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London Metropolitan Archives

D. AND J. BARBER (EELS) LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/109-02

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: D. AND J. BARBER (EELS) LIMITED

Date(s): 1954-1978

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 7 production units.

Name of creator(s): John and Paul (Eels) Ltd x D and J Barber (Eels) Ltd

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

D and J Barber (Eels) Limited, were formerly known as John and Paul (Eels) Limited. They were eel merchants, trading from 13b Lovat Lane. They were taken over by H Barber and Sons, and renamed, in 1960.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of D and J Barber (Eels) Limited, including articles of association; minutes of meetings; register of members and shares; and financial records.

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:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

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:

Deposited at Guildhall Library in 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Parent company:
CLC/B/109-01: H. Barber and Son Limited.
Other subsidiaries:
CLC/B/109-03: Braddan Fishing Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-04: Cahill and Young Limited;
CLC/B/109-05: John T Clark Limited;
CLC/B/109-06: U. C. Farmer Limited;
CLC/B/109-07: A. Langley and Company Limited;
CLC/B/109-08: E. F. Marchant Limited.

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 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Eel fishing | Fishing industry | Fisheries
Eels | Fish | Aquatic animals | Animals | Zoology
Fish trade | Trade (practice)
Fishmarkets | Commercial premises
Fishmongers | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names

Corporate names
John and Paul (Eels) Ltd x D and J Barber (Eels) Ltd

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe