From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Departmental memo chasing the status of work on a Mercedes (X407), with subsequent internal handwritten queries and responses.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 22\5\ Scan086 | |
| Date | 30th April 1912 | |
| R.R. 475 (50/H) (X 737. 18.3.12) E.P. 1493. ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED, NIGHTINGALE ROAD, DERBY. TELEGRAMS: "ROYCAR," DERBY. TELEPHONES: 813 (Two Lines). DEPARTMENTAL MEMO. [Column: This column is for Name of Person addressed.] Mr Hives. [Column: DATE.] 30.4.12 [Main Body:] EPS/T30412. RE MERCEDES. X407 I shall be glad to know when you will have finished with same as Sales Dept are continually pressing for this information. [Handwritten reply 1:] [Addressed to:] T [Date:] 7/5/12 This is in the D.O. hands. E.P. EH. [Handwritten reply 2:] [Addressed to:] Mr Hives [Date:] 1/5/12 What for please. EH. [Footer:] This sheet must be filed with the correspondence to which it refers. | ||