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Minutes and Directors' records, 1926-1965; Supplementary directors' meetings minutes, 1937-1945; Investment Committee minutes, 1934-1940; Registers of seals, 1926-1951; comparative accounts, 1926-1933; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1936-1968; branch quarterly balance sheets; Morris overseas subsidiaries accounts, 1956, 1959; papers relating to shares, 1927-1936; salaries ledgers, 1940-1970; files of Messrs. Herbert and Gowers and Company, solicitors to the company, (formerly Andrew Walsh and Son), 1940-1952; memorandum and articles of association, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1949; British Motor Corporation superannuation fund, 1958; returns (other than annual) to Registrar of Companies, 1926-1973.

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THIS COLLECTION HAS NOW BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH MOTOR MUSEUM AT GAYDON. PLEASE CONTACT US OR THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY HERITAGE TRUST FOR DETAILS. history@britishmotormuseum.co.uk. Unpublished from Archives Hub 29/8/2019. Morris Motors (1926) Limited was formed in 1926 as an amalgamation of the following companies: Morris Motors Limited (formed in 1919), Osberton Radiators Limited, Morris Engines Limited (formerly Hotchkiss of Coventry) and Hollick & Pratt Limited, until then all separately and privately owned by W.R. Morris. The formation of the new company was marked by the first public issue of (cumulative preference) shares in a Morris enterprise. However, W.R. Morris retained all the ordinary shares in the new company and so remained in sole control of its affairs. In 1929, the company name was changed to Morris Motors Limited. In due course, the company also took over a number of other companies previously owned privately by W.R. Morris, thus: 1935, Wolseley and MG; 1936, Morris Commercial Cars, Morris Industries Exports (later Nuffield Exports) and S.U. Carburettors; 1938, Riley; 1940, Mechanizations and Aero (formerly Wolseley Aero Engines; later Nuffield Mechanizations). In addition, a number of subsidiary companies were established. From 1937, Morris Motors Limited became the main holding company for all of the Morris and associated companies (previously there had been a holding company, Morris Industries Limited). In 1952, Morris Motors Limited merged with The Austin Motor Company Limited to form The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC); afterwards the status of Morris Motors Limited as such was that of an operating subsidiary of BMC, and the company ultimately became dormant. Reference: Anders Ditlev Clausager, BMIHT Archivist.

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

This collection forms part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive (MSS.226).

There are no restrictions on access to these papers. All requests for publication of deposited material or the result of research based on it should be made to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. The Trust reserves all rights to commercial exploitation and commercial publication. Please contact the Modern Record Centre's staff for further details.

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The Modern Records Centre also holds the papers of other companies which form part of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive. These include papers of the British Motor Corporation (MSS.226/BM) and Nuffield Exports Ltd.,(MSS.226/NE); Standard Motors Company Ltd (MSS.226/ST) and others. Technical materials are retained by the BMIHT. Technical enquiries should be made direct to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Archives and Information Service, Gaydon, Warwickshire.

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