Records of Reid Bros (Glasgow) Ltd, suppliers to engineering and allied trades, Glasgow, Scotland

This material is held atUniversity of Glasgow Archive Services

Reference
- GB 248 UGD 259/1-10,/13-14
Dates of Creation
- 1880-1983
Name of Creator
- Reid Bros (Glasgow) Ltd (suppliers to engineering and allied trades: 1901-1991: Glasgow, Scotland)
Physical Description
- 3.75 metres

Scope and Content

Price books 1911-1981
Minutes 1901-1939
Order books 1889-1980
Ledgers 1888-1959
Journals 1880-1961
Wage records 1911-1971
Balance sheets 1900-1962
Letter books 1970-1983
Memorandum and articles of association 1901
Foreign code and index books 1895-1935
Stock book 1955-1958
Job order book 1927-1966
Trade catalogues 1935
Framed photographs of staff and offices 1896-1909

Administrative / Biographical History

By 1880 , the firm of Reid Bros was established in Glasgow, Scotland , as engineering and colliery furnishers. The company quickly established a foreign trade with branches in Johannesburg, South Africa , and Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia. In 1901 , the firm was incorporated as Reid Bros (Glasgow) Ltd with registered offices in St Enoch Square, Glasgow and became a private limited liability company in 1907. The company had a share capital of £80,000 with Joseph Reid as chairman of the company and Joseph Reid jnr, James Melross Reid and John Ormiston Reid as directors.

The company had a number of subsidiary companies that handled its foreign trade. In 1889 , Reid Bros (Johannesburg) Ltd was incorporated to handle the South African export trade. This company became Reid Bros (South Africa) Ltd in 1918 and in turn operated a number of subsidiary companies across southern Africa, chiefly in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa. These South African companies were acquired by African Oxygen Ltd , Johannesburg, in 1969. In 1991 , Reid Bros (Glasgow) Ltd was dissolved.