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Major accessions to repositories in 2012 relating to Business

Business

History of Advertising Trust Archive

  • Carol Ann Fisher, chief executive, COI Communications: corresp and papers, incl her time as marketing director of Holsten Distributors c1980-2009 (HAT2012/58)
  • Egon Rosenberg, point-of-sale designer and consultant: artwork, designs and artefacts c1950-89 (HAT21/550)
  • Alan Granville Waldie, art director: papers rel to his work for several London advertising agencies, but mainly Collette Dickenson Pearce c1980-1999 (HAT2012/52)
  • "Advertising Lives" oral history collection: interviews of practitioners who worked in British advertising in the nineteen fifties and sixties (HAT2012/13)

Local

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Town House branch

  • Hall, Russell & Co Ltd, shipbuilders and repairers, Aberdeen: annual abstracts of accounts 20th cent (HR)

Angus Archives

  • ID Mackie, confectioners, Montrose: accounts and receipts 1937-1985 (MS1027)
  • Market Bar, Forfar: stock book 1937-1957 (MS1031)

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Arthur Bedwell & Co Ltd, grocers, Plaistow: records incl memorandum and articles of association, corresp, accounts, photographs, sale and liquidation documents 1900-1975 (ACQ2012/187)
  • Solvent Products Ltd, London: records incl registers, inventories, accounts and ledgers 1927-1988 (ACQ2012/079)
  • Dagenham Chamber of Trade and Commerce: minute books 1943-1960 (ACQ2012/132)

Bath Record Office

  • Leslie Fudge, chartered accountant: business papers, accounts and deeds 1853-1960 (965)

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service

  • RS Litchfield, carpenter and wheelwright, Riseley: records 1933-1965 (Z1485)

Berkshire Record Office

  • Owen Phillips & Son, builders, Reading: ledger and wage books 1925-1933 (D/EX 1739)

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office

  • Allan Brothers Ltd, joinery manufacturers, Berwick-upon-Tweed: minute books, register of members 20th cent (BRO 1898)
  • Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors, Alnwick: account books and executors' papers 19th cent (BRO 1840)
  • Photo Centre, photographers, Berwick-upon-Tweed: glass plate and other negatives of work undertaken 1951-2012 (BRO 1944)

Birmingham: Archives and Heritage Service

  • Sir Charles Barry, architect and topographical draughtsman: drawings of Birmingham Free Grammar School 1833 (MS 575)

Bristol Record Office

  • Albert Clark, Bristol city architect and president of the Bristol society of architects: scrapbooks, photographs, plans, brochures, diaries and notebooks c 1940 - 1980s (44819)
  • Sidney Robinson, ship repairer: tenders for work, notebooks, press cuttings, shipping research notes and other records 1940s-1990s (44836)
  • Bennett Brothers Ltd, manufacturing stationers, Bristol: minutes, letter books, reports and accounts, personnel records, corresp and photographs 1883-1980 (44815)
  • Charles Thornton Jefferies, bookseller: manuscript volumes rel to the history of Bristol (transferred from Bristol Central Library) c 1500-1800 (44954)

Cambridgeshire Archives

  • Goodwyn Luddington Archer, solicitor, Isle Of Ely: letter book 1905-1945 (R112/096)
  • Brignalls, Balderston Warren, solicitors, Stevenage: clients' deeds rel to land and property in Cambs (Guilden Morden, Steeple Morden and Litlington) 1722-1923 (R112/006)
  • Charles Lack & Sons Ltd, agricultural engineers and brassfounders, Cottenham: sales ledgers, account books, bought ledgers, copy letter book, work journals, office diaries and drawings register 1889-1971 (R112/016)
  • Brewer, Cambridge: account book, rental for shop and papers rel to legal expenses 1724-1752 (R112/068)
  • Cambridge Pumping Station: records, incl visitors' book 1906-1952, engineers' diaries, fuel register, clinker sales books (2), log books for electrical maintenance, flow records, running hours of pumps, order book, plans and drawings, and borough surveyor's investigations into pumping plant for the pumping station 1908-1909 1894-1991 (R112/012, R112/029, R112/051)

Ceredigion Archives

  • Lerry Woollen Mills, Tal-y-bont: business records 1929-79 (DB/91)
  • Mile End Cafe, Lampeter: ledger, previous used by Bibby's of Lampeter c1920-87 (ADX/1355)

Cornwall Record Office

  • Great Polgooth Mine, St Austell, St Mewan and St Ewe: cost book 1850-1857 (CF/1/4884)
  • Grylls & Paige, solicitors, Redruth: client records 1558-1971 (GP)
  • Frederick Job, builder, Wadebridge: corresp and legal papers 1936-1944 (X1374)
  • Levant Tin Mine: list of exempted employees, Defence of the Realm regulations 1916 (AD 2195)
  • Herbert Radford, ironmonger, Padstow: deeds to property in Duke Street 1817-1978 (X1373)
  • Tredore Farm, St Issey: accounts 1978-1992 (AD 2211)
  • Treleaven & Son Ltd, hatters and outfitters, Launceston: records 1866-1975 (AD 2178)
  • James Truscott, carter and miller, St Stephen in Brannel: accounts 1862-1881 (X1369/1)
  • Walkey family, drapers, Truro: business and personal papers 1911-1947 (AD 2182)
  • Wollocombe & Co, solicitors, Plymouth: corresp rel to Wheal Vor mine 1843-1863 (AD 2201)
  • Peter Pool Collection: solicitors' records, personal and local research records 1600-2007 (X1383)

Coventry History Centre

  • Thomas Francis Tickner, architect: research notes and plans regarding Coventry cathedral 1916 (PA2886)
  • Thomas Rayson Partnership, architects, Oxford: competition plans for designing Coventry cathedral 1948 (PA2903)
  • Ward Brothers & Co Ltd, builders merchants, Coventry: minutes and accounts 1928-1990 (PA2909)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Thomas Tyson, farmer and innkeeper, Wasdale: inn and farm visitors' books 1869-1886 (YDX 374)
  • British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Cumbria: videos of Calder Hall power station and letter rel to formation of company 1971-1980 (YBNFL)
  • Waugh & Musgrave, solicitors, Cockermouth: additional client records c 1540-1970 (DWM)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Herbert Jackson, grocer and local historian: photograph albums 19th cent - 20th cent (DX 2062)
  • David AB McNay, chartered architect: plans of St Mary's Church, Priory church and Lanercost Priory 1987-2000 (DX 2080)
  • Coomara Veterinary Practice: records 1980-2001 (DB 167)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Thomas Chaplow, farmer, Burton-in-Kendal: estate, farm and family papers 1904-76 (WDX 1682)
  • Tony Dickinson, lorry driver: log books of work for transport companies incl Fedex, Border Loos, ANC Parcels, Gary Newby and Crowther Group 1987-2011 (WDX 1683)
  • Henry Mounsey of Mill Beck Farm, Langdale, farmer: farm work diaries, stock books and accounts 1921-57 (WDX 1676)
  • South Lakeland Farm & Country Holidays: records 1982-2012 (WDSO 369)

Denbighshire Record Office

  • Butcher, Ruthin: accounts and related papers 1856-1885 (DD/DM/1790)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • David Martin, butcher, Aston-on-Trent: financial records c1980-1989 (D6315)
  • Derby Canal Co: minutes, corresp, proceedings of general assemblies, financial records and deed book 1793-1964 (D5751)
  • Doncaster Coalite Ltd: board of directors' minute book 1952-1972 (D7350)
  • Henry Colishaw, stone paver dealer, Crich: account book rel to the supply of stone paving late 19th cent (D7545)
  • New Mill Close Mine: oral histories rel to employees' experiences at the lead mine and related notes 21st cent (D7575)
  • Robothams & Co, solicitors, Derby: client papers incl executorship papers, corresp, deeds, probate records, trusts, investment papers and legal case papers c1653-1999 (D6144)

Dorset History Centre

  • Austen, Whetham & Guest, solicitors, Bridport: copy letter books (transferred from Bridport Museum) 1880-1939 (D/BTM)
  • Batten & Co, solicitors, Chard: title deeds and legal papers 20th cent (D/BTN)
  • Chas E Goad Ltd, publishers, Hatfield: maps showing occupation of retail space in various towns in Dorset 1972-2010 (M163)
  • Pilkington's Tiles Ltd, bricks and tiles, Swinton and Poole: illustrative sample of plans and diagrams of construction projects 1950-1999 (D.2279)
  • Williamson & Treadgold, provision merchants, Bournemouth: register of members 1944-1955 (D.2351)
  • Ladies' shoe and clothing supplier, Portland: account book 1923-1924 (D.2372)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

  • Benjamin Parkes & Son Ltd, fender manufacturers, Woodsetton: ledgers, articles of association and shares registers 1902-1945 (9678)

Dundee City Archives

  • Watson & Philip Ltd, wholesale food suppliers, Dundee: minutes, board papers, financial records and photographs 1893-1999 (GD/WP)

Durham County Record Office

  • Anderston Foundry Co Ltd, ironfounders, Port Clarence: accounts 1933-1945 (Acc 8069)
  • Burnhope Colliery: diary, evaluation records with notes on historical background c1890-1989 (Acc 8003, 8081)
  • Darlington Building Society: records (Acc 8039)
  • Ernest Wilde, tailor, Darlington: ledger c1960-1999 (Acc 8056)
  • Londonderry Collieries Ltd: ledgers rel to collieries and other subjects 1897-98 (Acc 8030)
  • National Coal Board: research notes, slides, photographs, and plans collected by Colin Mountford (Acc 8068)
  • Vaux & Associated Breweries Ltd, Ripon: records c1960-1969 (Acc 8038)

East Dunbartonshire Leisure & Culture Trust

  • East Dunbartonshire Municipal Bank Ltd, Kirkintilloch: register of members 1920-1954 (2012/21)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Andrews & Bennett, solicitors, Burwash: additional records incl bastardy bonds c1672-1900 (ACC 11152)
  • Blaker, Son & Young, solicitors, Lewes: additional records 1541-1985 (ACC 11400)
  • William Dawes & Co, solicitors, Rye: business records and client papers 18th-20th cent (ACC 11381)
  • John Gooch, architect, Brighton: architectural drawings 20th cent (ACC 11222)
  • William Peters & Sons, suppliers of office equipment and stationery, Brighton: ledgers c1920-60 (ACC 11285)
  • Tinlings, accountants, Eastbourne: records 1895-1959 (ACC 11336)

Edinburgh City Archives

  • James Allan & Son Ltd, shoemakers, Edinburgh: additional records incl minutes (Accession 892)
  • Forth Ports Ltd, Edinburgh: wet letter books, copy minutes, plan images and material rel to Leith Docks c1786-1995 (Accession 908)
  • George Stewart & Co Ltd, wholesale stationers, Edinburgh: records (Accession 888)

Essex Record Office

  • William Charles Parmenter, landowner: inventory and valuation of crops and implements rel to Bevington Hall Farm (1868) and notebook 1868-1915 (A13466, A13452)
  • Thomas Rayson, architect: drawings of churches and other properties 1909-1960 (D/DU 2722)
  • Essex Fire & Life Insurance Co: accounts created by Thomas and John Savill, insurance agents 1822-1873 (A13419)
  • Griffin & Surridge, solicitors, Romford: day book 1831-1832 (A13499: D/F 324)
  • FC Payne, threshing machine owner: account book 1854-1860 (A13522)
  • Edward Roberts, farmer, Berden Hall: farm accounts and records 1849-1895 (A13319)
  • William Talmash, Barnards Farm, East Horndon: accounts 1831-1879 (A13522)

Falkirk Archives

  • James Dougall & Sons Ltd, fire brick manufacturers, Bonnybridge: plans of offices, works and boreholes 1957-1971 (A63/F2)

Flintshire Record Office

  • Grosvenor Chater & Co Ltd, paper makers, Abbey Mills: salary ledgers 1931-1955 (AN4698)

Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office)

  • George Frederick Insole, coal owner and shipper: sporting diary with enclosed photographs and papers 1891-1899 (D847)
  • Ivan Dale Owen, architect: project papers incl plans and photographs, lectures, articles, research notes and corresp 1949-1997 (D900)
  • Allied Steel & Wire Ltd, steel and wire manufacturers, Cardiff: reports rel to internal material movement, permanent way, rail operating system and rail track improvement scheme c1980-1989 (D925)
  • Blue Circle Industries plc: records rel to land reclamation at Rhoose Point, Vale of Glamorgan incl photographs, reports and newsletters 1991-2001 (D868)
  • David Brothers, butchers, Cowbridge: ledger 1976-1997 (DCRS/1/6)
  • David Llewellyn Williams, shoemaker, Neath: business and family papers 20th cent (D/D Z 899)
  • John Raymond Transport, haulage contractor, Bridgend: daily accounts 1957-1961 (DCRS/1/5)
  • Lyn Howells (Transport) Ltd, livestock and agricultural haulage contractor, Coychurch: daily accounts book, transit of animals vehicle log and ledger 1914-1997 (DCRS/1/4)
  • William Bradley Estate, landowners and developers, Cardiff: register of building leases c1856-1973 (D932)
  • Wintle Henry Rhys, cabinet maker and undertaker, Bridgend: account book 1891-1896 (D842)

Glasgow City Archives

  • J & A Phillips Ltd, wholesale grocers, Glasgow: cash books and general ledger c1863-1957 (TD1875)
  • David Rowan & Co Ltd, marine engine builders, Glasgow: commemorative photographic album 1918 (TD1855)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Edmund Rich, farmer: diary 1847-1855 (D12775)
  • Fielding & Platt Ltd, hydraulic engineers, Gloucester: community archive project including records relating to various employees, including papers, photographs and ephemera c1930-2009 (D12789)
  • Midcounties Co-operative Ltd: records rel to various co-operative societies and branches in Gloucestershire c1860-1989 (D2754)
  • W Sisson & Co Ltd, marine engine builders, Gloucester: minute book 1904-1938 (D6093)
  • Gloucester Historic Buildings Ltd: minutes, accounts, corresp, photographs and papers 1980-2004 (D12838)

Greenwich Heritage Centre

  • Johnson & Phillips Ltd, electric cable, transformer, switchgear and capacitor manufacturers: records incl corresp, accounts and legal documents (JP1)

Gwent Archives

  • Aberdare Holdings Group, electric cable manufacturers: company magazine, photographs and cuttings c1950-1969 (D5734)
  • Crumlin Valley Collieries Ltd: register of payments under the Workmen's Compensation Act 1906 c1923 (D5807)
  • Francis Hicks & Son, haulage contractors, Newport: corresp and ledgers 1913-1923 (D5806)
  • Lloyd & Pratt, solicitors, Newport: records c1800-2000 (D5763)
  • Orders & Handford Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff: letters to Captain D. Davies 1893-1905 (D5771)
  • Stephenson & Alexander, chartered surveyors, Cardiff: sales particulars rel to properties in the Gwent area 1880-1917 (D5726)
  • Ironmonger, Monmouth: account books 1849-1872 (D5724)
  • Vizard & Son, solicitors, Monmouth: records incl Monmouth Borough dispute 19th - 20th cent (D5765 & 5766)
  • William Parry, saddler, Tredegar: account book 1944-1949 (D5772)

Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office

  • Penrhyn Quarries Ltd, Bethesda: corresp and transport records 1900-1968 (XPQ)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • King family, printers and booksellers, Lymington: additional business records incl corresp, ledgers, accounts and some example proofs c1850-1996 (149A07)
  • Diamond & Son, undertakers, Lymington: invoices to the company 1926-61 (48A12)
  • Dreweatt, Watson & Barton, auctioneers and estate agents, Newbury: letters as managing agents of the Sydmonton Court Estate 1923-56 (174A12)
  • Andrew Woodgate Gower, agricultural machine maker, Hook: customer ledger 1826-32 (118A12)
  • Hampshire Growers Ltd, agricultural merchants: records incl minutes, reports, accounts, share registers, membership and staff records 1948-96 (38A12)
  • Daniel Harfield, brewer, Hook: business records incl deeds, customer ledger and accounts 1883-1919 (118A12)
  • Francis Lunn, thatcher, Dogmersfield: accounts 1846-57 (59M72)
  • Wessex Electricity Supply Co: detailed description of Lymington electricity supply system, with log of alterations 1931-50 (84A12)
  • Andover Post Office: cash books 1957-91 (77A12)
  • Hartley Wintney Chamber of Commerce: records incl minutes, attendance registers 1960-93 (101A12)

Herefordshire Record Office

  • R & CB Masefield, solicitors, Ledbury: corresp and deeds 1500-1999 (CO30)
  • Schweppes Mineral Water, soft drinks manufacturer, Colwall: minutes, plans, photographs and accounts 1900-1999 (CP59)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Hawkins & Co, solicitors, Hitchin: additional deeds and other records 1663 - 1936 (Acc 5269)

Highland Archives

  • Davidson, Scott & Co, solicitors, Inverness: records 17th cent-20th cent (D1353)
  • New Inverness Laundry Co Ltd: records incl minutes, share registers, register of directors; records rel to Cape Wrath Hotel Co Ltd and Hamilton's Auction Marts Ltd 1913-2010 (D1165)
  • Inverness Harbour Trust: minutes, ledgers, plans and photographs 19th cent-20th cent (D1334)

Highland Archives: Lochaber Archive Centre

  • Macfarlane & Son, chemists, Fort William: cash books, poisons register, corresp, testimonials, newscuttings c1960-1999 (L/D115)

Highland Archives: Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre

  • British Diatomite Co Ltd, Kilmuir: day book, ledger 1887-1900 (D1062/1/5/4-5)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • James Mortimer Peddie, Baron Peddie, businessman and politician: papers rel to Hull Sunday Association and Ministry of Information in Hull 1891-1945 (C DIIP)
  • John Watson & Carter, quantity surveyors, Hull: bills of quantities, note books, cash books and ledgers 1952-1992 (C DBWC)

Huntingdonshire Archives

  • Clare Court Management (St Ives) Ltd: minutes, accounts and other papers 1966-2010 (Accession 5507)
  • D Howard & Sons, fried fish retailer, St Ives: day book 1950-1965 (Accession 5544)
  • John Ireson, land agent, Holmewood Estate: album of photographs and newscuttings rel to estate c1931-1952 (Accession 5551)
  • Paine & Co Ltd, brewers, St Neots: additional records, incl sale ledgers and other accounting and distribution records 1873-1985 (Accession 5547)
  • Ramsey Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd: registers of shareholders, annual list and summary of shareholders, capital and shares, and certificate of incorporation 1857-1933 (Accession 5529)
  • Brignalls Balderston Warren, solicitors, Stevenage: clients' deeds rel to farm and arable in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire 1698-1769 (Accession 5504)

Knowsley Archives

  • Royal Ordnance Factory, Kirkby: records of service of workers 1941-1945 (KA178/O)

Lancashire Archives

  • Edward Ambler, printer, Preston: records 1862-1882 (DDX 2895)
  • Calf Hall Shed Co Ltd, property owners, Burnley: minutes 1889-1960 (DDX 1291)
  • Castle Cement (Ribblesdale) Ltd, Clitheroe: records incl minutes 1936-2008 (DDX 2771)

Lincolnshire Archives

  • William Foster & Co, agricultural engineers, Lincoln: album of notes, photographs and articles rel to the development of tracked vehicles and tanks, compiled by foundry manager Eric Clipson 1912-1979

Liverpool Record Office

  • Charles White (Liverpool) Ltd, fruit merchants, Liverpool: records 19th cent - 20th cent (Acc 6558)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Witold Kay-Korzeniewicz, architect: photographs, plans and corresp rel to London Olympics 1948 and London South Bank c1940-70 (ACC/3743)
  • Cubitt Estates Ltd, London: letter books, lease books and estate plans 1825-1959 (LMA/4608)
  • London Shipwrights Company: minutes, corresp, accounts, photographs, member records, court and committee files 1600-2009 (CLC/L/SD)
  • Worshipful Company of Constructors, London: minutes, corresp, financial records and photographs 1975-2000

Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre

  • Rayner & Sturges, collar makers, Gillingham: receipts rel to business and to the Sturges family c1940-59 (DE1236)

Moray Council Local Heritage Centre

  • Les Hester, photographer: photographic negatives c1950-2010 (990)
  • Alexander Wilson & Co Ltd, distillers, Buckie: liquidator's accounts 1930-1936 (987)

Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester

  • Olivo & Bakirgian, textile merchants, Manchester: records c1881-1985 (2012.2)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, banker and economist: corresp and papers c 1833-1910 (ACC 2012/73)
  • Thomas Rayson, architect: paintings and drawings of churches and other properties in Norfolk 1908-1961 (MC 2838)
  • Dawson Turner, banker, botanist, art collector and antiquary: corresp and papers 1709-1852 (ACC 2012/73)
  • Bill Green, farmer: records of Grove Farm, Warham and Westfield Farm, Foulsham 1926-1994 (BR 358)
  • Greens (Norwich) Ltd, tailors and outfitters: accounts and staff register 1898-1964 (ACC 2012/63, ACC 2012/120)
  • James William Offley, farmer: records rel to Watermill Farm, Northwold and Low Farm,Carbrooke 1920-2012 (BR 364)
  • JC Stanton, farmer: financial records for Houghton Farm, Houghton St Giles 1947-1987 (BR 360)
  • FA Stone & Sons, tailors, Norwich: order books 1903-1973 (BR 371)
  • Tunbridge & Lacey, accountants, Great Yarmouth: business and personal accounts of Sidney Tunbridge 1905-1952 (BR 368)
  • James & William Henry Wade, general builders, Long Stratton: ledgers, day books, costing and estimating books 1885-1933 (BR 374)
  • Thomas Pengelly, merchant, London (fl 1656-1674): letters 1662-1669 (MC 2802/2-4, ACC 2011/305, ACC 2012/28)

North East Lincolnshire Archives

  • Brown Brothers FM Ltd, fish merchants: accounts 20th cent (Acc 13 - 2012)
  • Pye Critchlow Architects, Grimsby: architect's drawings 1905-1991 (1003)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

  • Richmond Company of Mercers, Grocers and Haberdashers, Yorkshire: minute books, orders, ordinances and Butchers' Company minute book 1580-1979 (ZZH)

Northamptonshire Record Office

  • Peter Brotherhood Ltd, engineers, Peterborough: minutes, staff wage book, letter book and other records 1884-1954 (2012/165)

Northumberland Archives

  • Cyril Winskell, conservation architect, Newcastle Upon Tyne: records 1982-1996 (NRO 09518)
  • John Grey, joiner and carpenter, Warkworth: account books, letterbooks and personal papers 1879-1924 (NRO 07979)
  • Longhirst Farm: records c 1860-1900 (NRO 09523)
  • Morpeth Business and Professional Women's Club: records 1945-2011 (NRO 09540)

Oldham Local Studies & Archives

  • Buckley & Taylor Ltd, engineers, millwrights and ironfounders, Oldham: engineering plans c1940-1970 (2012/24)

Orkney Archive

  • William Tait, farmer, Birsay: diaries c1885-1940 (D129)

Oxfordshire History Centre

  • Ephraim Organ & Son Ltd, building contractors, Oxford: accounts, apprenticeships indentures, stock and wage books c 1920-30 (Acc 6062)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Burt-Marshall, Lumsden Ltd, bleachers, Luncarty: sample books 1885 and 1956, minutes and papers c1885-1987 (ACC12/34)
  • City of Perth Co-operative Ltd: records incl minute books 1897-1982 (MS311)
  • Arthur Young, McLelland, Moores & Co, chartered accountants, Perth: sederunt books, legal and financial papers rel to clients in Perthshire c1823-1917 (ACC12/36)

Peterborough Archives

  • Richard Paten, civil engineer and clergyman: diaries 1958-2009 (Acc 2012/1)
  • Hancock Hawkes, architects and planners: documents and photographs rel to the expansion of Peterborough 1962-1969 (Acc 2012/30)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • Denham Farm: invoices and accounts of flower sales 1979-1986 (3830)

Powys County Archives Office

  • Brecon Boat Co: records incl bills and accounts, corresp, inventories of company properties and leases 1798-1953 (B/X/189)
  • Newton Foundry: corresp and records c1906-1979 (M/BI/1)

Redbridge Local Studies and Archives

  • Kelvin & Hughes Ltd, sientific instrument manufacturers, Glasgow: records rel to company 1912-2010 (Acc222)

Salford City Archive

  • James Farmer & Sons Ltd, textile machinery manufacturers, Salford: records 1892-1952 (Acc 834)
  • Temple Gate Brewery: licence duty register 1942-58 (Acc 840)

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre

  • Armstrong's Department Store, Hawick: cash book 1937-1945
  • William Brown, Sons & Co Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Galashiels: additional pattern books 1866-1930
  • Turnbull & Clark, hosiery manufacturers, Hawick: records 20th cent
  • Weensland Spinning Co, yarn spinners, Hawick: records 20th cent

Sheffield Archives

  • Eventus Ltd, event organisers, Sheffield: board minutes, promotional material and project papers 1998 - 2012 (2012/118)

Somerset Heritage Centre

  • Bigwood & Staple, printers, Bridgwater: records (transferred from Blake Museum) 1950-1969 (A\DLI)
  • British Cellophane Ltd, packaging manufacturers, Bridgwater: additional records (transferred from Blake Museum, Bridgwater) 20th cent (DD\BLM)
  • Clark, Son & Morland Ltd, sheepskin rug and slipper manufacturers, Glastonbury: additional records, directors' minute book 1946-1972 (A\DLH)
  • Kelway & Son Ltd, nurserymen, Langport: additional corresp, accounts and papers 1930-1988 (A\DHH)
  • J Ridler & Son, boot and shoe manufacturers and retailers, Minehead: additional records incl post books receipts and file rel to shop from construction 1930-1980 (A\DFP)
  • Records rel to Oldrey or Aldworthy Farm, Winsford, and to the Heywood family 1848-1944 (A\DOC)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

  • Price & Kensington Potteries Ltd, Burslem: minute books 1956-1977 (SD 1594)

Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch

  • The Green Dragon, public house, Newmarket: deeds and papers 1797-1934 (HD3207)
  • Little Waldingfield, newsagent: account books and order book 1964-1981 (HC588)
  • Walsham Institute Penny Savings Bank: minutes, ledgers and papers 1859-1876 (HF502)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Beedon family, builders, surveyors and valuers, Marlesford: records, incl day books and diaries, estimate books, accounts, measurement book for Cretingham Rectory 1865, account book for work on Aldringham House 1876, poor rate books 1848-1890, collecting and deposit books for Plomesgate Union 1860-1869 and receipt and payment books for the parish of Marlesford 1837-1866 1795-1928 (HC498)
  • LP Bowman, tailor, Ipswich: records, incl order books, stock inventory, cloth supplier details, vol containing pattern drawings and cloth cutting layouts, ledger annotated 'boot repairs', and ledger stamped 'Gainsborough Centre' 1911-1937 (HC497)
  • Francis Alfred Worship Cobbold, notary public, Ipswich: register of damage or loss received by a vessel or its cargo during its berthing at Ipswich Dock 1937-1942 (HD2878)
  • Harmer, oil and colourman, Ipswich: account books and papers 1819-1823 (HD2814)
  • Hill Farm, Heveningham: account books, valuation and inventory of farming stock 1944 and other records 1927-1975 (HC496)
  • Phillips & Piper Ltd, clothing manufacturers, Ipswich: additional records, incl ledgers and stock books 1907-1953 (HC414)
  • Anthony Rossi, architect, Walsingham: plans and corresp rel to property in Suffolk (Isaac Lord Complex, National Trust Flatford Valley Farm and Mill and Ipswich War Memorial) 1994-2005 (HG408)
  • Digital images of Suffolk public houses trading and ceased trading between 2008-2010 2012 (K881)

Surrey History Centre

  • Johnston Brothers (Cranleigh) Ltd, farmers: business papers incl journal, diaries and photographs 1938-2000 (9049)
  • Middle Class Dwellings Co Ltd: accounts 1889-1901 (9111)
  • Nutfield Manufacturing Co Ltd, South Nutfield: additional records incl staff register and photographs c1980-89 (7572)

Tameside Local Studies and Archives

  • James North Footwear Ltd, Stalybridge: photographs and product catalogues 20th cent (4161 & 4170)
  • Stirling Moulding Materials Ltd: photographs of processes and machinery 20th cent (4166)

Teesside Archives

  • W Lander, overseas site engineer: papers rel to his travel and career c1950-1979 (Acc 7172)
  • Thomas Pearce, draughtsman, chief estimator and mechanical engineer: diaries and photographs c1950-1989 (Acc 7165)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Edward E Foden, engineer and inventor: balance sheets and accounts, corresp, patent plans, newspaper cuttings and photographs 1933-2012 (DX1460)
  • William Grigor McClelland, businessman, academic and Quaker: papers incl Law Stores, Friends Ambulance Unit, North East Industrial Development Board and Washington Development Corporation c1912-2010 (DT.LAW)
  • Camrex Ltd, paint manufacturers, Sunderland: minutes, annual reports and papers 1908-1982 (DS.CX)
  • NH Chapman Ltd, household furnishers and upholsterers, North Shields: memorandum and articles of association, press cutting books and photographs c1920-1997 (DT.CPM)
  • William Doxford & Sons Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers, Sunderland: records incl financial, plans, corresp and photographs 1878-1984 (DS.DOX)
  • R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, ship and engine builders, locomotive engineers, Newcastle Upon Tyne: stocks, shares and mortgages registers, accounts, register of directors and secretaries and apprenticeship registers for St Peter's works 1853-1978 (DS.HL)
  • London General Sales Ltd, carpet wholesalers, Newcastle Upon Tyne: minutes 1933-1984 (DX1506)
  • W & TR Milburn, architects, Sunderland: plans rel to Sunderland Palace Theatre c1930-1939 (DT.TRM)
  • Northern Clubs Federation Brewery Ltd, Dunston: historical notes, reports, publications, newspaper cuttings, photographs and slides 1936-2010 (DF.DAW)
  • Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow: cost books, ship plans, work journal, agreements incl transfer of ownership, financials records, newspaper cuttings books, visitors books and photographs 1840-1968 (DS.PAL)
  • Incorporated Company of Ropemakers, Newcastle upon Tyne: minutes and records 1648-1879 (GU.RO)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Birch Coppice Colliery: chief scientist's papers 1900-1999 (CR4487)
  • Cardall of Southam, coal dealer: account ledgers 1830-1947 (CR4492)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Joan Ellis, pig breeder: diaries and papers rel to her time as a pig breeder 1954-2011 (D/D EH 80/1-9)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Peter Bailey Ltd, market nursery growers, Climping: records incl accounts, diaries, wage register and photographs 1960-91 (Peter Bailey)
  • Charles Clarke, printers and publishers, Haywards Heath: business records 20th cent (Acc 16680)
  • Monotype Corporation Ltd, printing, Salfords: reminiscences of Benjamin Miles Potter rel to First World War night shift work 2012 (Acc 16843)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

  • J Whitaker Hutchinson & Sons Ltd, commercial vehicle and motor body builders, Bradford: photograph albums of commercial vehicles 1920s-1960s (WYB549)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

  • WA Homburgs Ltd, theatre clothing designer, Leeds: records containing details of costumes made and their sizes 2001-2005 (WYL2356)

Wigan Archives Service

  • John Leyland, mill owner: records 1737-1970 (Acc 2012/11)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • James Soppitt, architect, Shaftesbury: architectural plans, Compton Chamberlayne church and chancel 1876-1877 (4029)
  • AH & F Barnes, builders, decorators, undertakers, Purton: records including ledgers, plans, accounts, photographs, papers and registers (4041)
  • The Tintometer Ltd, scientific instrument makers, Salisbury: records incl record books, specifications, papers 1862-1939 (4076)

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

  • Crosbie Coatings Ltd, paint and varnish manufacturers, Wolverhampton: accounts, legal records and papers 1888-1990 (DB-57)
  • Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd, lock manufacturers, Willenhall: corresp 1935-2011 (DW-73)

York Archives and Local History

  • William Harbottle, undertaker, joiner and wheelwright, Osbaldwick: order and account books 1920-1948 (Acc2012/025)

National

English Heritage Archive

  • John Laing plc, building and civil engineers, London: negatives, slides and photograph albums rel to construction projects 1900-2000 (JLP01)
  • Purcell Miller & Tritton, architects and historic buildings consultants, Norwich: measured drawings and photographs recording the restoration of the Albert Memorial in London 1989-1994 (PMT01/02)

Island Archives, Guernsey

  • Best family, brick manufacturers, St Andrew's, Guernsey: cash books and photographs 1926-1982 (AQ 1305, AQ 1306, AQ 1307)

Jersey Archive

  • JP Bailhache & Sons, builders and funeral directors, Jersey: account ledgers and papers 1931-1971 (JA/2072)
  • The Colonial Finance Co Ltd, St Helier: minutes 1924-1990 (JA/2203)
  • Co-operative Society Ltd (Channel Islands): additional accounts 1923-1947 (JA/2138)
  • C Hambly, plumber, Jersey: sales ledger and accounts 1945-1981 (JA/2227)
  • John Terry Ltd, fruit and potato merchant, St Helier: additional minutes, accounts, diary, papers, corresp and photographs 1918-1990 (JA/2200)
  • Le Suer & Baker, architects, Jersey: additional records 1930-1980 (JA/2065, JA/2076, JA/2081, JA/2218)
  • Seymour Hotels Group, Jersey: photographs, brochures and papers 1950-2009 (JA/2101)

National Army Museum Templer Study Centre

  • Hodgson & Co, book auctioneers, London: corresp from employees who served in the British Army during World War One, thanking Sidney and John Hodgson for paying allowances and giving news of the writers' situations 1914-1919 (2012-10-18)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • John Murray, publishers, London: additional records 19th cent-20th cent (Acc.13328)

National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library

  • Hickson, Sykes & Co, merchants, Liverpool: corresp, accounts and records 1870-1889 (DX/2548)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

  • Sirocco Engineering Works, Belfast: minutes and papers 1900-1920 (D4520)
  • Walker Brothers, estate agents and Borough Building Society, Belfast: records incl reports, corresp, accounts and legal papers 1938-1979 (D4537)

Tate Gallery Archive

  • Peter Nahum, art dealer, London: business records of Peter Nahum and The Leicester Galleries Ltd c1980-2012 (TGA 201210)

Special

Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society

  • Will Chemists (Inverurie) Ltd: pharmacy registers 1921-1952 (AMCS/4/11/17)

Bishopsgate Institute

  • Tony Hall, graphic designer, political cartoonist and illustrator: papers, artwork and photographs c1980-2000 (HALL)

Mills Archive

  • David Nicholls, millwright: research reports and papers on wind and water mills in UK and Grenada (2012.0019)
  • Rex Wailes, consultant engineer and millwright: photographs of Essex windmills c1930-1960 (REXW)
  • Christopher Louden Wallis, civil engineer and conservationist: architectural drawings, corresp, papers and photographs rel to the conservation of watermills and windmills (2012.0027)
  • Joseph J Armfield & Co Ltd, engineers and millwrights, Ringwood: engineering drawings c 1870-1930 (2012.0009)
  • Holman Brothers Ltd, general engineers and millwrights, Canterbury: ledger accounts and other records (HOLM)

Representative Church Body Library

  • John Semple & Son, architects, Dublin: architectural drawings for the churches of Grangegorman, Malahide, Tipperkevin, Rathmines, Whitechurch, Donnybrook, Delgany, Tallaght, Kinneigh, Kilgobbin and Taghadoe, as architects to the Board of First Fruits for the Province of Dublin, Church of Ireland 1824-1831 (MS 934)

Royal Institute of British Architects

  • Edward Cresy Senior, architect and civil engineer: draft biography and manuscript files compiled by Diana Cresy Burfield 1998-2008 (2012.28)
  • Nabeel Hamdi, architect: drawings, photos, exhibition posters, and records rel to the GLC PSSHAK Adaptable Housing Project Stamford Hill and Adelaide Road, London 1972-1978 (2012.16)
  • Jack Howe, architect and product designer: drawings, files, job index and objects designed by Howe, including clocks 1949-2002 (2012.24)
  • Charles William Hutton, architect and designer: drawings for domestic and commercial work, incl designs for ironwork, silverware, and furniture 1935-86 (2012.25)
  • Philip J Marvin, architect: drawings and photographs, incl perspectives and drawings for publication in the Builder, including a country house for F Wragg, the Royal Naval Depot at Deal, Kent, and a National War Memorial c1900-1920 (2012.12)
  • Edwin Alfred Rickards, architect: figure studies, cartoons, free hand sketches of light fittings and building projects, incl Messrs Colnaghi & Obach's Art Gallery, 144-147 New Bond Street, Westminster, London and unidentified houses c1900-1920 (2012.7)
  • Ahrends Burton & Koralek, architects, London: records incl presentation and working drawings, job files, publicity files, models and selected student projects of partners Peter Ahrends, Richard Burton and Paul Koralek c1950-2001 (2011.15)
  • Chamberlin Powell Bon & Woods, architects, Kingston-upon-Thames: company archive incl drawings, perspectives, models, photographs, reports, project register, job files major projects, incl the Golden Lane and Barbican Estates, London, and the University of Leeds 1960-89 (2012.26)
  • Norman & Dawbarn Ltd, architects and engineers, London: architects' model for BBC Television Centre, Shepherd's Bush c1950 (2012.14)
  • GMW Architects LLP, London: presentation drawings and designs for Minster Court and 54 Lombard St., City of London, and a presentation model for CIPD Headquarters, The Broadway, Wimbledon 1991-2000 (2012.15)

Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books

  • Purnell, publishers, Somerset: original black and white and colour artwork by unidentified illustrators for Famous Five TV tie-in annuals 1977-1984 (FFA)

St George's Chapel Archives and Chapter Library

  • Major Kenneth Galt Adams, businessman: records as Director of Studies at St George's House, Windsor (1969-1976) and Comino Fellow Royal Society of Arts (1979-1989), incl lectures, corresp, and writings on business ethics; personal corresp during military service in Britain and the Middle East (1939-1948) 1939-2010 (SGC M.947)

Yorkshire Archaeological Society

  • John Ratcliff & Sons, machine makers, Upper Wortley: papers 1908-1976 (MS1912)

University

Aberdeen University, Special Libraries and Archives

  • William Cruickshank, blacksmith, Rothienorman: register of work undertaken c1903-1911
  • FA MacDonald & Partners, engineers and surveyors (incorporating Walker & Duncan, Aberdeen): map and plan collections 18th cent-20th cent

Bangor University, Archives and Special Collections

  • Penrhyn Quarries Ltd, Bethesda: daily reports of quarry strike 1901-1902 (BMSS/39722-39751)

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

  • George Gaze Pace, architect and Ronald Sims, architect: architectural drawings, photographic prints, files and notebooks c1939-1979 (PS)

Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

  • John Armitage, editor and bookseller: corresp and papers as editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica 1949-1967 (MS Add. 9965)

Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre

  • Adam Nicholas Ridley, investment banker and economic adviser: additional political papers 1980s (RDLY)

Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

  • Canongate Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh: additional records 20th cent-21st cent (2012/474, 475, 476, 477, 482, 491, 499, 511)
  • Publishing Scotland: additional board meeting papers, annual reports, publishing journals, corresp, books, posters and photographs c1980-2006 (2012/480)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Sir Gerald Henry Elliot, chairman, Christian Salvesen plc: corresp and papers 1950-2010 (Coll-1357)
  • Gordon Wright Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh: records 1969-1998 (Coll-1376)
  • Ian Robertson Grant, antiquarian bookseller, Edinburgh: seller's stock 1663-1955 (Coll-1383)

Glasgow University Archive Services

  • John Roland Firn, economic development consultant: reports and project papers rel to Glasgow University, Scottish Development Agency, Firn Crichton Roberts Ltd of Pittenweem 1972-2008 (ACCN 3700)
  • Loganair Ltd, airline, Paisley: records, mainly printed 1967-2012 (ACCN 3702)
  • Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, shipbuilders, repairers and marine engine builders, Glasgow: personal papers of the Stephen family, corresp, agreements, ship files, board papers, directors' desk diaries, staff, property and merger records 19th cent-2009 (ACCN 3674)

Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department

  • Howard & Wyndham Ltd, theatre proprietors, Edinburgh: photograph albums of Five Past Eight shows c1955-1965 (Acc 789)

Heriot-Watt University, Heritage and Information Governance

  • Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee: embroidery template c1930 (DB)

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Samuel Berkovitz, tailor and soldier: unpublished memoir rel to his life and work, incl service in India and Burma with the Chindits c1982 (Berkovitz S)
  • Sir John Brown, architect and army officer: maps, notes, speech texts, corresp, photographs and publications rel to his career incl trench maps of Gallipoli and Gaza 1915-45 (Brown, J)
  • Michael John Tapper, businessman and campaigner: papers rel to official enquiries into the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576, 1994 and the eventual exoneration of pilots Flight Lt Jonathan Tapper and Flight Lt Rick Cook 1995-2012 (Tapper, M J)
  • Brook Lapping Productions Ltd, documentary film makers, London: transcripts of interviews conducted for television documentary series Putin, Russia and the West, broadcast on BBC television 2012 (Putin, Russia and the West)

Leeds University Library, Special Collections

  • Norah Smallwood, publisher: corresp and papers, incl corresp with Dirk Bogarde c 1982-1997 (12/024)
  • Enitharmon Press, publisher, Leeds: records 1967-2012

Museum of English Rural Life

  • Allen Mayfield, agricultural manufacturer, Kendal: engineering drawings and registers c 1900-1960 (TR DX 1990)
  • Fullerton Farm: farm accounts 1900-1968 (FR DX 1966)
  • Lower Farm, Taynton: diaries 1891-1975 (FR DX 1977)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts

  • Blackwell Publishing, Oxford: records incl files rel to individual books 20th cent (6812)

Strathclyde University Archives

  • Laurie Flynn, journalist and independent film maker: files rel to the Cape Asbestos Co, Central Asbestos, Glasgow shipyards and building construction c1966-96 (Acc 1314)

University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections

  • Jardine & Co, organ builders, Manchester: accounts, drawings and patents 1862-1912 (BOA box 51)

University of Bristol: Theatre Collection

  • Bristol Old Vic Co: additional film, photographs and papers 1970-1989 (2012/0009)

University of East Anglia Archives Department

  • Charles Pick, publisher: personal papers, incl corresp and diaries, and business papers rel to his role as Managing Director of William Heinemann Ltd and Heinemann Group of Publishers Ltd 1934-2000 (CP)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Timothy John Rix, publisher: transcript of interview with him by Sue Bradley 2004 (MS 5475)
  • Book Marketing Ltd, London: records 1989-2003 (MS 5476)