As no evidence of original filing structure is present, the collection has been arranged by function, with original series preserved where they can be detected. Sub-collections have been created to reflect the status of subsidiary companies as separate legal entities, except where this would mean breaking up a continuous series.

C DBSP/1 Priestman Brothers Limited 1870-1981

C DBSP/1/1 Corporate Records 1900-1980

C DBSP/1/2 Share Records 1901-1981

C DBSP/1/3 Financial Records 1870-1972

C DBSP/1/4 Legal Records 1881-1981

C DBSP/1/5 Operations 1879-1965

C DBSP/1/6 Marketing and Public Relations 1887-1960s

C DBSP/1/7 Personnel 1893-1978

C DBSP/1/8 Property and Premises 1870-1971

C DBSP/1/9 Photographs 1928-1970s

C DBSP/1/10 Publications 1881-c.1946

C DBSP/1/11 AB Industridiesel 1950-1968

C DBSP/2 Taperex Bearings Limited 1962-1973

C DBSP/3 Priestman Canada Limited 1959-1963