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Record: Minutes of meetings of board of directors (FRAS 305)

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: 1871-1964
Reference: FRAS 305
Former reference: HF 6/1  
Physical description: 19 volumes  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Additional information:

Agendas for the meetings were compiled and maintained in a separate series (FRAS 306).

Apart from the first volume, all the minutes were indexed. The minutes from 1872 to 1886 were indexed in a separate volume (FRAS 490). The other volumes all have integral indexes.

The signatures of the directors attending the meetings were recorded separately (FRAS 502).

Information in the minutes relating to the company's branches in India and financial matters were extracted and recorded in separate volumes (FRAS 590-591 for branches in India and FRAS 549 for financial matters).

System of arrangement: Chronological order.

Record type: Minutes

Function: Executive committee management, Advertising management

Records held within this series:

Title: Minutes of meetings of general committee of directors
Date: August 1871- January 1872
Reference: FRAS 305/1
Former reference: HF 6/17/1  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Minutes relating to the establishment of the Society. Includes lists of original shareholders. Pasted in to the volume is a prospectus, 1871.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: January 1872- August 1880
Reference: FRAS 305/2
Former reference: HF 6/1/1  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Records linked to this file:

Title: Index to minutes
Date: January 1872-December 1886
Reference: FRAS 490
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: August 1880-December 1886
Reference: FRAS 305/3
Former reference: HF 6/1/2  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Records linked to this file:

Title: Index to minutes
Date: January 1872-December 1886
Reference: FRAS 490
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: December 1886- March 1890
Reference: FRAS 305/4
Former reference: HF 6/1/3  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: March 1890-August 1893
Reference: FRAS 305/5
Former reference: HF 6/1/4  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: September 1893-December 1896
Reference: FRAS 305/6
Former reference: HF 6/1/5  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: January 1897-November 1899
Reference: FRAS 305/7
Former reference: HF 6/1/6  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: November 1899-January 1903
Reference: FRAS 305/8
Former reference: HF 6/1/7  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: January 1903-October 1907
Reference: FRAS 305/9
Former reference: HF 6/1/8  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: October 1907-May 1911
Reference: FRAS 305/10
Former reference: HF 6/1/9  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: June 1911-June 1914
Reference: FRAS 305/11
Former reference: HF 6/1/10  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: June 1914-May 1917
Reference: FRAS 305/12
Former reference: HF 6/1/11  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: 1917-1923
Reference: FRAS 305/13
Former reference: HF 6/1/12  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: February 1923-May 1929
Reference: FRAS 305/14
Former reference: HF 6/1/13  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: June 1929-August 1936
Reference: FRAS 305/15
Former reference: HF 6/1/14  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd/Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Directors' attendance book
Date: 1929-1932
Reference: FRAS 502
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: September 1936-June 1945
Reference: FRAS 305/16
Former reference: HF 6/1/15  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: April 1940-April 1943
Reference: FRAS 306/1
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: May 1943-January 1947
Reference: FRAS 306/2
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: 1945-1953
Reference: FRAS 305/17
Former reference: HF 6/1/16  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: May 1943-January 1947
Reference: FRAS 306/2
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: January 1947-August 1949
Reference: FRAS 306/3
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: August 1949-October 1951
Reference: FRAS 306/4
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: November 1951-September 1953
Reference: FRAS 306/5
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: July 1953-May 1959
Reference: FRAS 305/18
Former reference: HF 6/1/17  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Agenda book for meetings of board of directors
Date: November 1951-September 1953
Reference: FRAS 306/5
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: May 1959-October 1964
Reference: FRAS 305/19
Former reference: HF 6/1/18  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Stores Ltd
Board of Directors

Scope and content:

Index at front of volume.

Records related to this series:

Title: Agenda books for meetings of board of directors
Date: April 1940-September 1953
Reference: FRAS 306
Company: Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Index to minutes of meetings of board of directors
Date: January 1872-December 1886
Reference: FRAS 490
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Directors' attendance book
Date: 1929-1932
Reference: FRAS 502
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of finance committee
Date: 1871-1875
Reference: FRAS 546
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of general purposes committee
Date: 1887-1913
Reference: FRAS 547
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Draft minutes of meetings of general purposes committee
Date: 1886-1925
Reference: FRAS 548
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Draft minutes of meetings of building committee
Date: 1926-1931
Reference: FRAS 551
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Extracts from minutes of meetings of board of directors relating to branches in Bombay and Karachi, India
Date: 1872-1894
Reference: FRAS 590
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Extracts from minutes of meetings of board of directors relating to branches in Bombay, Calcutta and Karachi, India
Date: 1872-1902
Reference: FRAS 591
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Extracts from minutes of meetings of board of directors relating to branches in Plymouth and Portsmouth
Date: 1872-1937
Reference: FRAS 592
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd   Army & Navy Stores Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Extracts from minutes of meetings of board of directors relating to building works
Date: 1878-1915
Reference: FRAS 593
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Extracts from agendas and minutes of meetings of board of directors and minutes of directors' daily meetings relating to financial matters
Date: 1916-1917
Reference: FRAS 549
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Diaries of chairman of board of directors
Date: 1888-1895
Reference: FRAS 672
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection: Some of the events recorded in the minutes are expanded in the chairman's diaries.

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