F Stewart Sandeman & Sons Ltd, Cotton and Jute Spinners and Manufacturers, Dundee

Shareholding records c.1913-1932; miscellaneous records (including directors' reports, correspondence, stock book, accounts and company history) 1903-1936; photographs 1922.

IIn 1860 Frank Stewart Sandeman became a partner in Luncarty Bleachfield Co, Perthshire. In 1862 he founded the firm Laing and Sandeman with W Laing but it was dissolved in 1873 to form Sandeman, Keillor & Co. Keillor left a year later and that same year Manhattan Works opened in Dundee. As owner of these Works, Colonel Sandeman bought Stanley Cotton Mill in 1876-1880 with the support of the Duke of Atholl, renewing the historical Nairne link with the estates of Stanley and Atholl. In 1876 and 1887 respectively Stewart and Fred D Stewart Sandeman joined the firm to form F S Sandeman & Sons. After Fred's two younger brothers joined the firm in 1900, it became a limited company and in 1921 it amalgamated with Jute Industries Ltd. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1932. Although F Stewart Sandeman & Sons went into voluntary liquidation in 1932, the three Stanley Belting companies, the corporations of Chicago (1914-1944) and New York (1921-1934), (Canada) Ltd, Toronto (1927-1934) and the Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co Ltd, London, (1924-1945), which had sales connections with South America, continued to trade variously. In the 1890s, a weaving process for cotton driving belting was bought and improved, as a concern, by Frank Stewart Sandeman. 'Stanley Solid Woven Cotton Belting' was a sales success. The Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co Ltd, Dundee (1935-1941) had its origins in the Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co, Stanley (1913-1929) and the firms of Frank Stewart (F S) Sandeman & Sons Ltd of Dundee, Stanley and Manhattan (1919-1929).

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

IIn 1860 Frank Stewart Sandeman became a partner in Luncarty Bleachfield Co, Perthshire. In 1862 he founded the firm Laing and Sandeman with W Laing but it was dissolved in 1873 to form Sandeman, Keillor & Co. Keillor left a year later and that same year Manhattan Works opened in Dundee. As owner of these Works, Colonel Sandeman bought Stanley Cotton Mill in 1876-1880 with the support of the Duke of Atholl, renewing the historical Nairne link with the estates of Stanley and Atholl. In 1876 and 1887 respectively Stewart and Fred D Stewart Sandeman joined the firm to form F S Sandeman & Sons. After Fred's two younger brothers joined the firm in 1900, it became a limited company and in 1921 it amalgamated with Jute Industries Ltd. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1932. Although F Stewart Sandeman & Sons went into voluntary liquidation in 1932, the three Stanley Belting companies, the corporations of Chicago (1914-1944) and New York (1921-1934), (Canada) Ltd, Toronto (1927-1934) and the Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co Ltd, London, (1924-1945), which had sales connections with South America, continued to trade variously. In the 1890s, a weaving process for cotton driving belting was bought and improved, as a concern, by Frank Stewart Sandeman. 'Stanley Solid Woven Cotton Belting' was a sales success. The Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co Ltd, Dundee (1935-1941) had its origins in the Sandeman Stanley Cotton Belting Co, Stanley (1913-1929) and the firms of Frank Stewart (F S) Sandeman & Sons Ltd of Dundee, Stanley and Manhattan (1919-1929).

Records of the firm previously surveyed by the National Register of Archives (Scotland) (survey no. 0379) relating to Stanley Mill, Perthshire, have not been deposited. They were referenced MS 66/VII/1-MS/VII/4/5. These numbers have now been reallocated to refer to the deposited collection.

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

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