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Brown family business records

 Collection
Identifier: CCL Archive 1393

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and minute books from various businesses owned by the Brown family, Including Bituminous Roofing Products Ltd, Fraser-Brown and Stratmore, R.B. Higgs, Metal Service Centre and Mactrac International.

Items include

  1. Minute book for Bituminous Roofing Products Ltd, part of Tetral Industries, from 12 June 1939 to 23 July 1953. Includes agendas and notes.
  2. Bundle of old foolscap and quattro sheets held together by string and about 50mm thick. They are mostly letters, orders for products, telegrams, general conversations about the running of a business.
  3. Minute book for R.B. Higgs.
  4. Minute book for Metal Service Centre.
  5. Minute book for Mactrac International.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 June 1939 - 23 July 1953

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Bituminous Roofing Products Ltd was a Christchurch company founded in 1939, it was eventually amalgamated into Tetral Industries Ltd along with R.B. Higgs Ltd., Mac Trac and Aluminium Supplies. Tetral and another Christchurch business, Brown and Andrews, were owned by Ken Brown and later his son Lewis Brown.

Extent

1 Volumes ; 23 x 35 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives

Condition Description

The items in this collection are fragile and should be handled with care while wearing gloves.

Title
Bituminous Roofing Products Ltd records
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Repository

Contact:
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand