Collection GB 0074 CLC/499 - SALAMAN FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/499

Title

SALAMAN FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1657-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

99 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

In 1864 Isaac Salaman, ostrich feather manufacturer of 69 Lamb's Conduit Street, withdrew from his partnership with two of his sons Myer and Nathan Salaman. They continued the business at 45 (later 44-47) Monkwell Street and (from 1893) Falcon Square under the name of Isaac Salaman and Company.

The company also operated as ostrich feather manufacturers, sellers and importers in Cape Town, Paris and New York. In 1895 Myer Salaman sold the business to a new company, Isaac Salaman and Company Ltd, which was registered on 31 May 1895. This company existed until 1943.

Archival history

It is not known whether any records have survived of the business transactions of Isaac Salaman and Company.

GB 0074 CLC/499 1657-1963 Collection 99 production units. Salaman , Myer , d 1896 , ostrich feather manufacturer
Salaman , Nathan , d 1905 , ostrich feather manufacturer

In 1864 Isaac Salaman, ostrich feather manufacturer of 69 Lamb's Conduit Street, withdrew from his partnership with two of his sons Myer and Nathan Salaman. They continued the business at 45 (later 44-47) Monkwell Street and (from 1893) Falcon Square under the name of Isaac Salaman and Company.

The company also operated as ostrich feather manufacturers, sellers and importers in Cape Town, Paris and New York. In 1895 Myer Salaman sold the business to a new company, Isaac Salaman and Company Ltd, which was registered on 31 May 1895. This company existed until 1943.

It is not known whether any records have survived of the business transactions of Isaac Salaman and Company.

The papers were deposited by trustees of Myer and Nathan Salaman (or their lawyers) in 1973 and 1978, apart from Mss 20508-9 which came from a donor unconnected with the Salaman family. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates from 1973. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The Salaman family papers are a collection of deeds, documents and accounts arising from settlements and trusts under the wills of Myer Salaman (died 1 April 1896) and Nathan Salaman (died 18 April 1905). The properties mentioned in the deeds are in the City of London, Islington, Hammersmith and Westminster. Also includes ostrich feather auction sales catalogues.

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

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. Salaman , Nathan , d 1905 , ostrich feather manufacturer Salaman , Myer , d 1896 , ostrich feather manufacturer Property law Law Legal systems Civil law Property ownership Deeds Wills Title deeds Agricultural products Animal products Feathers Human rights Civil and political rights Right to property Financial records People People by roles Property Property owners Property transfer Bequests Family archives Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Hammersmith London England UK Western Europe Europe Hammersmith and Fulham Westminster Islington (district) Islington City of Westminster City of London

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The papers were deposited by trustees of Myer and Nathan Salaman (or their lawyers) in 1973 and 1978, apart from Mss 20508-9 which came from a donor unconnected with the Salaman family. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates from 1973. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The Salaman family papers are a collection of deeds, documents and accounts arising from settlements and trusts under the wills of Myer Salaman (died 1 April 1896) and Nathan Salaman (died 18 April 1905). The properties mentioned in the deeds are in the City of London, Islington, Hammersmith and Westminster. Also includes ostrich feather auction sales catalogues.

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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Existence and location of copies

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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

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