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Senate House Library, University of London

Azoff and Don Gas Company


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 857

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Azoff and Don Gas Company

Date(s): 1868

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Azov is a sea port and one of the oldest towns in the esturial region of the River Don, Russia. There is no confirmation that the Azoff and Don Gas Company ever came into being.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Agreement, dated 23 Oct 1868, between Albert Rumball, Thomas Rumball, Joseph Rivolta, John Septimo Rivolta and Vincent Wanostrocth to share the expenses of a journey to be made to St Petersburg by Albert Rumball, and the profits should licences be obtained to form the 'Azoff [Azov] and Don Gas Company'. Signatures of parties and witnesses.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

325 x 205 mm. Bifolium.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Cronin & Son, Solicitors, via the BRA, in 1972.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Jan 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Gas industry | Power industry | Industry

Personal names
Rivolta | John Septimo | fl 1868
Rivolta | Joseph | fl 1868
Rumball | Albert | fl 1868
Rumball | Thomas | fl 1868
Wanostrocth | Vincent | fl 1868

Corporate names

Places
Azov | Rostov | Russian Federation | Eastern Europe
Don, river | Russian Federation | Eastern Europe
Russia | Eastern Europe
St Petersburg | Russian Federation | Eastern Europe
Crimea x Krym