Área de identidad
Código de referencia
D31
Título
Papers of Hay & Co., Lerwick, Shetland.
Fecha(s)
- 1774-1971 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Fondo
Volumen y soporte
Área de contexto
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Letter books, ledgers, correspondence, financial records.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Condiciones
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descripción
instrumento de descripción generado
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Notas
The company went through various changes of name and ownership. The original merchant was James Hay, then James Hay & Son (with his son William). Next came a merger with Charles Ogilvy as Hay & Ogilvy. After the partnership resulted in bankruptcy the new business of Hay & Co. was founded in 1844 by William Hay and two of his sons. The company ran shops in various locations throughout Shetland, supplying household goods, and were also the islands' largest supplier of coal and timber. The company were fischurers and fishing vessel builders and owners, and by the last half of the 19th century their boats fished as far away as the Davis Straits.