Comprising:
Photographs and negatives including:
James Alfred Goudge, his house at Villa Devoto (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 19th century-1948.
Barfield family and Switzerland, 1896-1900
The Andes (some featuring Goudge children) and Argentina, c1906-c1927
Mar del Plata (Argentina), 1907
Miscellaneous publications relating to Goudge's business career in South America (some publications are in Spanish ), c1908-c1933.
James Alfred Goudge CBE (1863-1955) of Reigate was a businessman with interests in South America, some of his key appointments are as follows:
Anglo-South American Bank Ltd (vice-chairman)
Argentine Transandine Railway Co Ltd (chairman)
Arica & Tacna Railway Co Ltd (chairman & managing director)
Bolivar Railway Co Ltd (chairman)
Buenos Ayres & Pacific Railway Co Ltd (managing director)
Dorada Railway Co Ltd (chairman)
Dorada Railway (Ropeway Extension) Ltd (chairman)
La Guaira and Caracas Railway Co Ltd (chairman)
Puerto Cabello and Valencia Railway Co Ltd (chairman)
Salvador Railway Co Ltd (chairman).
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.
Gift from Surrey History Centre, Oct 2003.
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