Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/066 - DAVISON, NEWMAN AND CO

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/066

Title

DAVISON, NEWMAN AND CO

Date(s)

  • 1753-1897 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

48 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The firm of Davison, Newman and Company, grocers and importers of West-Indian produce, was founded in 1650. It was sitauted "at the sign of the three sugar loaves and crown", 14 Creechurch Lane, Leadenhall Street, London EC3. It was bought up by the West-Indian Produce Association Limited, on 1 January 1911. The registered trade name of the present firm retains the name of the original business.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/066 1753-1897 Collection 48 production units. Davison, Newman and Co , grocers and importers of West-Indian produce

The firm of Davison, Newman and Company, grocers and importers of West-Indian produce, was founded in 1650. It was sitauted "at the sign of the three sugar loaves and crown", 14 Creechurch Lane, Leadenhall Street, London EC3. It was bought up by the West-Indian Produce Association Limited, on 1 January 1911. The registered trade name of the present firm retains the name of the original business.

The records were deposited by the Company and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1954. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Papers of Davison, Newman and Company, grocers and importers of West-Indian produce, comprising mostly accounts, correspondence, legal papers and papers relating to land in Jamaica.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

A history of the Company by Owen Rutter, A brief history of the firm of Messrs Davison, Newman and Company: now incorporated with the West Indian Produce Association Limited, 1938, is available in the Printed Books Section of the Guildhall Library.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2010 to January 2011. Davison , Newman and Co , grocers and importers of West-Indian produce Overseas trade Information sources Business records Documents People by roles Importers Trade (practice) Grocery trade People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Grocers City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Jamaica Caribbean

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were deposited by the Company and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1954. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Davison, Newman and Company, grocers and importers of West-Indian produce, comprising mostly accounts, correspondence, legal papers and papers relating to land in Jamaica.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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