GB 0074 CLC/B/207-16 - WALLACE BROTHERS AND COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED: WALLACE AND COMPANY BOMBAY

1.5 linear metres

GB 0074 CLC/B/207-16 1864-1976 sub fonds 1.5 linear metres Sumatra Petroleum Company
x Wallace and Company Bombay

Sumatra Petroleum Company was formed under the auspices of the Sumatra branch of Wallace and Company to work the oil resources of the Dutch East Indies. The venture failed and the Company was closed in 1905.

These archives were deposited as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Wallace and Company Bombay including records relating to Bombay and Rangoon branches. Includes letter books, power of attorney and correspondence relating to accounts, shares, staff and petroleum (CLC/B/207/MS40875 - MS40926). Also includes papers relating to the formation of the Sumatra Petroleum Company.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

48 hours notice required for access.

PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.

Copyright is held by 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.

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These archives were deposited as part of the archives of Wallace Brothers; deposited in Guildhall Library in 1974-6. The deposits were converted to a gift in 1988. Between 1988 and 1991 additional gifts of material were made to the Library. All were previously stored at the London office of Wallace Brothers, and all but a few of the papers were either created there or received there in the course of business. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Wallace and Company Bombay including records relating to Bombay and Rangoon branches. Includes letter books, power of attorney and correspondence relating to accounts, shares, staff and petroleum (CLC/B/207/MS40875 - MS40926). Also includes papers relating to the formation of the Sumatra Petroleum Company.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

48 hours notice required for access.

PLEASE NOTE: Permission to access records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.

Copyright is held by the Depositor

• anglais

• latin

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.

• anglais