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In 1884 Bryant and May became a public company which was to expand greatly during the remainder of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth centuries. The new company comprised Bryant & May's business and that of two other match manufacturers, Pace & Sons and J.H. Hunt & Co. The business grew quickly, taking over Bell & Black, with their four British factories in 1885. Increased production encouraged a drive for export markets in Australia, India and the Far East.The following documents comprise staff and director photographs, press cuttings regarding the Match Tax Protest of 1871, diary entries from Francis May, 1865, business papers relating to the company's fortunes during the latter half of the nineteenth century as well as other community inititatives undertaken by the firm.
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View document: Charitable work.

Charitable work

D/B/BRY/1/2/663. Circular letter appealing for funds from Christ Church Mission, Old Ford, (Wilberforce Bryant on Committee), c1886.

Date:1860-1888
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-08
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/663
View document: Staff photographs and programmes.

Staff photographs and programmes

D/B/BRY/1/2/611. Envelopes of staff photographs and programmes, menus and invitations for annual staff, company and cricket club dinners, 1885-1891.

Date:1885-1891
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-07
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/611
View document: Articles of Association.

Articles of Association

D/B/BRY/1/2/1. Memorandum and Articles of Association from B&M's incorporation, 1884. Matchwomen would later argue that it was from this point the worst exploitation of staff began.

Date:1884-1884
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-06
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/1
View document: Misc business papers.

Misc business papers

Title to Whitechapel Road premises, 1860; agreement to sell B&M matches in US with Moulton and Goodwin, 1883; statutory declaration by William Bryant Jnr, which attests that the partnership between...

Date:1860-1889
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-05
View document: Francis May diary.

Francis May diary

D/B/BRY/1/1/7. Rough diary of Francis May. Notes on husbandry, crop yields, etc., 1865.

Date:1865-1865
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-04
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/1/7
View document: Match Tax Protest.

Match Tax Protest

D/B/BRY/1/2/555. Press cuttings from Punch and The Illustrated London News concerning the Match Tax Protest, 1871.

Date:1871-1871
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-03
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/555
View document: Bryant Family.

Bryant Family

D/B/BRY/1/2/607. Photographs of members of the Bryant family, c1880's.

Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-02
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/607
View document: Directors, 1884-1924.

Directors, 1884-1924

D/B/BRY/1/2/605. Volume of photographs of directors, signatures and brief biographical notes.

Date:1884-1924
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-01
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/605
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