Identity area
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- 1907-1957 (Creation)
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19 production units.
Context area
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Biographical history
This company acted as shipping agents and managers of Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (see CLC/B/123-07). Both companies were part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-39 1907-1957 Collection 19 production units. Macdonald, Hamilton and Co , shipping agents
This company acted as shipping agents and managers of Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (see CLC/B/123-07). Both companies were part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
Ms 27784-7 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 together with archives of other companies in the Inchcape Group. They were catalogued in 1988-9. Ms 38570-7 were donated to Guildhall Library by P&O Australia in 2005, and were catalogued in 2007. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Macdonald, Hamilton and Company records comprise: partnership deeds, declarations of trust, power of attorney, and correspondence 1907-55 (Ms 27784-6, 38570-6); plans of offices 1919-20 (Ms 27787), and histories 1934-5 (Ms 38577).
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 depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
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.
January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Business records Transport Vehicles Vessels Mail steamers Enterprises Companies Transport companies Shipping companies Shipping Maritime transport Steamships Ships Water transport Freight services Distribution services Macdonald , Hamilton and Co , shipping agents Australia Oceania
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Ms 27784-7 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 together with archives of other companies in the Inchcape Group. They were catalogued in 1988-9. Ms 38570-7 were donated to Guildhall Library by P&O Australia in 2005, and were catalogued in 2007. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Macdonald, Hamilton and Company records comprise: partnership deeds, declarations of trust, power of attorney, and correspondence 1907-55 (Ms 27784-6, 38570-6); plans of offices 1919-20 (Ms 27787), and histories 1934-5 (Ms 38577).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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 depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
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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Language(s)
- English