Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1862-1946 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
33 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Howden Limited, pharmacist, traded at 78 Gracechurch Street until 1898, then at 28 Gracechurch Street (1898-1918), and 11 Fenchurch Street (1918-67), and from 1967 as Robert Howden (Southend) Limited at 17-19 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/190 1862-1946 Collection 33 production units. Robert Howden Ltd , pharmacist
Robert Howden Limited, pharmacist, traded at 78 Gracechurch Street until 1898, then at 28 Gracechurch Street (1898-1918), and 11 Fenchurch Street (1918-67), and from 1967 as Robert Howden (Southend) Limited at 17-19 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
The company's surviving archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1988 and 1992 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Robert Howden Limited, pharmacist, comprising prescription books and a ledger.
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 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.
January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Business records Medical profession Medical personnel Pharmacists People People by occupation Personnel Drug prescriptions Pharmacology Pharmacy Robert Howden Ltd , pharmacist City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Medical sciences
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The company's surviving archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1988 and 1992 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Robert Howden Limited, pharmacist, comprising prescription books and a ledger.
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 City of London.
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
Allied materials area
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English