BALFOUR WILLIAMSON & COMPANY RECORDS
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0103 BW |
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 | : BALFOUR WILLIAMSON & COMPANY RECORDS |
Date(s) | : c1840-1975 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 29 boxes, 18 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Chilean merchants Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd were founded in 1851, with an interest in most Chilean imports and exports including nitrates, and some business with Peru.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd, c1840-1975, including legal and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, some private papers, histories and related papers, and also papers relating to associated companies: Lobitos Oilfields/Peruvian Petroleum Syndicate, the Pacific Loan & Investment Company Ltd, Milne & Company, Tracey Brothers Ltd, the Cia Estanifera De Ocuri, and Balfour Williamson Securities Ltd.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Certain restrictions apply. This collection is uncatalogued but a list of boxes is available. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Finding aids:
Handlist. 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 Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd in 1977-1979; some items deposited by W A Henderson.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
1999
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