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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).

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.

1 - Index to articles, regulations and minutes of the Safety Fuse Trade Association, with copy agreement between members 1907 (amended 1909-11). - 1907-1911

2 - Schedule of proceedings at meetings between participants in the Anglo-German Bleaching Powder Agreement (United Alkali Co, Brunner, Mond & Co, the Castner Kellner Co and the German group) and the Dual Agreements (between the United Alkali Co and Brunner, Mond & Co), and of intermediate proceedings. - 1910-1913

3 - Nominal index, 'Archives Index' and index to related publications, compiled by R Dickinson. - c.1960

4 - Biographical notes relating to the Allen family c.1856-1968. - Comp.1968

5 - Three agreements relating to the formation of ICI. - 1926 and 1931

6 - Miscellaneous correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to proposals for the building up of a museum of industry and a survey connected therewith, under the auspices of the Council for British Archaeology 1961 and the Ancient Monuments Board 1963. - 1959-1963

7 - Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers relating to the history of the chemical industry in Widnes, compiled by A S Irvine, Manager, ICI Alkali Division Information Service, in connection with the celebration of the Centenary of the alkali industry in Widnes, 1950. - c.1950-1962

8 - Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.' - ICI 1927

9 - ICI (Mond Division) Research Department Publications). - 1952-1965

10 - Subject files (Dickinson series).

11 - Weaver Navigation Company.

12 - Files extracted from DIC/X 10 by K A Adams and listed according to company and subject.

1 - Castner Kellner.

2 - William Gossage.

3 - General Chemicals Division.

1 - Correspondence and papers on the voluntary liquidation of the Cwmbran Co - 1939-1942

2 - Documents relating to the organisation of the celebrations held for the centenary of chemical manufacture in Widnes - 1950

3 - Aerial photographs of Widnes - 1920, 1937

4 - Lists of portraits displayed at the Cunard Building offices - n.d

5 - Memorandum and Articles of Association of Charles Tennant & Co Ltd, St Rollox - 18 May 1886

6 - 'A Century's Experience in Chemicals- Widnes'... Financial Times 27 - 1950

7 - Address given at the memorial service for Frederick Bain - 1950

8 - Correspondence with the Borough of Oldbury on the use of Stoney Lane bridge by the Chance & Hunt works - 1958

9 - Historical survey of Chance & Hunt by P C Pratt - 1951

10 - Correspondence concerning land and buildings, Chance & Hunt Netham works, Bristol - 1946-1948

11 - Report on the manufacture of saltcake, hydrochloric acid, sodium bisulphate, glauber salts and sodium sulphide in the USA and Canada - 1930

12 - Correspondence concerning lease of Chance & Hunt land at Oldbury - 1945

13 - Correspondence on the rating assessment of Chance & Hunt Netham works - 1948

14 - Correspondence concerning a bridge near the Chance & Hunt works, at Oldbury - 1940s

15 - Correspondence with Cox & Danks Ltd regarding their rental of works land in Oldbury - 1941-1947

16 - Correspondence on fencing removed from Chance & Hunt land - 1942

17 - Correspondence on the sale of site 'B' at Oldbury to Jones, Son & Vernon - 1947

18 - Correspondence on the lease of site 'B' at Oldbury to Midland Tar Distillers Ltd - 1944

19 - Correspondence on the requisition of land at Oldbury by the Ministry of Works - 1941

20 - Plans and correspondence on the letting of land at Oldbury to T & S Element Ltd - 1941

21 - Plans and correspondence relating to land at Oldbury - 1938-1949

22 - The Electrolytic Manufacture of Chemicals from Salt' draft article by D W F Hardie 1958 R290507 Open Draft 24/06/2011 1387870 24/06/2011 1387870 3e678eda-9489-4481-b55b-7b006b7714ab

23 - UK chlorine use patterns - 1950-1955

24 - UK gross chlorine production - 1923-1956

25 - 'Chlorine and caustic soda', review and forecast by D L Taylor for the Chemical Market Research Association - 1956

26 - 'Acetylene: its Manufacture and use', draft chapter by D W F Hardie - 1964

27 - 'Origins of the Carbon Dioxide or Hargreaves-Poulson process (for foundry casting)', J R Platt and D W F Hardie, reprint from Journal of Research and Development - 1956

28 - Letter from Widnes Foundry Co on authority from Chance Bros to set up a sulphur recovery plant - 19th cent

29 - 'Origins of the Carbon Dioxide process for the manufacture of castings', reprint from Widnes Weekly News - 1956

30 - CASTNER: 'Some Highlights in Aluminium history', M Schofield, reprint from Industrial Chemist - 1957

31 - 'Cyanide manufacture; brief history' - n.d

32 - 'Family portraits - the Hale family of GC Division' - 1950s

33 - CYANIDE CHRONOLOGY: a chronology of the sodium industry by D W F Hardie - n.d

34 - CHEMICAL PIONEERS: notes on H Y Castner by D W F Hardie - c.1950-1955

35 - CASTNER: 'Hamilton Young Castner', article by D W F Hardie - n.d

36 - Notes on ICI's acquisition of Cassel Cyanide Co - 1950

37 - 'The Life and Work of H Y Castner', offprint of lecture by Alexander Fleck - 1947

38 - A Musprat geneological table - n.d

39 - ICI publicity leaflets on titanium - 1950s

40 - Publicity leaflets on Cassel heat treatment salts - 1960s

41 - Publicity leaflets on chlorobenzenes and other chlorinated products - 1950s and 1960s

42 - Publicity leaflets on 'Gammascene' and other insecticides - n.d

43 - Report on production of sodium perborate and hydrogen peroxide by Laporte Chemcials Ltd - 1962

44 - Minutes of Alloprene Development Committee - 1933-1938

45 - Minutes and papers of Cyanide Development Committee - 1930-1937

46 - General Chemicals Division organisational chart - 1963

47 - Postcards from Frederick Holt to C J P Bateson - 1937

48 - 'Non-flammable Solvents in Industry', ICI brochure - 1965

49 - Report on chlorinated bleaching powder by J L Deuchar - 1927

50 - A chronology of the alkali industry - 1948

51 - 'Origins of the Synthetic Alkali Industry', T C Barker, R Dickinson and D W F Hardie, reprint from Economica - 1956

4 - Foreign

5 - Miscellaneous

6 - Mond Division

7 - Pictures.

8 - Salt Union.

9 - United Alkali.

13 - Papers of Derek Swift

14 - I.C.I. publications - 1948-1957