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Vickers Ltd, steel makers, armaments and engineering manufacturers

This page summarises records created by this Business

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date: 1833-2000
Places:
  • London
  • Sheffield, Yorkshire
Functions, occupations and activities: Engineering: Mechanical > Ordnance and small arms | Engineering: Mechanical > Mechanical engineering (general) | Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering | Metal processing and manufacturing > Steel manufacture
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C121808 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6762 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1833-1929: balance sheets, ledgers, etc
Sheffield City Archives
Acc 1988/50
NRA 36163 English Steel
2
1867-1973: corporate records, accounts and schedules, printed papers, photographs
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Vickers
NRA 27797

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
3
1891-1956: papers
Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust
MNVK
4
20th cent: additional records and film negatives incl directors reports
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Vickers
See Annual Return 2014
5
20th cent: management records, plans of Vickerstown
Brooklands Museum
VIC
NRA 34342 Brooklands Mus
6
1903-1921: analysis book of steel made
Sheffield City Archives
LD 1878
NRA 23246 Sheffield Library
7
1918: corresp with Douglas BW Sladen
Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive
SLA/73
NRA 14252 Sladen