BUTTERWORTH AND COMPANY (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/034-07
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BUTTERWORTH AND COMPANY (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY)
Date(s)	: 1934-1973
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 6 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Butterworth and Co (South Africa) (Pty) | publisher

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Butterworth and Company (Africa) was formed in 1934 as a limited liability company to trade in Africa. The company published many books, both in English and Afrikaans which covered not only South African law but also subjects as diverse as biology and religion. In 1963 the company's East African business was transferred to London and the name changed to Butterworth and Company (South Africa). In 1970 the South African business was transferred to a company registered in South Africa, Butterworth and Company (South Africa) (Pty).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Butterworth and Company (South Africa) (Pty) comprising financial accounts (ledgers, journal, cash book).

Access & 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:

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section in 1991-2 and 2003. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

CLC/B/034-01: Butterworth and Co. (Publishers);
CLC/B/034-03: Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
CLC/B/034-04: Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
CLC/B/034-05 Butterworth and Co. (India);
CLC/B/034-06: Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
CLC/B/034-07: Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
CLC/B/034-08: Butterworth's Scientific Publications;
CLC/B/034-09: Butterworth's Technical Books;
CLC/B/034-10: Charles Bond Ltd;
CLC/B/034-11: Chemindex Ltd;
CLC/B/034-12: William Clowes and Sons;
CLC/B/034-13: Coke Press;
CLC/B/034-14: R.J.Acford Ltd;
CLC/B/034-15: Research & Development Ltd;
CLC/B/034-16: Shaw and Sons Ltd;
CLC/B/034-17: Butterworth, Inc;
CLC/B/034-18 Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

Publication note:

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:
November 2010 to January 2011.