IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/038-05
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EMPIRE OF INDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
Date(s): 1960-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Empire of India Holdings Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The company was established in 1960 to acquire the entire issued share capital of the Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Company Limited. Its offices were at 2A Eastcheap until 1968, and from 1968-1971 at 13 Rood Lane. The Caparo Group took over the records in 1982.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Empire of India Holdings Limited, comprising Board of Directors' minutes, annual general meeting minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
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:
The Caparo Group took over the archives when it took over the company and donated them to Guildhall Library in 1982. 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.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.