A Catalogue of the Papers of Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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A Catalogue of the Papers of Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.Summary
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative/Biographical HistoryLeyland Motor Corporation Ltd company merged with British Motor Holdings Ltd in 1968 to form the British Leyland Motor Corporation. The company was partly nationalized by the British government in 1975. Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/seo/b/bl-public-limited-company/). Accessed August 2002. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentSubject and administrative files, 1964-1968; overseas administrative files, 1961-1963. Return to the Table of Contents System of ArrangementThis collection forms part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive (MSS.226). The Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme. For further details of the scheme, see http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/mrcclass.shtml. It is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000). Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationImmediate Source of AcquisitionThis collection was deposited in the Centre by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in 1984. Appraisal, Destruction, SchedulingThis collection has been weeded for duplicates. AccrualsFurther deposits are not expected. Access ConditionsThere are no restrictions on access to these papers. Copyright/ReproductionAll requests for publication of deposited material or the result of research based on it should be made to the Trust. The Trust reserves all rights to commercial exploitation and commercial publication. Please contact the Centre's staff for further details. Return to the Table of Contents Additional Sources of InformationFinding AidsA copy of this catalogue is available in paper format in the Centre's searchroom, at the National Register of Archives in London and in Chadwyck-Healey's National Inventory of Documentary Sources. This catalogue is also available in electronic format on the Access to Archives (A2A) website at: http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk/ An authority record exists for the Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. (GB 0152 AAR2294). Related Units of DescriptionThe Modern Records Centre holds the papers of other companies which form part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive. Papers of the Associated Equipment Company Ltd./Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd. (ACV), which merged with Leyland Motors in 1962 and became part of what was later know as the Leyland Motor Corporation are located at MSS.226/BL. Technical materials are retained by the BMIHT. Technical enquiries should be made direct to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Archives and Information Service, Gaydon, Warwickshire. Return to the Table of Contents Index Headings
Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd.
Motor industry -- Great Britain Motor vehicle industry -- Great Britain Return to the Table of Contents CatalogueMSS.226/BL Leyland Motor Corpn. Ltd. / British Leyland Motor Corpn. Ltd. 1946 - 1974British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, c 1947-1974MSS.226/BL/2/1/1-10 Pr. Report and Accounts. 1965-74Access Conditions`Permission may be required to use this series'. Scope and ContentGeneral Background material MSS.226/BL/4/1 British Leyland Motor Corporation : growth, constitution, factories, products undated, c.1969Scope and Content130 + [19]pp. MSS.226/BL/4/2/1-2 `You owe it to yourself' [1967]Scope and ContentIllus. brochure re Rover and Triumph ranges, addressed to Leyland shareholders. Leyland Motor Corpn. admin. files : propertyMSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/1-3 1964-5 Scope and Content3 orig. files (B 3b.b.3) re sale of Sowley House and Estate, Beaulieu, Hants. These had been purchased in May 1958 from the Beaulieu Estate by Leyland Motors, which set up an operating subsidiary, Sowley Estates Ltd. Sowley Estates Ltd. sold Sowley House to Sir Henry and Lady Spurrier in 1962 and repurchased it from them in 1964. The STI solicitor handled the 1964 sales for Leyland Motors, hence the presence of these files in the material from Canley. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/1 1964-5 Scope and ContentCorres. with Messrs. Strutt Parker, Lofts Warner, auctioneers, et al. re sale of Sowley Estate to H.M.V. and K.S. Showering. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/2 1964-5 Scope and ContentCorres. with Struit Parker et al. re sale of Sowley House to W.F. Hammond. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/1-38 1946-64 Scope and ContentLoose documents re the estates, incl. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/1-4 1959 Scope and ContentAgreements for sale, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu to Leyland Motors Ltd./Sowley Estates Ltd. : various parts of the Sowley Estate, 1958,9; lease of shooting rights. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/5-6 1964 Scope and ContentIllus. sale partics. of Sowley Estate, and plan. [excl. Sowley House]; MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/8-12 1948, 1955 Scope and ContentCorres. re D.Mirror interest in Sowley Cottage. MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/13 1952 Scope and ContentBeaulieu Manor office to Hy. [later Sir Hy.] Spurrier, re "regaining...former happy relationship" MSS.226/BL/3/A/PR/3/38 1958 Scope and ContentFasc. of docs. (searches, etc.) re sale, 1958, and subsequently. Leyland Motor Corpn. admin. files : trade marksMSS.226/BL/3/A/TM/1 Orig. file "Leyland Motor Corporation Symbol" 1964-8 Scope and ContentCorres. re the registration of this symbol [`L' within circular device], which was undertaken by the S-T co. solr. on behalf of the Corpn. Correspondents incl. : Walford Hardman Brown, patent agents, Soc. Mtallurgique Liotard Frres, objectors. Loose in file : 2 sheets of designs. Leyland Motors Ltd. admin. files : OverseasMSS.226/BL/3/O/1/1 1963 Feb Scope and ContentOrig. file re licence agreement with Yugoslav Transport Vehicle Mfrs.' Assoc. (IVT). Contains photocopy of agreement and of ltr. from Industria Motora I Traktora re transfer of licence rights for `Worldmaster' chassis to IVT. [The agreemt. also specifies other vehicles, engines and components, with spec. refs. and prices.] MSS.226/BL/3/0/1/2 1961 Jun 19 Scope and ContentLoose in above file : copy of agreement. bet. govt. of Israel and Leyland Motors re modus operandi of plant company to implement the agt. for the assembly and progressive manufacture of vehicles over 7 tons. Related Material[A memo., 9 May 1963, in MSS.226/ST/3/A/TT/15 explains the presence of this file in the Standard archive.] Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |