WH Dorman & Co Ltd, manufacturers of engines, machine tools and printing machines, Stafford

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Alternative name(s):	Dorman Diesels Ltd (Later known as) Dormans Engine Division, English Electric Diesels Ltd (Later known as)
Date:	1886-1990
Places:	Stafford, Staffordshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Machine tools \| Engineering: Mechanical > Engines, prime movers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Printing and paper goods machinery
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C101961 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6244 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1886-1968: private and nominal ledgers, private journals, cash books, corresp files, engine records, inventories, valuations etc	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	1256, D3886	NRA 17397 English Electric See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1897-1967: minutes, staff records, engine and sales records	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D6100
3	1897-1982: records incl financial papers, photographs and publicity material	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	6412
4	1920: journal of a professional visit to the USA by Charles John Parker, on behalf of WH Dorman	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	acc no 6793
5	c1914-1990: product files and designs, catalogues, leaflets, instruction manual	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D7074