| Level | Fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | MS35 |
| Title | Records of Cannock Chase Colliery Company Limited |
| Extent | 8 manuscript boxes containing 17 vols |
| Date | 1859-1929 |
| Description | Records of Cannock Chase Colliery Company Limited comprising series of volumes of signed Company minutes, 1959-1929, and registers relating to company shares, stock, and shares and stock holders, 1859-1901 |
| Arrangement | The collection originally formed part of a business records collection in the department. Where relevant, these previous finding numbers have been noted in the Physical Description field of records. The collection is arranged into series of minutes, share ledgers, registers of share transfers, shareholders, members, and stockholders. |
| Access Conditions | Access to all registered researchers |
| Copyright | Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Language | English |
| Finding Aids | A catalogue of this collection is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue. A paper copy of this catalogue is also available for consultation at Special Collections. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Administrative History | The Company was established in 1859. It was wound up in May 1902, though reconstructed in June of that year. The colliery closed at some time during the 1990s |
| Custodial History | The provenance of the papers is unknown. It is thought that they were acquired by the University of Birmingham in the 1960s-1970s. Their former location in Special Collections was Business Records 14/ii-iii. |
| Related Material | Records of the Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway Company Limited contain material relating to the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. See MS36 |
| Associated Materials | Associated papers of the Cannock Chase Colliery may be found at the Staffordshire Record Office |
| Publication Note | 'Entrepreneurs and managers in the British coal industry, 1880-1914: case studies in business history', Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. Mrs J. M. Wale. Thesis (PhD), 1986
'The Cannock Chase Coalfield and its coal mines' published by the Cannock Chase Mining Historical Society, 2005 available in Special Collections Department. |