Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. - J.B. Peat Administration File

Bundle of documents either addressed to Peat or annotated with his name. Included are correspondence regarding the requirement to declare interests in other companies in line with the Companies Act 1929; Redpath Brown Report by the Directors to the Shareholders and Redpath Brown Report on Balance Sheet for the years 1942 and 1945; Copy of a letter (with attached memo) from the Ministry of Supply dated 29 November 1949 regarding the Iron and Steel Act 1949 which propose that Dorman Long would be part of the Iron and Steel Corporation; Letter from Ellis Hunter to Peat regarding steel sheet stock; Copy of newspaper 'Shipyard Spotlight - Special Invasion Number' dated July 1944; Draft copy of a Trust Deed declaring Ellis Hunter, Arthur Dorman and James Barclay Peat as trustees of a fund established for the 'Lawrence Ennis Memorial Scholarship Fund'.