IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/174
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PANDAN TEA COMPANY
Date(s): 1933-1971
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 production units.
Name of creator(s): Pandan Tea Co
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Pandan Tea Company (1933) was established in March 1933 as a reconstruction of the Pandan Tea Company. The latter had been established in January 1923 and acquired all the shares in Tjisadea Tea Company, Tjdadap (Java) Plantation Company and Pandan Aroem Syndicate which held estates in Java.
After the Japanese occupation during World War Two the business did not recover, and the company sustained large losses and was wound down. The company's offices were at 22 Fenchurch St 1933-34; and 58 Mark Lane 1934-57.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Pandan Tea Company comprising: board minute books, 1933-69; and annual general meetings minutes, 1934-71.
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 City of London.
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 archives of the company were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in June 1993. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.