Records relating to the management and day to day running of the company and its subsidiaries and records relating to the design process. Includes:
- Design associated records:
- catalogues 1910s-1990s;
- advertising material 1990s;
- design lithographs 1950s-1990s;
- design photographs 1900-1980s;
- design sketches 1870s-1980s;
- contract portfolios 1990s;
- label books 1930s;
- publications 1940s-1950s.
- Corporate archive:
- memoranda and articles of association 1894-1989;
- minutes 1887-1994;
- reports and accounts 1895-1997;
- shareholding records 1894-1992;
- financial records 1894-1976;
- patents and royal warrants c1972-1992;
- production records 1867-2000;
- sales records 1924-1964;
- staff records 1863-1997;
- friendly society records 1853-1997;
- insurance valuations 1862-1978;
- trade body records 1918-1944;
- Company Secretary files 1918-2004;
- photographs.
This description is part of the main Stoddard International plc collection which has been divided into the following sections, each with its own separate description:
- STOD/DES, Design Archive;
- STOD/200, A F Stoddard & Co Ltd;
- STOD/201, James Templeton & Co Ltd;
- STOD/202, Blackwood, Morton & Sons Ltd;
- STOD/203, Henry Widnell & Stewart Ltd;
- STOD/204, Gray's Carpets Ltd;
- STOD/205, John Lyle & Co Ltd;
- STOD/206, Douglas, Reyburn & Co Ltd;
- STOD/207, Bonded Carpets Ltd;
- STOD/208, Caledonia Carpets Ltd;
- STOD/209, Glenvale Carpets;
- STOD/210, Louis de Poortere (England) Ltd;
- STOD/211, Nordale Wools Ltd;
- STOD/212, Paisley Planners Ltd;
- STOD/213, Ronald Jack & Co;
- STOD/214, Scotsway;
- STOD/215, Sekers Group Ltd;
- STOD/216, Stewart Spinners (Galashiels) Ltd;
- STOD/217, Stoddard Carpets Ltd;
- STOD/218, Stoddard Carpets (Ireland) Ltd;
- STOD/219, Stoddard Group Ltd;
- STOD/220, Stoddard International Ltd;
- STOD/221, Stoddard Trustees Ltd.