Records of Singer Co (UK) Ltd, sewing machine manufacturers, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

• History of Singer Co (UK) Ltd, c1973;
• Why the Profits Vanished at Singer, June 1975.

Written histories of  Singer Co (UK) Ltd, sewing machine manufacturers,  Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, including the manuscript of Arthur Dorman's History of Singer Co (UK) Ltd. Arthur Dorman worked for for 50 years. On his retirement in 1972  he was commissioned to write a history of the company. The history was never published.

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Gift : widow of Arthur Dorman : Glasgow : 1987

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GB 0593 Business records and plans of Singer Manufacturing Co. Ltd (1905-1981); GDWD1/1/13 Singer Manufacturing Co Ltd, sewing machine manufacturers (1963-1965); West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Clydebank Library

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Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) Second Edition, September 1999and National Council on Archives, Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names

Fonds level catalogued by Jenny Cooknell, Assistant Archivist, 9 July 1999. Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 25 April 2002. Lower levels recatalogued by Jane Heward, Graduate Trainee - Archive Assistant, 04 March 2011.