Guide to the records of Alfred Herbert Ltd (as filmed by AJCP)
M2085 - M2087
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Alfred Herbert Ltd.
- Title
- Records of Alfred Herbert Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1918 - 1961
- Collection Number
- M2085 - M2087
- Extent
- 5 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, notes on foundation of Alfred Herbert (Australasia) Pty Ltd, auditors reports and annual accounts. Correspondents include C.E. Young, Sir Alfred Herbert, D. Gimson, and Norton, Smith & Co, Sydney.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1987 (AJCP Reel: M2085-M2087). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Coventry Archives and Research Centre. Formerly Coventry City Record Office, Mandela House, Bayley Lane, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5RG, England
For further information see Collection reference: 926 Alfred Herbert Ltd (http://coventrycollections.org/search/details/archive/110090792).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2296894] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2018. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Alfred Herbert Ltd; Business records; Coventry, England; Gimson, D.; Herbert, Sir Alfred; Manufacturers; Norton, Smith and Company (solicitors); Sydney, New South Wales ; Young, C.E.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 215, p80.
Biographical / Historical
The firm of Alfred Herbert Ltd of Coventry was founded by Sir Alfred Herbert (1866-1957). Registered in 1894, it became the largest manufacturer of precision tools and machinery in Britain.
Item Descriptions
Series 18. Alfred Herbert (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 1918 - 1961
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reels M2085-M2087.
Subseries. Records of Alfred Herbert (Australasia) Pty Ltd
Correspondence, memoranda, draft articles of association and notes on foundation of Alfred Herbert (Australasia) Pty Ltd, 1918 - 1921 (File 18/1/1)
Correspondents include C.E. Young (Sydney), D. Gimson (Coventry), Sir Alfred Herbert, Pinsent & Co., solicitors (Birmingham), Norton, Smith & Co. (Sydney)
(c. 170 pp.)