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- c1840-1975 (Creation)
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29 boxes, 18 volumes
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The Chilean merchants Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd were founded in 1851, with an interest in most Chilean imports and exports including nitrates, and some business with Peru.
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GB 0103 BW c1840-1975 Collection (fonds) 29 boxes, 18 volumes Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd
The Chilean merchants Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd were founded in 1851, with an interest in most Chilean imports and exports including nitrates, and some business with Peru.
Deposited by Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd in 1977-1979; some items deposited by W A Henderson.
Records of Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd, c1840-1975, including legal and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, some private papers, histories and related papers, and also papers relating to associated companies: Lobitos Oilfields/Peruvian Petroleum Syndicate, the Pacific Loan & Investment Company Ltd, Milne & Company, Tracey Brothers Ltd, the Cia Estanifera De Ocuri, and Balfour Williamson Securities Ltd.
Certain restrictions apply. This collection is uncatalogued but a list of boxes is available. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
English
Handlist. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
1999 Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd Balfour Williamson Securities Ltd Chemical compounds Chemical industry Chile Cia Estanifera De Ocuri Enterprises Exports/imports Finance Financial administration Industry Inorganic compounds International trade Lobitos Oilfields Manufacturing industry Milne & Company Nitrates Pacific Loan & Investment Company Ltd Peru Peruvian Petroleum Syndicate Photographs Private enterprises South America Tracey Brothers Ltd Trade Trade (practice) Visual materialsImmediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd in 1977-1979; some items deposited by W A Henderson.
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Records of Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd, c1840-1975, including legal and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, some private papers, histories and related papers, and also papers relating to associated companies: Lobitos Oilfields/Peruvian Petroleum Syndicate, the Pacific Loan & Investment Company Ltd, Milne & Company, Tracey Brothers Ltd, the Cia Estanifera De Ocuri, and Balfour Williamson Securities Ltd.
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Certain restrictions apply. This collection is uncatalogued but a list of boxes is available. Please contact the Archives for further information.
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Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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- English
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- Latin
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Handlist. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
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- English