Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd, textile manufacturers

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Date:	1828-2000
Places:	Carlisle, Cumberland Darvel, Ayrshire Edinburgh, Midlothian
Functions, occupations and activities:	Textiles > Silk and pile fabrics \| Textiles > Lace \| Textiles > Carpets \| Textiles > Miscellaneous textile mfrs
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C117719 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B3794 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1913-69: directors minutes etc, accounts and balance sheets, corresp, sales statistics, technical notes	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD326	NRA 20588 Morton See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2	1828-1973: corresp, technical records and drawings, pattern books, photographs, etc [restricted access]	Science Museum Library and Archives	Depts 2 and 6 [restricted access]	NRA 28468 Morton Sundour
3	1900-c1930: Sir James Morton: papers rel to Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Archive of Art and Design	AAD/1978/4	NRA 28681 Morton Sundour See Guide to the Archive of Art and Design, 2001
4	1896-1968: corresp and design records	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	L449-1973,L3212-3213-1973,L4032-4033-1973	NRA 13466 V & A Museum
5	20th cent: carpet and textile designs (954 items)	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Designs, Prints and Drawings	E824-1095-1974
6	1935-65: balance sheets, press cutting book	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 29343 Courtaulds plc
7	1917-58: design record books, samples	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Archive of Art and Design	AAD/2002/7	NRA 30957 Courtaulds plc
8	1912-14: letters, bills, etc	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle		See Report of County Archivist March 1967, p3