Fonds
Frederick Huth & Company Archives
Catalogue reference: HUTH
What’s it about?
This record is about the Frederick Huth & Company Archives dating from 1812-1955.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HUTH
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Frederick Huth & Company Archives
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1812-1955
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Frederick Huth & Company Archives, 1812-1955, comprising out-letters and account books, 1812-1904; in-letters, 1814-1850; and Russia files, 1914-1955. The out-letters and accounts are from England, Germany and Spain. The in-letters are from various countries including America, France, Germany, Holland, India, Ireland, Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland and Spain.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Frederick Huth
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 boxes, 275 volumes
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
The collection is currently closed for conservation. Please contact UCL Special Collection team for futher information.
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Deposited during the 1960s and 1970s.
-
Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- 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).
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
Frederick Huth first established his own business in Corunna, Spain, in 1805. He came to London in 1809 and set up business as a merchant. In 1814 he took John Frederick Grüning into partnership and the resulting firm, Huth & Company, was formed. Throughout the 19th century the firm is described in London directories as 'merchants'; only from 1904 is the description 'bankers' added, although it is clear that the business always included banking. From 1912 the firm had a fur warehouse; it also had a tea warehouse from 1921. In 1936 the company was dissolved: the banking business was acquired by British Overseas Bank Ltd, and the fur business by C M Lampson & Co Ltd.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/632ab5db-91b2-4af5-9c4c-299a8faa18a9/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at London University: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
You are currently looking at the fonds: HUTH
Frederick Huth & Company Archives