Minutes of Board and Shareholder's meetings, 1941-1973; financial records, 1888-1976; correspondence and papers, 1904-1975; manuscript rule books and amendments, 1902-1970. Much of the correspondence derives from the liquidator's activity, rather than from the business of Macclesfield Silk.
Macclesfield Silk Manufacturing Society Limited
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- ReferenceGB 152 MSM
- Dates of Creation1888-1976
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description6 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Macclesfield Silk Manufacturing Society Limited was registered as an industrial society in 1888. Its name was changed to Macclesfield Silk and Textiles Ltd in 1960. Its members decided to go into voluntary liquidation in 1972. As part of that process its name was changed to Maccclesfield Holdings Society Limited. Its manufacturing activities could then be reorganised as a subsidiary company, Macclesfield Silk and Textiles Limited, which was sold separately from the Society's property and other assets. The Society's final meeting was held on 24 October 1975.
William Henry Brown, 'The Silken Glow of Macclesfield' (Co-operative Printing Society, Manchester, 1938).
Access Information
This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/
Acquisition Information
This collection was deposited in the Centre by the Society's liquidator in 1976.
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Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSM
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There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.
Appraisal Information
This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
Accruals
Further deposits are not expected.