Records of John C McKellar & Co Ltd, builders and property factors, Glasgow, Scotland

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Minutes 1896-1945
Registers of members, directors and shareholders 1899-1961
Cash books 1896-1964; journals 1896-1965
Ledgers 1896-1965
Annual returns and balance sheets 1935-1967
Memoranda and articles of association 1896-1961
Register of bonds and dispositions 1914-1981
Statements of intromissions 1943-1982
Liquidators correspondence 1968-1981
Share and dividend records c1905-1967
Bank account records 1962-1966
Company rubber stamps, 20th century

Administrative / Biographical History

John Campbell McKellar trained as an architect with James M Munro before starting his own practice at West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1883 . From 1884, he also acted as a building factor and, in 1888 , he started building speculatively in the Glasgow suburbs of Crossmyloof, Kelvindale and Maryhill. In 1894 , he formed a short-lived partnership with the house factor, John McKellar, which was known as McKellar & McKellar. In 1896 , he was the principal force in the creation of the firm, John C McKellar & Co Ltd, which was established with a capital of £40,000. John Campbell McKellar was the main shareholder in the new company and held the position of managing director. His fellow directors were William Pettigrew, William Hood, Robert Crawford and Alexander Frew. The company built and managed property. Between 1900 and 1906 the firm built around 90 tenements. From 1967 , the company was run by its liquidators, Greenhill & Co, Glasgow. In 2002 , the company was known as John C McKeller Ltd and remained in liquidation.

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