John N Kyd & Co Ltd, Jute Spinners, Dundee

• Reference:GB 254 MS 66/5
• Dates of Creation:1850-1955
• Name of Creator:
  John N Kyd & Co Ltd
• Physical Description:
  0.35 linear metres.

• Scope and Content

  Minute books 1920-1933; shareholding records 1921-1931; miscellaneous volumes 1897-1961; miscellaneous papers 1850-1955; photographs c.1910.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  In 1899 John Normansell Kyd, who had been involved in his father's flax spinning business at Lille, returned to Dundee and established a jute spinning concern at Walton Works. In 1905 he purchased Rashiewell Works, previously occupied by Martin Stewart & Co, jute spinners. The firm became a limited company in 1920 and amalgamated with other jute firms to form Jute Industries Ltd., in the same year. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1933.

• Arrangement

  Records are arranged within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

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

• Note

  In 1899 John Normansell Kyd, who had been involved in his father's flax spinning business at Lille, returned to Dundee and established a jute spinning concern at Walton Works. In 1905 he purchased Rashiewell Works, previously occupied by Martin Stewart & Co, jute spinners. The firm became a limited company in 1920 and amalgamated with other jute firms to form Jute Industries Ltd., in the same year. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1933.

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper and include photographs

• Archivist's Note

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

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  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

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