Company papers

Scope and Content

  • MS 1213;CP Archive of whaling and sealing company, 1905 to 1966, 152 boxes and 8 volumes

Administrative / Biographical History

The papers include correspondence with the head office in Buenos Aries, the Magistrates Office, South Georgia, their agents William Brandt's and Sons Co London, L Klaveness A/S Sandefjord and other whaling and sealing companies, statistics, ships logs, shipping documents, crew rolls, staff lists and general administrative papers

Arrangement

Detailed index available at the Institute

Related Material

The Institute holds several archival collections which contain material relating to whaling, sealing and South Georgia

Geographical Names