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Elder Smith & Co Ltd (1888 - 1963)

Geelong Heritage Centre, Geelong City Council

Reference:	GRS 695
Date Range:	1963
Description:	Merger papers.
Access:	Contact archive for conditions of access.

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

Reference:	MN 2030
Date Range:	1907 - 1991
Description:	Catalogues for wool appraised and sold at a variety of locations including Albany, Fremantle, Geraldton and Perth (1919-1963), for sales at Fremantle alone (1963-1983), for Albany alone (1960-1980). Financial records, including records of mortgages held by Elder Smith Goldbrough by various stations, companies and individuals (1907-1991), Elder Smith & Co. account books (1959-1982), balance sheets for accounts held with Elder Smith Goldsbrough by various stations, companies and individuals (1960-1963), cashbook for Dalgety & Co. Port Hedland (1914-1917), financial procedures for Elders Western Australia (1963). Other records, including registers of WA pastoral properties (1916, 1919), London wool shipments for Dalgety & Co. (1959-1966), visitors books (1964-1990), wages book (1916-1919), Elder Smith Goldsborough Mort branch wool figures (1963-1973), photographs.
Quantity:	18.9 m
Access:	Available for reference.
Finding Aid(s):	Private Archives Collection Listing - MN 2030 : Elders Limited, J S Battye Library of West Australian History, Perth, WA, 2002, http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au/pdf/mn/mnbatch4/mn2030.pdf. [ Details... ]

The Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives Program

Reference:	130
Date Range:	1957 - 1968
Description:	Perth Office: Company publications Elders Weekly, Elders-GM Weekly
Quantity:	0.55 m
Access:	Contact archive for conditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd (1963 - 1982)

Reference:	Z378 (pt)
Date Range:	1894 - 1896
Description:	Port Augusta Office: Letterbook.
Quantity:	1 volume
Access:	Available for reference.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]

Reference:	103
Date Range:	1903 - 1968
Description:	Perth Office: Salaries and wages books, financial records, share material, private code books and printed material. Also includes Agenda Record Book of R. P. McInemey & Co Ltd, 1959-1960.
Quantity:	5.56 m
Access:	Contact archive for conditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith & Co (1863 - 1888) \| Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd (1963 - 1982) \| R.P. McInemey & Co Ltd

Reference:	89 & N102 (pt)
Date Range:	1886 - 1962
Description:	London Office: Minute book of London Board, 1927-1938; ledgers, journals and correspondence.
Quantity:	4.2 m
Access:	Contact archive for condition sof access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith & Co (1863 - 1888)

Reference:	Z378
Date Range:	1862 - 1957
Description:	Head Office: Cashiers Instructions, financial records, and information sheets on freehold properties. minute book containing minutes of partners: Cudmore, Swan & Co, Elder Pegler & Co, Milo Wilford Downs, Pastoral Co Ltd, financial records. Also cash book for Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd.
Quantity:	4 m
Access:	Contact archive for condition sof access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Cudmore, Swan & Co \| Elder Pegler & Co \| Elder Smith & Co (1863 - 1888) \| Elder, Stirling & Co (1856 - 1863) \| Milo Wilford Downs \| Orient Steam Navigation Co (1878 - ) \| Pastoral Co Ltd

Reference:	Z220
Date Range:	1914 - 1943
Description:	Head Office: Pictorial material: photographs of staff members who served in the armed forces in world wars I & II, staff building & company events photographs.
Quantity:	1.5 m
Access:	Available for reference.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]

Reference:	M21
Date Range:	1902 - 1941
Description:	Head Office: Shear & securities registers and fixed deposit ledgers
Quantity:	4 microfilm rolls.
Access:	Available for reference.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]

Reference:	N102
Date Range:	1879 - 1962
Description:	Head Office: All types of company records: minutes, correspondence, financial records, subject files, printed material etc. Also records of Ladies Staff Welfare Fund, Provident & Guarantee Fund, Rifle & Rowing Clubs, Elders Wool & Produce Co.
Quantity:	19 m
Access:	Contact archive for advice on conditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith & Co (1863 - 1888) \| Elders Wool & Produce Co. Ltd (? - 1888)

Reference:	104
Date Range:	1884 - 1969
Description:	Head Office: financial statements including Directors Reports. Chairman's addresses for the period 1884-1962, with some gaps and historical material.
Quantity:	0.3 m
Access:	Contact archive for advice on conditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd (1963 - 1982)

Reference:	8
Date Range:	1825 - 1953
Description:	Head Office: Includes minute books, correspondence, records of land sales, mortgages taxes and assessments; wool business records, staff records, financial records etc. Also includes records of Elders Metal and Mercantile Pty Ltd.
Quantity:	99.1 m
Access:	Contact archive for advice on conditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Companies), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elders Metal and Mercantile Pty Ltd

Title:	G.A. Manning Papers
Reference:	P121
Date Range:	1890 - 1969
Description:	Research papers on the merger of Elder Smith and Goldsborough Mort & Co.
Quantity:	3.21 m
Access:	Contact archive for onditions of access.
Finding Aid(s):	Noel Butlin Archives Centre - List of Holdings (Personal Papers), http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/listholdings.html. [ Details... ]
Related Entities:	Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd (1963 - 1982) \| Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd (1888 - 1963)

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