Archival/written
Plan of Beeston Site, 1948 (CAIS, 5342)
The Boots archive collection forms a large part of the Boots Heritage Collection which is stored at the Boots Archives in Nottingham. Predominantly made up of business papers, some of the key documents within the collection include:
- Shareholder Ledgers, 1890-1964
- Business correspondence from the Boot Family, 1880s-1920s
- Financial Ledgers, 1883 onwards
- Annual Reports, 1894 onwards
- Statistical Records (charting company expenditure and top level sales information), 1924-1969
- Company and Committee Minutes, 1888 onwards
- Wholesale and International Division Papers, 1960-1974
- Research documents, 1901 onwards
- Product files charting the development of over 1,500 products, 1920-1980
- Product Formulations, 1890s onwards
- Marketing Files, 1920s onwards
- Advertisements/press guard books/press cuttings, 1854 onwards
- Production records, 1910s onwards
- Store sales figures, 1892 onwards
- Site and Store plans and architectural files, 1905 onwards
- Catalogues, and price lists and customer literature, 1900 onwards
- Merchandise Bulletins and subsequent equivalent titles providing product information, 1925-1987
- Sports and Social Club papers, 1905 onwards
- Engineering and Facilities Management Files, 1909 onwards
- Prescription Books, 1890s onwards
- Staff training papers, 1920s onwards
- Medical leaflets, 1930s-1980s
- Inhouse magazines (The Bee, The Beacon, Boots News etc)1915 - present
Please note that some material within the collection has access limitations