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THOMAS, James and POWELL, Thomas


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/213

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: THOMAS, James and POWELL, Thomas

Date(s): 1848-1890

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 40 production units.

Name of creator(s): Thomas, James and Thomas Powell | leather and hide factors

CONTEXT

Administrative/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.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records collected by James Thomas and Thomas Powell, leather and hide factors, comprising leather brokers' trade circulars, tables of prices and sales reports.

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:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Leather | Animal products | Agricultural products
Leather industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry

Personal names

Corporate names
Thomas | James and Thomas Powell | leather and hide factors

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe