See also: ...The Birmingham Small Arms Co. History ... - ....BSA Catalogues through the years

The documentation was originally in the form of two volumes, being a report of company activites and correspondence compiled for the use of the company's directors. Chronologically recorded are details of company development, machinery, staffing, finance, arms and cycle production, sales contracts around the World, and the detail of the involvement of various well known companies and persons of the times.