IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/207-11
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WALLACE BROTHERS AND COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED: F F CHRESTIEN AND COMPANY, MICA PRODUCERS, INDIA
Date(s): 1910-1955
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.45 linear metres
Name of creator(s): F F Chrestien and Company Limited | Domchanch | India xx Associated Insulation Products Limited
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
F F Chrestien and Company Limited, Domchanch, Northern India was one of the oldest and largest mica producers in the world. In 1920/21, Chartered Bank suggested Wallace Brothers should take over from the financing, production and shipment of mica by F F Chrestien and Company Limited. Wallace and Company became managers of F F Chrestien and Company. The Company did not return much income until after World War Two when demand for mica increased world wide. In 1948 the Company became the Associated Insulation Products Limited.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of F F Chrestien and Company including agreements, correspondence and accounts (CLC/B/207/MS40801 - MS40803A). Also includes memorandum and articles of association of Indeuram Limited.
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:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
48 hours notice required for access
PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright is held by 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:
These archives were deposited as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Added January 2014