Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 3563
Count of Collection group
Top 10: People and organisations
Count of Earliest date
Roger Warner Antique Dealer's Collection
Roger Warner Antique Dealers; Warner, Roger Harold Metford (1913-2008)
1926-1987
The collection includes the stock books in which Warner kept records of the purchase and sale prices of the antiques in which the business dealt. There are records of the financial transactions of th...
H. C. Baxter and Sons Collection
H. C. Baxter & Sons
1951-1978
The collection comprises sales ledgers and stock books from the business of H. C. Baxter and Sons, antiques dealers.
H. M. Lee & Sons and R. A. Lee Collection
H. M. Lee and Sons; R. A. Lee
1927-1995
The collection comprises the business archive of H. M. Lee, H. M. Lee & Sons and R. A. Lee. It includes comprehensive stock records for the business on index cards and in stock books. The collection...
Stair and Company Collection
Stair and Company (1911-2004)
1940-1977
Stair and Company were English Furniture dealers. The collection comprises the contents of three albums of magazine and press cuttings and advertisements for the company. These were probably compile...
Cornelius Medvei Collection of antique dealers' invoices and letters
Medvei, Dr Victor Cornelius (1905-2000)
1952-1985
The collection includes invoices for antiques bought by Cornelius Medvei a collector of antique silver. It also contains correspondence with F. A. Mitchell-Hedges.
Kent Gallery Ltd. photograph albums
Kent Gallery Limited
1920-1932
The collection comprises two photograph albums which contain photographs of the stock of the antique furniture dealers' Kent Gallery Ltd. The albums were used as inventories of stock and possibly to ...
Stock books and commentaries
1936-1987
This sub-collection contains the stock books kept by Roger Warner recording the stock he bought, the price paid and its provenance. Also includes commentaries written by Warner about the stock books.
Stock records for H. M. Lee & Sons and R. A. Lee
1928-1995
The sub-collection comprises stock cards, a stock book listing items brought by the businesses and a binder containing cuttings, stock cards and invoices.
Financial records
1936-1985
This sub-collection includes the cash books and day books for the business. The latter record purchases from the business. There are annual accounts, bank statements and cheque book stubs. Warner's d...
Administrative records
1932-1985
This sub-collection includes stock books, notebooks recording Warner's buying trips, auction catalogues and correspondence.
Architectural and refurbishment projects
1926-1977
The sub-collection includes papers for various projects undertaken by Phillips. These encompass architectural projects such as the building and furnishing of Bailiffscourt and the restoration of the ...