Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1848-1890 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
40 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The material was collected by the firm of Thomas, James and Thomas Powell, leather and hide factors, of 36 Lime Street and London Bridge.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/213 1848-1890 Collection 40 production units. Thomas, James and Thomas Powell , leather and hide factors
The material was collected by the firm of Thomas, James and Thomas Powell, leather and hide factors, of 36 Lime Street and London Bridge.
The records were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1962 by the Museum of Leathercraft and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records collected by James Thomas and Thomas Powell, leather and hide factors, comprising leather brokers' trade circulars, tables of prices and sales reports.
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. Manufacturing industry Leather industry Information sources Documents Business records Agricultural products Animal products Leather Industry Thomas , James and Thomas Powell , leather and hide factors City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1962 by the Museum of Leathercraft and catalogued shortly afterwards 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 collected by James Thomas and Thomas Powell, leather and hide factors, comprising leather brokers' trade circulars, tables of prices and sales reports.
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
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Description control 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.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English