Compton and Kirkwood
Dates
- 1891?-1906?
Access and use
Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.
Biographical / Historical
These archives were collected in 1973 by Les Cleveland, from the attic of a cottage at 62a Boulcott Street. Andrew Compton, afterwards Compton & Kirkwood, was a timber merchant and sash and door manufacturer in Boulcott Street, Wellington.
The records were found in a property formerly used by the firm and were considered to have research interest for architectural history, and as specimens of printing. They consist chiefly of trade literature, and have suffered some mould damage in the past. There is also a fragile and damaged copy of 'Rudiments of Curvilinear Design', by George Phillips.
A brief typed letter from Les Cleveland relating to the discovery and background of the archives is available in the paper finding aid. See also the entry for Compton Family.
Extent
10 linear_centimeters
Language of Materials
English
- Collected archives Subject Source: Local sources
- NRAM: The Community Archive entry Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- J C Beaglehole Room - archives and manuscripts
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Aisha Le Frantz
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written inEnglish
- Edition statement
- XML EAD edition
Repository Details
Part of the J C Beaglehole Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library Repository
