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LevelFonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS49
TitleRecords of John and Daniel Smallwood
Extent3 vols
Date1884-1899
DescriptionWages books of John and Daniel Smallwood of Birmingham, manufacturers of metal and wooden rules, squares and levels
Access ConditionsAccess to all registered researchers
CopyrightPermission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
LanguageEnglish
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue, or view the catalogue as a PDF file by clicking in the document field below. A paper copy is also available in the Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections Department.
DocumentMS49.pdf
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryThe firm of John and Daniel Smallwood, rulemakers of Leopold Street, Birmingham was established in 1810. It remained in the same family and only became a limited company in 1952. It was one of the most prominent manufacturers of rulemakers in the nineteenth century and was one of only very few still in existence in the 1960s. No other records of this firm are known to survive.
Custodial HistoryThese records were acquired from the firm by Mrs Barbara Smith, Faculty Research Fellow in the Faculty of Commerce and Social Science in 1965 and she presented them to the Special Collections Department. Their former location in Special Collections was Business Records 14/i
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