IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2159 Hayes Collection of Textiles
Held at: University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion
Title: Hayes Textiles Limited
Date(s): 1960s
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 3 shelves of folders and 70 volumes
Name of creator(s): Hayes Textiles Limited
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Hayes Textiles Limited of Vencourt Place, 261/271 King Street, London, specialised in high quality Jacquard Fabrics and the production of Nigerian headwear. The Directors were D A Butler, S Ryman and M J Nettleton. On the death of the founder D A Butler, the company closed.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Collection of textile swatches made by Hayes Textiles Limited, 1960s, a British company that designed and manufactured headwear for Nigerian women.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the collection is by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
The records are uncatalogued.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection of samples were donated to the college by Mrs M J Nettleton on the death of the company's founder, D A Butler.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Victoria and Albert Museum have some textiles manufactured by Hayes.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2002