Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1774-1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter books, ledgers, correspondence, financial records.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
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.