These records are mainly UK patent specifications, principally for lawn mowers and some are duplicates of those held at the Signal Tower Museum Ladyloan, Arbroath.
GILMAN-FRASER COLLECTION
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- Dates of Creation1842-c.1960
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description57 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Alexander Shanks was founded in 1840. It operated from the Dens Iron Works, Arbroath, until 1967 when it was taken over by Giddings and Lewis Fraser Ltd and restyled Gilman-Fraser Ltd. The firms speciality lay in lawn mower manufacture, but it also undertook a wide variety of general engineering work.
Arrangement
AD Administrative and Commercial Records
AD8 General Correspondence
CO Legal Records of Companies and Businesses
CO5 Patenting
P Publications, Promotions and Advertising Records
P2 Individual Advertising and Servicing Publications
P8 Proofs of Engravings
PH Internal Photographic Records
PH3 Individual Prints
SH Records of Shows and Exhibitions
SH3 General Records of Exhibitions, Shows, Meetings and Matches
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Material deposited in October 1971 T71/11
Note
Compiled by Carolinne Gould, 22 November 2002
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