Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited, Business Archive
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited, Business Archive
Classmark: BUS/Jacobs
Creator(s): Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited
Date(s): 1929-1953
Language: English
Size and medium: 26 vols; 1 suitcase
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6941
Collection group(s): Business Archives
Description
The material includes the archives of successor companies to Adolph Jacobs and Company Ltd.
Comprises: (1) Order books (inland and foreign), 1935-51; (2) Invoice books, 1934-53; (3) Purchase day books, 1935-46; (4) Cash books, 1936-49; (5) Bills received book, 1933-46; (6) Expenses day book, 1933-41; (7) Stock book, 1933-46; (8) Agents bankers ledger, 1929-47; (9) General ledgers, 1934-37; (10) Printed books, 1940-50.
Biography or history
Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited, of Manor Row, Bradford, were wool and noil merchants. Jacobs established the company in 1865 in partnership with Daniel Delius. The partnership between Carl Christian Adolph Jacobs, Ernest Jacobs and Adolph Jacobs the younger was dissolved in 1901. The business was continued by Ernest Jacobs and Adolph Jacobs the younger.
System of arrangement
The BUS/Jacobs catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1968. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
Access and usage
Access
Access to this material is unrestricted.