Records of Watkins and Penn, writers and clerks, Glasgow, Scotland

Reference
- GB 248 UGD 037/6/5-6
Dates of Creation
- 1858-1869
Name of Creator
- Watkins and Penn (writers and clerks: fl. 1858-1869: Glasgow, Scotland)
Physical Description
- 0.1 metres
  There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.

Scope and Content

Account book 1858-1862
Correspondence 1859-1869

Administrative / Biographical History

James Hutton Watkins,,Alex J Penn, were legal clerks who traded under the name of Watkins and Penn and undertook work for J A & J L Campbell & Lamond , solicitors, Edinburgh, Scotland, from offices at 77 West Nile Street, Glasgow, Scotland. The company changed its name around 1870 when Penn left, and J H Watkins began working with another Glasgow-based writer, T A Anderson. This company became known as Watkins and Anderson.

Arrangement

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by function and/or format. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Loan : Thomson, Dickson & Shaw and JA & JL Campbell & Lamond, CS, Edinburgh: 1962

Other Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom.

Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)) and London (NRA)

Alternative Form Available

No known copies

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Appraisal Information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

Custodial History

Deposited by Thomson, Dickson & Shaw, WS in 1962 with the Economic History Department, Glasgow University. Management of the collection was transferred to the Glasgow University Archives in 1975.