Dublin Export Department

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• Scope & Content: Arthur Guinness Son & Company Limited ↴

  These are the surviving papers of the Dublin Export Department, created in connection with its export transactions.
  The records of the Dublin Export Department, which were kept in file form, fall into three distinct series of files and within their individual series are further divided into sub series. From the 1st April, 1938, the control of the English Trade changed to Park Royal. The Dublin Export Department was formed to `supervise the supplies of Stout from Dublin to Stores and to the direct customers in Great Britain`. (SA03.02/001). The functions of the new Dublin Export Department included supply of GUINNESS® brewed in St. James’s Gate to Stores and Foreign Bottlers.
  Each series documents their main area of responsibility: Dublin Stout Trade Files (GDB/SA03.01) document the management of supplies for British Trade in light of brewing and import restrictions during Second World War;
  Dublin Continental Trade Files (GDB/SA03.02) document the management of supplies for Continental Europe following World War Two with particular reference to the acquisition of import and export licences for Continental trade markets, investigation and negotiation of import licences, correspondence with ambassadors, Irish government officials, Coras Trachtala Eireann, Irish Department of Industry and Commerce particularly in relation to Trade Agreements including discussions on quotas, import and export duties for Continental trade. The sub series detailing supply of GUINNESS to individual countries document travellers reports to the country most notably reports of Bernard Trevelyan, monopolies, tied houses, trade agreements, appointments of agents, advertising and marketing, distribution and creation of market specific materials, marketing promotions, bottling, canning, including business arrangements with GUINNESS Export Bottlers Ltd., research into other brewers such as Amstel, development of business relationships with other brewers, visits to breweries.
  Dublin Foreign Trade Files (GDB/SA03.03) document the supply of GUINNESS Foreign Extra Stout to overseas territories, U.S.A., Canada, Irish troops in the Congo, French Territories overseas, Madagascar, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, British West Indies following World War II. The series documents in particular the bottling of GUINNESS Foreign Extra Stout, correspondence with bottlers, suppliers of GUINNESS Foreign Extra Stout, A. MacFee & Co. Ltd, E. & J Burke Ltd, Guinness Exports Ltd; approaches, appointments of agents in overseas territories following World War II.

• Appraisal Destruction ↴

  Permanent Retention

• Arrangement ↴

  The papers within the Dublin Export Department have been categorised as such because they were created by Staff within the Dublin Export Department in connection with their export functions. The files are arranged numberically by original subject code and original country code, although some exceptions do occur. Each file is described in date order of the file, back cover to front.

  When noting the names of the authors of the files, their position within the Brewery, where possible, was also noted in brackets following their names. Once named in a description an author is then referred to thereafter in that description by their last name. The Guinness Company, in its various forms, is referred to as the ‘Company’ and the St. James’s Gate Brewery as the ‘Brewery’.

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