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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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Charitable work

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

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1860-1888
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-08
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/663

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.

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1885-1891
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-07
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/611

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.

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1884-1884
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-06
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/1

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...

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1860-1889
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-05

Francis May diary

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

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1865-1865
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-04
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/1/7

Match Tax Protest

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

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Date:1871-1871
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-03
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/555

Bryant Family

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

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
Contributor:C L R James Library, Hackney
Identifier:72993b-02
Archive Reference(s):D/B/BRY/1/2/607

Directors, 1884-1924

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

Collection:British Women Trade Unionists on Strike at Bryant & May, 1888
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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