A Catalogue of the Papers of the British Motor Corporation Ltd.


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Summary

Administrative/Biographical History

Scope and Content

System of Arrangement

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Appraisal, Destruction, Scheduling

Accruals

Access Conditions

Restrictions

Other Information

Language of Material

Additional Sources of Information

Finding Aids

Related Units of Description

Index Headings

Catalogue

A Catalogue of the Papers of the British Motor Corporation Ltd.


Summary

ReferenceGB 0152 MSS.226/BM
TitleBritish Motor Corporation Ltd.
Dates of Creation1952-1967
Held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library
Extent0.013 cubic metres
Name of CreatorBritish Motor Corporation Ltd.
Level of description File

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Administrative/Biographical History

The company was founded in 1952 to unite the Austin Motor Co. Ltd., and Morris Motors Ltd. Its name was changed to British Motor Holdings Ltd. in 1966, BMC then becoming a main group subsidiary. In 1968, the company became British Leyland after a short period in limbo as British Motor Holdings and gradually transformed into the Rover Group, a part of BMW. BMC merged with the Pressed Steel Company at some point.

Reference: Catalogue to the collection; The Auto Channel, British Motor Corporation (http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/coll/marque/bmcnew2.html). Accessed August 2002.

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Scope and Content

Annual Reports and Accounts, 1952-1967.

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System of Arrangement

This 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).

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Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was deposited in the Centre by the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in 1988.

Appraisal, Destruction, Scheduling

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

Accruals

Further deposits are not expected.

Access Conditions

There are no restrictions on access to these papers.

Copyright/Reproduction

All 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.

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Other Information

Language of Material

English

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Additional Sources of Information

Finding Aids

A 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/

Authority records exist for the British Motor Corporation Ltd. (GB 0152 AAR2295) and for British Motor Holdings Ltd.(GB 0152 AAR2296).

Related Units of Description

The Modern Records Centre holds the papers of other companies which form part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive. These include papers of the Pressed Steel Fisher company (related to the Pressed Steel Company), MSS.226/PS.

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.

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Index Headings

British Motor Corporation Ltd.

British Motor Holdings Ltd.

Motor industry -- Great Britain

Motor vehicle industry -- Great Britain

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Catalogue

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