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Western Telegraph Company Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 WTC

Held at: University College London

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

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 AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

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).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Cable and Wireless in 1965.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999; updated July 2018


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Employees | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Private enterprises | Enterprises
Telex | Telecommunications equipment
Workers | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names

Corporate names
Cable and Wireless Ltd
Western Telegraph Company Ltd

Places
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | South America