Western Telegraph Company Records
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 WTC |
Held at | : University College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll › |
Full title | : Western Telegraph Company Records |
Date(s) | : 1883-1949 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 14 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Western Telegraph Company Ltd |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
This company operated services over most of Latin America, including Brazil. It absorbed a number of smaller companies. In 1929 the Western Telegraph Company and the Eastern Telegraph Company amalgamated to form Cable and Wireless Ltd.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Western Telegraph Company, comprising letter books, 1883-1949; staff lists including European staff books, 1910-1930, and Rio staff list, 1899.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
. Full catalogue available online. See also 'A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles', ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Cable and Wireless in 1965.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999; updated July 2018
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