IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/123-20
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DELMEGE, ALLEN AND COMPANY LIMITED
Date(s): 1919-1964
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Delmege, Allen and Co Ltd | shipping agents
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company, shipping agents of 101 Leadenhall Street, was established in 1919 as Delmege and Company to act for Delmege, Forsyth and Company (CLC/B/123-20) in the UK. It became Delmege, Allen and Company in 1920. Delmege, Allen and Company and Delmege, Forsyth and Company were both part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Delmege, Allen and Company Limited, shipping agents, comprising memorandum and articles of association, and balance sheets.
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:
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library together with those of other companies in the Inchcape group in 1987-88. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.