Collection MS 95 - Thomson, Shepherd & Co. Ltd, Jute spinners and manufacturers, Dundee

Identity area

Reference code

MS 95

Title

Thomson, Shepherd & Co. Ltd, Jute spinners and manufacturers, Dundee

Date(s)

  • 1852-1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.60 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Thomson, Shepherd & Co Ltd was founded in 1848 when David Thomson, a shipmaster's son who had served an apprenticeship with James Neish, a jute pioneer, set up in business on his own in a small hand-spinning and hand-loom weaving shed. The firm was soon operating successfully and in 1852 David Thomson was granted a patent from Queen Victoria in respect of jute carpeting - the earliest patent granted in Dundee for any jute product.

Archival history

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Registers of directors 1901 1943; minute books 1896 1965; shareholding records 1896 1963; balance sheets 1904 1967; ledgers 1897 1966; journal 1938 1957; bank pass books 1947 1951; jute purchase books 1945 1965; stock books 1883 1948; records relating to wages, salaries and pensions 1932 1961; production records 1876 1906, 1932 1961; miscellaneous legal and general company records 1896 1964; patents 1852, 1888; factory school registers 1868 1870; miscellaneous papers 1855 1986; photographs 1852 1951; plan 1869; company files 1896 1986.

Accruals

Not expected

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

Conditions governing reproduction

Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The records are on paper and microfiche, and include photographs.

Finding aids

Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

The records are original.

Existence and location of copies

The company files are available on microfiche from Companies Registration Office, Edinburgh.

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Subject access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

MS 95

Rules and/or conventions used

Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Status

Catalogued

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area

Related subjects

Related people and organizations

Related genres

Related places