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- 1710-1910 (Creation)
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4 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The family firm was established in 1750 when a small optical workshop was opened in Spitalfields. The growing demand for high quaility optical apparatus necessitated several moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The business became a limited company in 1907 and amalgamated with the firm of Aitchison in 1927. The House of Dollond: two hundred years of optical service 1750-1950 by Henry Charles King was published in 1950.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/444 1710-1910 Collection 4 production units. Dollond , family , optical instrument makers
The family firm was established in 1750 when a small optical workshop was opened in Spitalfields. The growing demand for high quaility optical apparatus necessitated several moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The business became a limited company in 1907 and amalgamated with the firm of Aitchison in 1927. The House of Dollond: two hundred years of optical service 1750-1950 by Henry Charles King was published in 1950.
They were given to Guildhall Library in 1969 and catalogued by a member of staff in 1974. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
These records of the Dollond family, optical instrument makers, comprise family and estate papers and business records.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Opticians Wills Probate copies Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Equipment Scientific equipment Optical instruments People People by occupation Personnel Medical personnel Medical profession Family archives Dollond , family , optical instrument makers Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Europe Spitalfields Medical sciences
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
They were given to Guildhall Library in 1969 and catalogued by a member of staff in 1974. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
These records of the Dollond family, optical instrument makers, comprise family and estate papers and business records.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English