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Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd, textile 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: 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