Record

Lb - Records of R. and F.E. Lamb Ltd, Outfitters, Nottingham, 1632-1955

Document Reference	Lb
Title	Records of R. and F.E. Lamb Ltd, Outfitters, Nottingham, 1632-1955
Date	1632-1955
Extent	30 volumes and 1 box
Abstract	Principal document types present include; accounts, property deeds, advertising literature
Level	Fonds
Access Conditions	Accessible to all readers.
Admin History	The firm of R. and F.E. Lamb Ltd, specialising in tailor-made shirts, was founded in the 1820s in Market Place, Nottingham. It opened an outfitters shop in Bridlesmith Gate in the 1920s, where it remained based until its closure in 1964.
Custodial History	The records were given to the University Library after the firm's closure in 1964.
Description	Nothing has survived of the firm's early commercial records except some advertising literature from c.1832. The bulk of the collection consists of thirty volumes of accounts and customer order books 1907-1955. There are also fifteen deeds, 1632-1819, relating to the two houses in Bridlesmith Gate which became the site of the shop.
MgtGroup	Business records
MgtSubGroup	Hosiery and Textiles
Arrangement	The records are divided according to type (e.g. order books, purchase ledgers) and arranged chronologically within sections.
Language	English
Term	Tailoring - England - Nottingham - History - 20th Century
Term	Deeds - England - Nottingham - Bridlesmith Gate
FindingAids	Copyright in all Finding Aids belongs to the University of Nottingham. In the Reading Room, King's Meadow Campus: Typescript Catalogue, 5 pp At the National Register of Archives, The National Archives, Kew: Typescript Catalogue, 5 pp Online: Catalogue available from the website of Manuscripts and Special Collections, Manuscripts Online Catalogue.
Copyright	Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk).
ReprodnNote	Photocopies and photographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on the condition of the documents.