F Stewart Sandeman & Sons Ltd, Cotton and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers, Dundee

Scope and Content

Shareholding records c.1913-1932; miscellaneous records (including directors' reports, correspondence, stock book, accounts and company history) 1903-1936; photographs 1922.

Administrative / Biographical History

In 1860 Frank Stewart Sandeman became a partner in Luncarty Bleachfield Co, Perthshire. In 1862 he founded the firm Laing and Sandeman with W Laing but it was dissolved in 1873 to form Sandeman, Keillor & Co. Keillor left a year later and that same year Manhattan Works opened in Dundee. In 1876 and 1887 respectively Stewart and Fred D Stewart Sandeman joined the firm to form F S Sandeman & Sons. After Fred's two younger brothers joined the firm in 1900, it became a limited company and in 1921 it amalgamated with Jute Industries Ltd. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1932.

Arrangement

Records are arranged within series.

Access Information

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.

Acquisition Information

The records were deposited by Sidlaw Group PLC in 1980, 1993 and 1994 (AccM/112, AccM/131, AccM/295, AccM/310).

Note

Records of the firm previously surveyed by the National Register of Archives (Scotland) (survey no. 0379) relating to Stanley Mill, Perthshire, have not been deposited. They were referenced MS 66/VII/1-MS/VII/4/5. These numbers have now been reallocated to refer to the deposited collection.

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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges are made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply.

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Additional Information

The material is original.

Records of the firm previously surveyed by the National Register of Archives (Scotland) (survey no. 0379) relating to Stanley Mill, Perthshire, have not been deposited. They were referenced MS 66/VII/1-MS/VII/4/5. These numbers have now been reallocated to refer to the deposited collection.

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