Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/071 - DUNABURG AND WITEPSK RAILWAY COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/071

Title

DUNABURG AND WITEPSK RAILWAY COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1880-1894 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 volumes.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The company was formed in 1863 to carry out a concession from the Russian government; first registered on the Stock Exchange on 2 June 1863; and its name changed in 1893 to the Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Company Limited. It went into voluntary liquidation on 21 May 1894 after acquisition by the Russian government - shareholders received cash or Russian government bonds.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/071 1880-1894 Collection 3 volumes. Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Co x Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Co Ltd

The company was formed in 1863 to carry out a concession from the Russian government; first registered on the Stock Exchange on 2 June 1863; and its name changed in 1893 to the Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Company Limited. It went into voluntary liquidation on 21 May 1894 after acquisition by the Russian government - shareholders received cash or Russian government bonds.

These letter books were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1982 together with archives of Antony Gibbs and Sons, but no connection with Gibbs has been established. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Letter books of the Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Company, later known as the Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Company Limited.

Volumes in chronological order.

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

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. Information sources Documents Finance Business records Financial policy Monetary policy International monetary systems Foreign investment Railway companies Railway transport Transport Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Co x Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Co Ltd Russia Eastern Europe Krym Crimea Transport companies Companies Enterprises

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These letter books were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1982 together with archives of Antony Gibbs and Sons, but no connection with Gibbs has been established. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Letter books of the Dunaburg and Witepsk Railway Company, later known as the Dvinsk and Vitebsk Railway Company Limited.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Volumes in chronological order.

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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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area