Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193 - W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY

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Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193

Title

W. W. POWNALL AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1895-1898 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

One production unit.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

WW Pownall and Company took over as proprietors of The Australian Wine Company in 1887-8, at which time the company was at 4 Mill Street, Hanover Square. It moved to 57 St Mary Axe in 1897.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/227-193 1895-1898 Collection One production unit. W.W. Pownall and Company , wine merchants

WW Pownall and Company took over as proprietors of The Australian Wine Company in 1887-8, at which time the company was at 4 Mill Street, Hanover Square. It moved to 57 St Mary Axe in 1897.

This volume was transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1994 having originally been deposited in the Printed Books Section of the Library in 1971 by the Institute of Masters of Wine as part of their collection of printed books. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Letter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.

One item.

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.

January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Wine merchants W.W. Pownall and Company , wine merchants Australia Oceania City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

This volume was transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1994 having originally been deposited in the Printed Books Section of the Library in 1971 by the Institute of Masters of Wine as part of their collection of printed books. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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Scope and content

Letter book of BW Bagenal, agent in Australia of WW Pownall and Company, wine merchants, containing copies of his correspondence with Australian wine producers sent out from his offices in Melbourne. It ends in February 1898, when he was recalled to London.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

One item.

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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

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Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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