IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-032
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BOULNOIS, DREW AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1890-1925
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Boulnois, Drew and Co | tea dealers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The company was established by Stratten Boulnois in 1891 as a firm of tea brokers. It changed its name in 1897 to Drew, Kerr and Company; in 1903 to T.A. Kerr and Company; and in 1915 to T.A. Kerr and Son. The company's addresses were 3 Love Lane until 1897, 20 Eastcheap 1897 to 1916, and 23 Rood Lane from 1917.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Boulnois, Drew and Company, tea dealers, comprising a ledger and balance sheets.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological order.
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:
Given to Guildhall Library in 1981. 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.