A catalogue of the Papers of the Austin Motor Company Ltd.TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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A catalogue of the Papers of the Austin Motor Company Ltd.Summary
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative/Biographical HistoryAustin Motor Company Ltd., car and commercial vehicle manufacturers, Longbridge, founded 1906 by Herbert Austin (formerly the General Manager of Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company Ltd.). The company survived the financial crisis in the 1920s, introducing, the highly successful Seven in 1922, and joining Morris Motors in the British Motor Corporation (BMC), 1952. In 1968, BMC and Leyland merged and from 1970 Austin was part of the Austin-Morris Division of the British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. Reference: R. Storey, Automotive Sources in Coventry Archives (Coventry, 1996). Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentSigned minutes (giving considerable detail of policy discussions and business transacted), including annual reports; directors' reports, 1930, 1943; memorandum and articles of association, 1961. 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 papers 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 is available in electronic format on the Access to Archives (A2A) website at: http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk/ An authority record exists for Austin Motor Company Ltd. (GB 0152 AAR2293). Related Units of DescriptionThe Modern Records Centre holds the papers of other companies which form part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive. 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
Austin Motor Company Ltd
Motor industry -- Great Britain Motor vehicle industry -- Great Britain Return to the Table of Contents CatalogueMSS.226/AU Austin Motor Co. Ltd. 1919-1958Austin Motor Company Ltd, 1894-1960Board meetings and AGMs.Scope and ContentKalamazoo binders of TS. signed minutes [giving considerable detail of policy discussions and business transacted], incl. ann. rpts. MSS.226/AU/1/1/1 1919 Oct - 1929 Dec Scope and ContentSheets 1-926. NB ref. to small car development [Austin 7] : 383-4. Loose in vol. : MSS.226/AU/1/1/1.ii Carbon copy TS. report of visit by Sir Herbert Austin and E.L. Payton to USA, Sep [1922], 16pp. MSS.226/AU/1/1/1.iii Pr. Director' Rpt. to 7th Ord. GM, 14 Mar 1923. MSS.226/AU/1/1/3 1943 Feb - 1958 Dec Scope and ContentSheets 1628-2154 This binder incl. : J. Gibson Jarvis, UDT, to Leonard Lord, 24 Jun 1952, resigning from Board (bet. 1949 1950); Messrs. Moorland Impey Ltd., Kalamazoo Wks., Northfield to Austin Motor Co., 6 Feb 1922, re advantages of using loose-leaf binders for minutes (att. to front end-papers). Memoranda and Articles of AssociationMSS.226/AU/7/LE/1/1-3 3 copies.Scope and ContentAustin. Motor Co. Ltd. : Memo. and Arts. of Assoc. : repr. of 1914 original with amendments to 1961. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |