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Collection Level Description: Daybooks of John James Coles and J. Collins & Co., Two Coachmakers in Magdalen Street, Oxford

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 258-9
Title: Daybooks of John James Coles and J. Collins & Co., Two Coachmakers in Magdalen Street, Oxford
Dates of Creation: 1819-64
Extent: 2 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English


Administrative/Biographical History

John James Coles and J. Collins & Co. were both coachmakers in Magdalen Street, Oxford.

Scope and Content

Daybooks of two coachmakers in Magdalen Street, Oxford, consisting of:

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The daybooks were given to the Library by Mrs L.E. Pittman, through the Council for the Preservation of Business Archives, in 1938.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 43693-4.

Access Points

Carriages and carts | England | Oxford

J Collins & Co, coachbuilders

John James Coles, coachmaker

Enquiries
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