IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-027
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BRITISH CHROME & CHEMICALS LIMITED
Date(s): 1976
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): British Chrome and Chemicals Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
British Chrome and Chemicals Limited was incorporated in 1960 to manufacture and sell chemicals. It was based at Eaglescliffe near Stockton. In 1973 it was bought by Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112), and in 1988 it became part of Harcros Chemicals Group.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Articles of association for British Chrome and Chemicals Limited.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One file.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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:
The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.