IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/064
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DANIEL DESBOIS AND SONS
Date(s): 1853-1958
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 26 production units.
Name of creator(s): Daniel Desbois and Sons | watch and clockmakers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Desbois and Wheeler, watch and clockmakers, was based at 9 Gray's Inn Passage between 1820-1835. In 1836 the business was renamed Daniel Desbois and Sons and remained at the same premises until 1879 when it moved to 79 High Holborn. From 1902-58 the firm's address was 10 Brownlow Street, High Holborn and from 1959 to 1980 51 Carey Street. The business then appears to have moved to Hampstead.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Daniel Desbois and Sons, watch and clockmakers, comprising a series of ledgers and a series of day books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1971 and 1988 by the firm on behalf of the Clockmakers' Company. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.