Records relating to the Textile Industry in India
Part One
Reference: MS 11/5/55
Collection: Baxter Brothers and Co. Limited
Dates: 19th C.
Description: Brief genealogical notes concerning James Cooper Robertson (1845-1891), formerly foreman at Dens Foundry, latterly engineer for the Seranjgunge Jute Co. Ltd. Compiled by his great-grandson, James Robertson, Queensland, Australia. 1992.
Reference: MS 11/8/2
Collection: Baxter Brothers and Co. Limited
Dates: 1927
Description: Letter Books, Representatives Report Books: India, Burma and Ceylon.
Reference: MS 15/164
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: [1840]-1945
Description: "United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Statistics on Jute and Jute Manufacturers with a Brief Survey of the Industry", Horace G. Porter and Maurice R. Cooper, Washington.
Reference: MS 15/172
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 1880
Description: "The Jute Mills in Bengal" described by the special correspondent of the "Dundee Advertiser" in Calcutta. [Photocopy].
Reference: MS 15/207/26
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 1895-96
Description: Extracts from "Letters from India and Ceylon" by Sir John Leng, M.P. , comprising Contents, map of Hooghly River, and "Visits to Jute Mills: Samnuggur, Titaghur and Victoria". [Photocopy].
Reference: MS 15/207/33
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 1964
Description: Key to the Literature on Jute and the Jute Industry, by R.J. Cruickshank. Published by The British Jute Trade Research Association. 10pp. [Photocopy].
Reference: MS 15/207/47
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 24 September 1986
Description: "Losses mount at Titaghur Jute". Clipping from the Scotsman [?].
Reference: MS 15/207/48
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 21 October 1988
Description: "Plans to revitalise jute company". Clipping, concerning R. John Brealey and his plans for Titaghur Jute Factory, from Dundee Courier and Advertiser.
Reference: MS 15/207/49
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 18 April 1993
Description: "The great Indian take-away". Profile of Reg Brealey of Titaghur Jute, and account of their purchase of Knoydart Estate. Clipping from "Scotland on Sunday".
Reference: MS 15/247
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: 29-30 November 1990
Description: "Migrant Labour in Calcutta Jute Mills: Class, Instability and Control", by Arjan de Haan, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Paper for the Workshop "From Forest to Field to Factory: Labour and Dalit Movements in India" SOAS, London.
Reference: MS 15/276
Collection: Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Dates: [1914-1947]
Description: "Colonial Firms and the Decline of Colonialism in Eastern India 1914-47", by B.R Tomlinson, reprinted from Modern Asian Studies, 15, 3, (1981), pp 455-486.
Reference: MS 42/10(2-28)
Collection: Giddings and Lewis-Fraser Ltd, incorporating Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltd, Engineers, Arbroath.
Dates: c.1874-c.1890
Description: Tenders, contracts and correspondence relating to the supply to the Admiralty of canvas sailcloth, linen goods and other cloth items. Also includes contracts and related correspondence regarding supplies of canvas to the India Office.
Reference: MS 50/2(54)
Collection: Sir Robert Robertson (1869-1949)
Dates: November 1935
Description: 'The Scientific and technical development of the jute manufacturing industry in Bengal with an addenda on jute', by S.G. Barker. A report of the Indian Jute Mills Association.
Reference: MS 60P/1
Collection: Caird (Dundee) Ltd, Jute Manufacturers, Dundee
Dates: N.d.
Description: "Birds key map to the jute forecast". Map of the Countries around the north coast of the Bay of Bengal, India. Scale 1 in. to 64 ml. 47 x 43 cm.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1869
Description: Letter book, p.39: To James Lyall [Calcutta]. In all our business experience we never received such a letter.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1869
Description: Letter book, p.40: Henry [S. Cox, to leave] - Eccles offered job in Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1870
Description: Letter book, p.46: Henry appointed manager of Camperdown Pressing Co., in Calcutta. £300 salary plus salary of £500 for buying jute [for Cox Bros].
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1870
Description: Letter book, p.50: Spinners in Dundee v[ersus] India.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1870
Description: Letter book, p.84: Professor of Botany in Calcutta [College] marrying. Ginger for Mrs Cox.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1870
Description: Letter book, p.86: High interest in Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1871
Description: Letter book, p. 105: Lyell [Calcutta] Litigation possible over raw jute etc.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1872
Description: Letter book, p.170: Henry S. Cox [Calcutta] against jute mill investment in India.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1879
Description: Letter book, p.323: William J. Cox [Calcutta] Fire loss of Calcutta factory.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1879
Description: Letter book, p.338: W.J.Cox - financial problems in Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1880
Description: Letter book, p.363: Market info and business failures in Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/1
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1883
Description: Letter book, p.490: Sir Charles Aitchison Lt.Gov. of Punjab.
Reference: MS 66/II/2/6
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1915
Description: Letter book, p.94: Interception of tenter intending to go to Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/10/18
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: N.d.
Description: Costing statement of operations at Dundee and Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/II/10/19
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1906 - 1921
Description: Pass books (current a/c's) with the Calcutta branches of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; the National Banks of India; the Mercantile Bank of India; the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Reference: MS 66/II/10/36
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1895 - 1909
Description: Miscellaneous business correspondence mainly between, and relating, to the subsidiary offices of Cox Brothers Ltd, in Dundee, Kidderminster, London, Manchester and India. The subjects dealt with include: income tax, banking and other general company business, particularly investments held by the company.
Reference: MS 66/II/10/37(1-14)
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1882-1910
Description: Miscellaneous business papers and correspondence. Includes: Camperdown Pressing Company Ltd, Calcutta: Memorandum and Articles of Association 1882; statements of shares and dividends, power of attorney, notice and minute of Extraordinary General Meeting with draft agreement appointing Cox Brothers as managing agents (1910).
Reference: MS 66/II/10/38
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: 1911-1920
Description: Miscellaneous business correspondence in 2 bundles mainly between and relating to the subsidiary offices of Cox Brothers Ltd.in Dundee, Kidderminster, London, Manchester, Germany and India. The subjects dealt with include: income tax, investments held by the company and trusts of members of the Cox Family. Includes correspondence relating to the affairs of the firm during the 1914 - 1918 period and in particular to Cox Brothers Ltd. participation in the war effort.
Reference: MS 66/II/10/52
Collection: Cox Brothers Limited
Dates: July 1928
Description: Revenue, profit & loss account and balance sheet for Camperdown Pressing Co Ltd., Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/IV/2/1
Collection: J. & A.D. Grimond Ltd
Dates: 1898
Description: Letter book, pp 28-31: Commercial - Albert Luke being sent home from Calcutta (behaving badly).
Reference: MS 66/IV/2/2
Collection: J. & A.D. Grimond Ltd
Dates: 1919
Description: Letter book, p.110: George M. Weekly. Removal of machinery from Calcutta.
Reference: MS 66/IV/8/43
Collection: J. & A.D. Grimond Ltd
Dates: 1895 - 1906
Description: Balance sheets, stock lists, profit and loss account and miscellaneous financial papers relating to Dundee, Manchester, London, Calcutta and New York concerns. Also includes: draft of document giving William B. Cunningham of Upper Montclair, New Jersey, power of attorney for J. & A. D. Grimond Ltd., over goods shipped to New York. 1901.
Reference: MS 66/X/11/45
Collection: Sidlaw Industries Ltd
Dates: 1913-1928
Description: Miscellaneous volume and papers found with letter files MS 66/X/11/26 - MS 66/X/11/43. Includes: Volume containing miscellaneous entries and loose papers relating to stock, sales, wages and salaries, packing and other charges, commission and shareholding, 1913 - 1920. Also includes correspondence between F. M. Richardson, F. G. Lawson and E. B. Paynter. Relating to the affairs of Jute Industries Ltd., New York, and in general to the Dundee & Calcutta Hessian Business, 1928. Circular advertising factory for sale in Newark, New Jersey, with covering letter, 16 April 1924, Newark.R. L. Klaas to F. C. Larson, relates to the sale of Klaas premises. Also letter, 22 April 1924, New York, F. C. Larson to same. Catalogue No. 106 for flat block printing machinery issued by John Waldon Corporation, New Jersey, n.d. Miscellaneous carpet and linoleum samples.
Reference: MS 66/X/12/3(22)
Collection: Sidlaw Industries Ltd
Dates: 1892
Description: Photograph of ground plan of Camperdown Press, Cossipore, Calcutta. T. J. Kingsley.
Reference: MS 66/XI/4
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1909-1947
Description: Jute Industries Ltd, "Calcutta Agency No. 4." Office expenses account book. Includes related papers.
Reference: MS 66/XI/5
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1934, c.1940
Description: Correspondence between Jute Industries Ltd., Calcutta and Jute Industries Ltd., Dundee as to the proposed reconstruction of the factory, No. 7. Godown at Camperdown Jute Press, Cossipore, Calcutta, destroyed by fire, 1934, with estimates and tenders submitted by various engineering and building firms. Includes a series of blue prints [5] and plans [8] showing proposed reconstructions; cross sections, elevations, floor plans and alterations and repairs to the existing structure proposed by firms of; Mackintosh Burn Ltd., Calcutta and Brittannia Building & Iron Co. Ltd., Architects,Calcutta. 1934. Also includes copies of expense accounts submitted to Jute Industries Ltd., by employees on business in France. [c1940].
Reference: MS 66/XI/6/1
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1923-1938
Description: File: "Camperdown Pressing Co. Ltd, Calcutta"; correspondence mainly between Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee, and the Camperdown Pressing Co. Ltd, the Calcutta agency of Cox Brothers Ltd, Dundee, relating to the affairs of the firm in general.
Reference: MS 66/XI/6/2
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1941-1942
Description: History of the Camperdown Pressing Company, Calcutta, with covering letters, 19 and 22 December, 1941, and 3 January 1942.
Reference: MS 66/XI/7
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1935-1946
Description: File: "Calcutta Agency, Income and Expenditure" of Calcutta Agency of Jute Industries Ltd. Mainly income and expenditure accounts and related statements.
Reference: MS 66/XI/8
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1922-1934
Description: File: Jute Industries Calcutta Agency, mainly correspondence relating to the firm's expenses and accounts, with reports and statements of accounts, 1933 and 1934. [Typescript].
Reference: MS 66/XI/9
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1936-1941
Description: File: "Calcutta Agency Statements". Mainly correspondence between Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta and Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee, relating to statements of accounts for the accounts for the Calcutta Agency. [Typescript].
Reference: MS 66/XI/10
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1942-1945
Description: File: "Calcutta Agency Statements"; statements of account of Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta Agency, with some related papers.
Reference: MS 66/XI/11
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: c.1936-1945
Description: Files: Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta Agency; mainly correspondence between A. M. Brett for Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta and Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee. Relates to the affairs of the firm in general and staff salaries in particular.
Reference: MS 66/XI/12
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1921-1932
Description: File: Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta, mainly correspondence with Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee. Relates to the general affairs of the Calcutta agency and in particular shares and payment of dividends.
Reference: MS 66/XI/13
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1933-1935
Description: File: Jute Industries Ltd, Calcutta, mainly correspondence between A. J. Garland for the Calcutta agency and Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee, relates particularly to financial affairs of the company.
Reference: MS 66/XI/14
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1935-1939
Description: File: Jute Industries Ltd., Calcutta agency and Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee. Relates to the general affairs of the company and particularly to the selling price of Stanley Belting.
Reference: MS 66/XI/15
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1939-1943
Description: File: Jute Industries Ltd., Calcutta. Mainly correspondence between A. M. Bett for the Calcutta agency and Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee. Relates to the affairs of the company in general. Includes statements of accounts and balance sheets,1943.
Reference: MS 66/XI/38
Collection: Jute Industries Limited: Miscellaneous Associated, Affiliated and Subsidiary Companies
Dates: 1931
Description: File: Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co.; miscellaneous business correspondence and papers, including: statement of stock of Calcutta goods paid for as at 20 September 1931.
Reference: MS 83/4/2/9
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1919-1923,1928
Description: Miscellaneous correspondence, some relating to freight charges from Calcutta and harbour shedding charges at Dundee.
Reference: MS 83/6/4
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1960-1974
Description: 'London Jute Association'. Miscellaneous correspondence mainly relating to Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Siam [Thailand] business. Also includes: London Jute Association and Association of European Jute Industries. Report of the fact finding mission which visited Calcutta and Bangladesh, 1972.
Reference: MS 83/6/6
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1963
Description: Correspondence and accounts relating to membership of the British Jute Trade Federal Council and the Jute Promotional Council, including annual report of the Jute Promotional Council of Britain, India and Pakistan.
Reference: MS 83/7/1
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1926-1927
Description: Questionnaire, correspondence and other papers relating to the Royal Commission on Agriculture in India.
Reference: MS 83/7/2
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1933
Description: Correspondence between the London Jute Association, Calcutta Baled Jute Shippers' Association and the Jute Importers' Association relating to the Bengal Jute Inquiry.
Reference: MS 83/7/3
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1935
Description: Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, Bengal, for the year 1934-1935. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/4
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1935
Description: Office of the High Commissioner for India. Report on the work of the Indian Government Trade Commissioner, Hamburg, during 1934-1935. By S.N. Gupta. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/5
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1935
Description: Office of the High Commissioner for India. Report on the work of the Indian Trade Commissioner during 1934-1935. By Dr David B. Meek. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/6
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1936
Description: Board of Control (East India Jute Association Ltd). Report for the period December 1934 to June 1936. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/7
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1939
Description: Office of the High Commissioner for India. Report on the work of the Indian Trade Commissioner during 1938-1939. By Sir David B. Meek. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/8
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1939
Description: Government of Bengal. Department of Agriculture and Industries. Report of the Bengal Jute Inquiry Committee. Volume 1. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/7/9
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1949-1950
Description: Miscellaneous papers relating to East Bengal jute dealers' registration.
Reference: MS 83/7/10
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1965-1966
Description: 'Indian Firms Contract'. Correspondence and related papers concerning claims against Indian firms.
Reference: MS 83/7/11
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: N.d.
Description: Complete description of Marks Baled by J.C. Duffus & Co. Ltd., Calcutta. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/9/2
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1966-1970
Description: India/Pakistan Shipping Conference Lines: Correspondence relating to insurance premiums on cargoes, alteration of tariff currency from sterling to U.S. dollars, and cargoes and arrival times of ships for Dundee. Also includes: Correspondence relating to amounts of jute being shipped from Dundee to India and Pakistan. 1966. Westbound Conference Tariff, Rules and Conditions. (Printed Pamphlet). N.d.
Reference: MS 83/9/3
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1967-1969
Description: India/Pakistan Shipping Conference Lines: Correspondence and questionnaires relating to freight service from East Pakistan to Dundee, by India/Pakistan Conference.
Reference: MS 83/9/5
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1968-1969
Description: India/Pakistan Shipping Conference Lines: "JIA. Conferences. Freight Discount". Correspondence relating to India/Pakistan Conference Freight Discount Scheme.
Reference: MS 83/9/6
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1968-1970
Description: India/Pakistan Shipping Conference Lines: 'India/Pakistan Conferences. Freight Discount Scheme. Correspondence'. Correspondence and related papers concerning the India/Pakistan Conference freight discount scheme.
Reference: MS 83/10/2
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: September-December 1965
Description: ""Ocean Enterprise". Returns". Correspondence, memoranda and reports, relating to the insurance and overall position as regards the Jute Importers' Association members' claim on cargo. Includes minutes of meetings of members of the Association who own cargo.
Reference: MS 83/10/3
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: January-May 1966
Description: "Ocean Enterprise". Correspondence. 1966". Includes minutes of meetings of members of the Jute Importers' Association having jute aboard the ship and of meetings of representatives of the Association with those of the Institute of Lloyds Underwriters.
Reference: MS 83/10/4
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: January-June 1966
Description: "Ocean Enterprise". Correspondence from members giving details of jute owned aboard the "SS Ocean Enterprise", returning indemnities in favour of the Indian Government and papers requesting release of goods.
Reference: MS 83/10/5
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: June 1966-February 1968
Description: "Ocean Enterprise". Correspondence. Relates to the unloading of the cargo in Calcutta, possible dock-side sale rather than continued transfer to Dundee, and the necessity of legal advice for claiming against insurers. Includes memorial for opinion of Counsel and opinion of Counsel.
Reference: MS 83/11/1
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1933-1937
Description: (1-5) Calcutta Baled Jute Shippers' Association. Reports of the Committee. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/11/2
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1930-1950
Description: (1-18) Calcutta Baled Jute Association. Jute Marks and Assortment Books. (Printed).
Reference: MS 83/13/1
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1970-1973
Description: /1-8 Correspondence and papers relating to the Jute Importers' Association's "Continental Forwarding Scheme" during the National Dock Strike. Include: /3 "Continental Forwarding Scheme. "Kader Baksh". Office Record". Correspondence and related papers concerning fire damage to jute bales aboard the 'Kader Baksh' at Antwerp in September 1970 and cost of dockside guard on damaged bales. 1970-1973 /4 "Continental Forwarding Scheme. "Makrana". Office Record". Correspondence and related papers concerning the fire damaged cargo of the 'SS Kader Baksh' and watching charges at Antwerp, and the cargo of the "SS Makrana" off-loaded at Bremen. 1970-1971. /6 "Continental Forwarding Scheme. "Rupsa", "Makrana", "Kader Baksh". Correspondence, Robert Kinnes & Sons". Correspondence with Robert Kinnes & Sons, Shipbrokers and Shipping & Forwarding agents, Dundee, with related papers, concerning the shipment of jute from Antwerp to Dundee. Includes photograph of "Makrana" cargo on the quay at Antwerp. 1970. /8 "Continental Forwarding Scheme, August 1972. "Indian Venture". Hamburg/Dundee". Correspondence and statistical tables relating to settlement for forwarding the cargoes of the "Indian Venture", "Vishira" "Kanshal" and "Koshistan" from Hamburg to Dundee. August-December 1972.
Reference: MS 83/13/2
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1970-1975
Description: /1-5 Correspondence and papers relating to the 'Holding Schemes' during strikes (after the 1970 strike). Include: /2 ""Jalamayur". 1974. Levies". Correspondence and related papers concerning the levies for the "Jalamayur" holding scheme and the return to Dundee of cargo carried onto Gothenburg. 1974-1975.
Reference: MS 83/14/11
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: 1932
Description: Letters to the President of the Board of Trade and to the Secretary of Dominions and Colonies and other correspondence relating to Indian export tax on raw jute.
Reference: MS 83/15/1
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: c.1900
Description: "Jute Cultivation and Manufacture". Box set of photograph albums showing the progress from cultivation to manufacture and export. Presented to Dundee Chamber of Commerce by John B. Clark. Vol. I Cultivation and Preparation: Vol. II Assorting and Baling. Vol. III Manufacture, (In India). Vol. IV Baling for Export.
Reference: MS 83/15/2-5
Collection: Jute Importers Association
Dates: c.1900
Description: Photographs: /2 "Cutting jute" (Standing). /3 Bundling jute [in preparation for retting (steeping in stagnant or running water)]. /4 Washing jute. /5 [Peeling jute fibre].
Reference: MS 84/13/5
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1962-1964.
Description: File: "LA. Europe/U.K". Correspondence relating to composition and work of European Committee of the Association and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers, the subscriptions of the Association of European Jute Industries, delegation of Indian jute manufacturers to Europe, (1963) and expenses of attendance at A.E.J.I. Paris Congress (1964).
Reference: MS 84/13/11
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1956-1964
Description: File: "LC.4. Wages etc". Memoranda and reports relating to wage rates and working conditions in the European jute industry, with some related correspondence. Includes: Comparison Between Collective Agreements Enforced by Various European Jute Industries. Report by the Association of European Jute Industries. 1957. French Textile Industry. National Collective Agreement and Annexes. 1962. Social Security in Britain and the European Economic Community. Memorandum by the British Employer's Federation. 1964. Also includes translation of report on working conditions and wages in the Indian jute industry. 1957.
Reference: MS 84/14/33
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1963-1969
Description: File: "NC.1. A.I.J.E. and British Protection System". Correspondence and report relating to the Association's attitude to Britain's protection of jute and effect on relations with India and Pakistan.
Reference: MS 84/14/35
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1962-1970
Description: File: "NC.3. E.E.C./INDIA. PAKISTAN. Negotiations". Correspondence, reports and statistics relating to the European Economic Community and India/Pakistan negotiations.
Reference: MS 84/14/42
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1966, 1970
Description: File: "ND.2. India". Letter relating to article of Indian Jute Manufacturer's Association, 1966 and memoranda concerning suspension of exports of Nepal jute, 1970.
Reference: MS 84/14/46
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: N.d.
Description: File: "ND.3 (b). F.A.0. Stabilisation". Correspondence and reports relating to proposals by India, Pakistan and Thailand for stabilisation reserves and issues relating to a buffer stock policy or raw jute.
Reference: MS 84/14/48
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1962-1967
Description: File: "ND.5. Freight. January. January 1962-June 1967". Correspondence, minutes, reports and resolutions relating to India/Pakistan/Europe freight and shipping services, particularly the Continental/India-Pakistan Conference.
Reference: MS 84/14/49
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1967-1970
Description: 'ND.5. Freight'. Correspondence relating to freight agreements with the India-Pakistan Conferences and reimbursement of missing bales.
Reference: MS 84/14/52
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1969-1970
Description: File: "NM. Next A.I.J.E. Meetings". Miscellaneous correspondence, memoranda and minutes with calanders and schedules for future meetings. 1970. Includes: Allocation of A.I.J.E. Subscriptions: memorandum by Lewis Robertson. The Association of European Jute Industries: memorandum on the E.E.C. and India/Pakistan. 1970. The Association of European Jute Industries: memorandum on the E.E.C. and Candidate Members. 1970. Report of the Association of European Jute Industries' Restructuring Committee. 1969.
Reference: MS 84/18/3(7)
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1938-1962
Description: Miscellaneous papers. Include: Tables on exports of jute manufacturers from India and Pakistan.
Reference: MS 84/19/1(7)
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1962
Description: "Relationship Between the Pakistan Raw Jute Market and the Calcutta Jute Goods Market". Note by Mr [Louis M.] Hill. Relates to Professor S.R. Dennison's precognition.
Reference: MS 84/36/1
Collection: The Association of Jute Spinners and Manufacturers
Dates: 1921
Description: Lawrence jute mill. Albums of 33 photographs showing various external and internal views of plant and machinery; Indian workers.
Reference: MS 86/I/1
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1874-1976
Description: /1-31 Directors minute books. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/2
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1912-1966
Description: Shareholding records: /1 Minutes of meetings of shareholders, 1912-1946. /2-8 Transfer share registers, 1925-1966. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/3
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1933-1972
Description: /1-6 Ledgers, 1933-1959. /7-9 Ledger transfers, 1960-1972 [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/4
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1924-1975
Description: Cash Books/Journals: /1-7 Scroll cash books, 1935-1965. /8 Journal No. 31, 1924-1975. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/5
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1904-1976
Description: Balance books/Directors' reports and accounts: /1 Copy of half yearly balance sheets No. 3, 1919-1936. /2 Copy of half yearly balance sheets No. 4, 1937-1953. /3 Copy of half yearly balance sheets No. 5, 1954-1958. /4 Balance sheets and accounts, 1959-1976. /5 Directors' reports and accounts of the Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Limited, 1904-1958.
Reference: MS 86/I/6
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1874-1976
Description: Memoranda and Articles of Association. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/8
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1913-1961
Description: Memoranda of agreement between Samnuggur Co. and European employees: /1-2 Original agreements giving home residence, 1913-1961. /3-4 Indian residence, 1930-1953. /5-6 Indian residence-supplementary agreement, 1939, 1947-1950. /7 Indian residence. 1949-1950.
Reference: MS 86/I/9
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1926-1964
Description: Order books. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I/10(1)
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1865-1887
Description: Personal papers relating to James Robertson, first manager of Samnuggur Jute Mill. Includes testimonials from Dundee School of Art, 1865 and Douglas Foundry, 1866.
Reference: MS 86/I/10(2)
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1895-1918
Description: Table showing disposition of profits of the company.
Reference: MS 86/I/10(3)
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1946-1954
Description: File of cuttings, notices, press releases and miscellaneous papers relating to A.G.M.'s of the Company.
Reference: MS 86/I/11
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1874-1925
Description: (1-95) Miscellaneous correspondence, specifications, price lists relating to drawings and plans and previously bundled with them. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/I D
Collection: Samnuggur Jute Factory Company Ltd, Calcutta
Dates: 1874-1977
Description: Plans c.1874-1977 [140 plans] and technical drawings of the mills, plant and machinery 1874-1896 [27 drawings]. Also includes (D/2) plan of River Hooghly from Ballee to Kanchrapara, showing East India and Bengal Eastern Railways, n.d; (D/91) plan of north bank of River Hooghly, Bhaddressar, Bablaband and Paikparah. [See Descriptive List for more details].
Reference: MS 86/II/1
Collection: Victoria Jute Company Limited, Calcutta
Dates: 1892-1976
Description: /1-16 Directors' minute books (/16 is an index). [See Descriptive List for more details].
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