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DIC - ICI (Mond Division) - 18th century - 20th century

1 - Records of Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd and subsidiaries - Constituent companies of ICI, 1926.

2 - United Alkali Co Ltd and predecessors, subsidiaries and associated organisations

3 - Records of the Salt Union Ltd and Associated Organisations (Taken over by ICI 1937).

1 - Records Relating to the Formation of the Union and its Later Status.

2 - Board and Committee Minutes and Reports of the Proceedings at Annual General Meetings.

3 - Annual Reports, Balance Sheets, etc.

4 - Registers of Shipments and Deliveries, Price Lists, Trade Marks and other records relating to Sales.

5 - Correspondence.

1 - Letter book of John Corbett (Stoke Prior works, Worcs). - 1869-1870

2 - Correspondence relating to the purchase of the business of H E Falk (Meadow Bank works, Winsford), 1888-9, and to the position of Mr H John Falk (son of H E Falk) in relation to the business, 1894. - 1888-1894

3 - Original letters from William Young (Manager, Droitwich Salt works, Worcs) to J M Fells (General Manager). - 1889-1891

5 - Original letter chiefly addressed to E C Wilkes (Secretary) and J M Fells (General Manager) from their solicitors (Ashurst, Morris, Crisp & Co), the solicitors of John Corbett (Crowder & Vizard), Joseph Verdin (General Manager, Cheshire), William Young (Manager, Droitwich works, Worcs), John Green (Corbett's estate agent and secretary), J R Davies (Accountant, Stoke Prior works, Worcs), John Corbett, and others, relating to the negotiation of the sale of Corbett's Stoke Prior works and of an agreement between Corbett and the Droitwich Salt Co Ltd (later Droitwich works), differences between Corbett and the Union consequent upon this, administrative matters, and affairs within the trade generally. - 1888-1894

4 - Original and copy correspondence between John Corbett, Fowler & Co (solicitors, acting for the purchasers), Verdin Bros and others, relating to the terms of the sale of Corbett's Stoke Prior works, Worcs 1888-91, with letters from Corbett to J R Davies (Accountant, Stoke Prior works) and William Young (Manager, Droitwich works, Worcs) relating to the administration of the works and to disagreements arising therefrom, and other papers 1890-95. - 1888-1895

6 - Original letters chiefly from John Corbett (General Manager, Worcestershire) to E C Wilkes (Secretary), relating to disagreements between the former and the Salt Union management leading to legal action (1892-4), and to the affairs of the Worcestershire and Cheshire salt industry in general. - 1891-1893

7 - Lists and transcripts of letters and other documents relating to the relations of John Corbett with the Salt Union 1888-93 produced as evidence in the case Salt Union v John Corbett (High Court of Justice, Chancery Div 1893-4). - 1893-1894

8 - Affidavits, interrogations, legal opinions, copy correspondence, agreements, 'exhibita' and other legal papers, relating to the case Salt Union v John Corbett (High Court of Justice, Chancery Div 1893-4) and later disputes between the same. - 1888-1895

9 - Press-copy letter-book of A E Ward as Manager of the Durham District of the Salt Union, and of the North Eastern Salt Co (Clarence Works, South Durham). - 1904-1922

6 - Apprenticeship Indentures, Wages Books and other papers relating to Employees.

7 - Patent Specifications, Reports and other papers Relating to Research.

8 - Process Records.

9 - Estate Records (Inventory and Title Deeds).

10 - Miscellaneous (including printed items and artificial collections relating to the history of the union.

11 - Photographs.

12 - Plans.

13 - Other records

14 - Records of Antecedent Firms.

15 - Records of Associated Organisations.

4 - Records of the Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation Ltd (Taken over by ICI 1933).

5 - Records of the Standard Ammonia Co of Sydney Ltd. (Taken over by ICI c.1931). Incorporated c.1902.

6 - Miscellaneous or records whose provenance is unknown.