WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/034-12
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS
Date(s)	: 1872-1908
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 11 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: William Clowes and Sons | law publishers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The company traded as booksellers from 27 Fleet Street and in 1882 also set up as law publishers. It moved to 7 Fleet Street in 1901 (which Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited had just vacated) until 1907 when the building was demolished. In 1907 all of the law publishing business was sold to Butterworths.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of William Clowes and Sons, law publishers, including correspondence and agreements with authors.

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 1991-92 and 2003. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

University of Reading Library holds 19th-20th century ledgers of William Clowes and Son.

CLC/B/034-01: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers);
CLC/B/034-02: Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
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/034-13: Coke Press;
CLC/B/034-14: R.J. Acford Ltd.
CLC/B/034-15: Research and 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.