
See also record CLC/B/112/MS37780, part of the records of Harrisons and Crosfield. Permission for access should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from staff).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.