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London Metropolitan Archives

R. J. SPARGO (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/112-132

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: R. J. SPARGO (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED

Date(s): 1933-1938

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 production unit comprising 1 envelope.

Name of creator(s): R. J. Spargo (Proprietary) Ltd | dealers in rubber

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

R J Spargo (Proprietary) Limited was registered in around 1933 (no exact date is given in the memorandum and articles of association) in Johannesburg, South Africa, to deal in rubber. The relation of the company to Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) is not known.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of R J Spargo (Proprietary) Limited, dealers in rubber, comprising memorandum and articles of association.

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:

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 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
Rubber goods | Industrial products
Rubber industry and trade | Manufacturing industry | Industry

Personal names

Corporate names
R. J. Spargo (Proprietary) Ltd | dealers in rubber

Places
South Africa | Southern Africa