University College London

Bithell Letterbook

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 BITHELL

Held at: University College London

Title: Bithell Letterbook

Date(s): 1888

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Bithell | John Joseph | fl 1888 | engineer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Joseph Bithell was Chief Engineer for the Ferro Carril de Chumbicha a Tinogasta y Andalgala Catamarca, Argentina.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letterbook, May-October 1888, of John Joseph Bithell concerning South American railway construction.

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:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Cheshire Record Office in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Access to Archives (A2A): http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk

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: Jul 2002

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Engineers | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Railway construction | Construction industry | Industry
Engineering personnel
Transport engineering

Personal names
Bithell | John Joseph | fl 1888 | engineer

Corporate names
Ferro Carril de Chumbicha a Tinogasta y Andalgala Catamarca | Argentina

Places
Argentina | South America