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EAP563/1
- Record Id:
- 032-002902754
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002902754
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025065356.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP563/1
- Title:
- Colección Hume Hermanos [1884-1985]
- Scope & Content:
- The material includes around 10,000 pages of textual documents, more than 1500 glass plate stereographs and 3 black and white photograph albums. The photos show the works of the construction of bridges, factories, railroads, warehouses, garages, docks and other engineering works, as well as family scenes. Most of the images were taken in Argentina countryside and other locations in South America and Europe, during the first decades of the XXth Century, until the disappearance of the company. The textual complements the images and includes handmade sketches, budgets and description of the materials and techniques used in those days. There are also three business letter copying books. The textual and the photographs are dated mostly between 1910's and 1940's. One of the letter copying books is from 1884. Though the main part of the collection seems to be original from the decades of the 1920's and 1930's, some documents have been added after the disappearance of the company and this was probably done by Roland Hume.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- The Hume Family collection, Argentina
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002902754
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP563/1/1 : Legal Documents and Correspondence [1949-1977]
EAP563/1/2 : Professional Documents [1944-1981]
EAP563/1/3 : Technical documents and projects [1916-1981]
EAP563/1/4 : Commercial letter copying books [1884-1965]
EAP563/1/5 : Photographs [c 1893-c 1940]
EAP563/1/6 : Memories of the company and the family [1976-1985]
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- 032-002902754
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 10287 TIFF 341 GB (349.184 MB)
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP563-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Spanish - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1884
- End Date:
- 1985
- Date Range:
- 1884-1985
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Custodial History:
- The digital images in this collection were created as part of the EAP563 Preserving the Hume family collection in Argentina and making it accessible on the web. Since the winding up of the company in 1968, the business documentation was spread among members of the family. Albert Hume kept the glass plates. After his death they were guarded by his niece Roland C. and then by his daughter, Mariana. Documentation was divided between the Railroad Museum and the British Engineering Association of the River Plate, both in Buenos Aires. Those papers at the Museum were donated there by other family members.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Mrs Silvana Lucia Piga Feb 2015 [EAP563/1]
- Arrangement:
- The collection is part of what was the original archive of the company. It seems that Roland C. Hume, the youngest member of the company, made some changes in the original organization, adding and clippings notes, etc. The stereographic glass plates were originally in cardboard boxes which titles not necessarily match the content. Besides the photographs 5 other series could be recognized according to big groups of documents by topic: legal, professional, technical, commercial correspondence and memories. Their arrangement is chronological except within the technical documents. These series are organized in folders that have an original order given by the creator. The description follows ISAD G.
- Administrative Context:
- EAP563 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme it created digital copies of the Hum family collection which are currently held by the Special Collections and Archives at Universidad de San Andrés
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are held at Universidad de San Andrés
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is held by the Special Collections and Archives at Universidad de San Andrés
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)