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  • Title
    RANSOMES SIMS & JEFFERIES LTD; (Third Deposit)
  • Reference
    TR 3RAN
  • Production date
    1898-1980
  • Creator
  • Creator History
    Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies, engineers of Orwell Works, Ipswich were a major British agricultural machinery maker. (https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ransomes,_Sims_and_Jefferies) Located at Nacton, Ipswich, Suffolk. The firm adopted various styles while in business at Ipswich. The following list indicates their dates of adoption and the abbreviations used in the catalogue: 1789 RR Robert Ransome 1809 RSn Ransome & Son 1818 RSs Ransome & Sons 1825 JRR J. & R. Ransome 1830 JRAR J. R. & A. Ransome 1846 RM Ransome & May 1852 RS Ransome & Sims 1869 RSH Ransome, Sims & Head 1881 RHJ Ransome, Head & Jefferies 1884 RSJ Ransome, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. (1884 Private Limited Company) (1911 Public Limited Company) Prior to 1789 Robert Ransome was in business at Norwich trading under the following styles: 1774 Robert Ransome 1784 Ransome & Co.
  • Scope and Content
    Third deposit records, Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies
  • Extent
    22 Series
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Content Subject
  • System of arrangment
    TR 3RAN/AC7/1-2 Financial statements TR 3RAN/AD2/1 Report TR 3RAN/AD3/1-4 Registers TR 3RAN/AD8/1 Circular TR 3RAN/MP2/1 Wiring Specifications TR 3RAN/P2/A1-37 Advertising & servicing publications (Ransomes) TR 3RAN/P2/B1-142 Advertising & servicing publications (Others) TR 3RAN/P3/1-60 Posters, notices and display matters TR 3RAN/P4/A1-2 Bulletins (Ransomes) TR 3RAN/P4/B1-12 House journals and technical bulletins (Others) TR 3RAN/P5/1-3 Press releases TR 3RAN/P7/1-11 Records of advertising campaigns and events TR 3RAN/P8/1-6 Printing proofs and artwork TR 3RAN/P9/1-4 Other records TR 3RAN/PH1/1 Negatives TR 3RAN/PH2/1-66 Albums TR 3RAN/SH1/1 Certificate TR 3RAN/SH3/1 Show leaflet TR 3RAN/SP1/1 Pamphlet TR 3RAN/SP2/1-4 Records of events, societies and organisations TR 3RAN/SP3/1-8 Newspaper cuttings TR 3RAN/SP4/1 Dairy (C W Cullingford)
  • Related objects
    TR RAN, TR 2RAN, TR 4RAN, TR 5RAN, TR 6RAN, TR 7RAN, TR 8RAN, TR 9RAN, TR 10RAN, TR 11RAN, TR 12RAN, TR 13RAN, TR 14RAN, TR 15RAN, TR 16RAN, TR 17RAN, TR 18RAN
  • Publication Note
    Grace, D R & Phillips, D C Ransomes of Ipswich (Reading : Institute of Agricultural History, 1975) Weaver, C & M Ransomes : A Bicentennial Celebration (Ipswich: Ransomes Sims & Jefferies, 1989) Records deposited on indefinite loan on 8 January 1981 by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies