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Western Telegraph Company Records
Catalogue reference: WTC
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This record is about the Western Telegraph Company Records dating from 1883-1949.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WTC
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Title (The name of the record)
- Western Telegraph Company Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Western Telegraph Company, comprising letter books, 1883-1949; staff lists including European staff books, 1910-1930, and Rio staff list, 1899.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- LABA
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Western Telegraph Company
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 boxes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Deposited in July 1965.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- 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).
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/266c14ad-9d19-440e-b3c0-c15b56d012db/
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This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
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Western Telegraph Company Records