Title
COOPER MCDOUGALL & ROBERTSON
Reference
TR CMR
Production date
c1882-1989
Creator
Creator History
William Cooper founded his veterinary business in Berkhamsted in about 1840, and in the following years developed chemical sheep dips. He was joined in the business by some of his nephews, and the firm became known as William Cooper & Nephews until it merged with McDougall & Robertson in 1925 to form Cooper McDougall & Robertson Ltd. In 1959-60 the firm was bought by the Wellcome Foundation. Later ICI acquired an interest in the firm, which was later renamed Coopers Animal Health Ltd. It was wound up c 1990.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the records are of printed advertising material recovered from the firm's printers
Extent
60 documents
Level of description
fonds
Content Subject
