Fondos F 139 - James Rowe & Company fonds

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Título apropiado

James Rowe & Company fonds

Tipo general de material

  • Textual record

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Título notas

  • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of the fonds.

Nivel de descripción

Fondos

Institución archivística

Código de referencia

CA ON00329 F 139

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Declaración de responsabilidad de edición

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Mención de la escala (cartográfica)

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Jurisdicción de emisión y denominación (filatélico)

Área de fechas de creación

Fecha(s)

  • 1848-1880 (Criação)
    Creador
    James Rowe & Company

Área de descripción física

Descripción física

13 cm of textual records

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Nombre del productor

([ca. 1849-1929])

Historia administrativa

James Rowe & Co. was founded in 1849 by James Rowe, John Welsh, and John Watson. The company operated warehouses at Port Whitby and specialized in the shipment of commodities—particularly wheat, flour, barley, peas, potash, oatmeal, and lumber—to Canadian and American ports via Lake Ontario. Goods were transported to the harbour at Whitby via the Midland Railway of Canada and other Great Lakes vessels. Additionally, James Rowe & Co. imported products to sell in the stores of Whitby and significant quantities of limestone for local construction projects.

James Rowe & Co. was the major shipping company at Port Whitby for many years. The organization was managed by John Watson in its early decades. Following the deaths of John Welsh and James Rowe in 1859 and 1869, Watson purchased the company’s warehouses and continued operations alongside his son, John Allingham Watson. John Watson died in 1879, after which point his son operated James Rowe & Co. until his own death in 1913.

By the beginning of the Second World War, the grain trade on Lake Ontario had effectively ended as a result of U.S. tariffs on Canadian grain. In 1929, the buildings of James Rowe & Co. were demolished by Randolph Macdonald Company to make way for a new shipyard at Port Whitby.

Historial de custodia

The fonds was acquired by the Archives of Ontario in 1967 from Upper Canada Village. In 2015, the fonds was repatriated by Archives at Whitby Public Library.

Alcance y contenido

The fonds consists of the operational records of James Rowe & Co., particularly records relating to the shipment and receipt of commodities in the company’s early decades.

The fonds is arranged in files. Documentary forms include correspondence related to business operations; receipts given by the company at the time goods were deposited; orders, which are often accompanied by receipts; delivery statements giving an inventory of goods transported by various Great Lakes vessels to James Rowe & Co.; and freight advice notes, which announce the delivery of goods at the Whitby Station by rail.

Área de notas

Condiciones físicas

The majority of records are in poor condition.

Origen del ingreso

Arreglo

Records were maintained in their received physical order by staff at Whitby Public Library. This received physical order was mirrored in the finding aid (see the file list).

Idioma del material

    Escritura del material

      Ubicación de los originales

      Disponibilidad de otros formatos

      Restricciones de acceso

      No restrictions on access.

      Condiciones de uso, reproducción, y publicación

      Instrumentos de descripción

      See attached file list.

      Materiales asociados

      Materiales relacionados

      Acumulaciones

      No further accruals are expected.

      Nota general

      Title based on content of fonds.

      Conservation

      Some records require flattening via steam to ensure long-term preservation.

      Identificador/es alternativo(os)

      Número estándar

      Número estándar

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      Puntos de acceso por materia

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      Fechas de creación, revisión o eliminación

      Finding aid created by Gillian Dunks in March 2018.

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