John Lowson, Jnr & Co Ltd, Jute Manufacturers, Forfar

Minute books 1898-1950; ledgers 1898-1952; journals 1898-1952; annual report and balance sheets 1874-1955; share certificates 1903-1955.

The firm was incorporated as a limited company in 1898 but had been trading under the same name since at least the 1870s. It became a subsidiary of Jute Industries Ltd, ca 1955.

Records are arranged within series.

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

The records were deposited by Sidlaw Group PLC in 1980, 1993 and 1994 (AccM/112, AccM/131, AccM/295, AccM/310).

The firm was incorporated as a limited company in 1898 but had been trading under the same name since at least the 1870s. It became a subsidiary of Jute Industries Ltd, ca 1955.

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The records are on paper.

Fonds level description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archives Hub Project Archivist, December 2001.

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