IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/141
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: KULLBERG, Victor (fl 1857)
Date(s): 1857-1947
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 96 production units.
Name of creator(s): Kullberg | Victor | fl 1857 | watch maker
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Victor Kullberg was a watch and chronometer maker, of 105 Liverpool Road, Islington (before 1869 known as 12 Cloudesly Terrace).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Business archives of Victor Kullberg, watch and chronometer maker, comprising: operational and financial records, 1857-1947 (Ms 14537-42, 14546-54), and correspondence 1871-1930 (Ms 14543-4).
ACCESS AND 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 only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card. Access by written permission only.
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:
Purchased by the Clockmakers' Company at an auction of the library of Professor David Torrens of Dublin. The Clockmakers' Company deposited them in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1973, together with the archives of other watch and clockmakers, as follows: Joseph Preston and Sons, watch, clock and chronometer makers, of Prescott, Lancashire; and E. Sills, watch and chronometer finisher, of 21 Foyle Road, Tottenham; and the lecture notes on watchmaking of Heinrich Otto. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.