F.T. Wimble & Co. Limited records and printed ephemera, ca. 1926-1990

MLMSS 8705/Boxes 1-3
MLMSS 8705/Item 4X

fonds

ca. 1926-1990

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Prints

153027

1.5 metres of textual material - (3 boxes and 1 outsize item):

F.T.W. & Co. Limited (formerly F.T. Wimble & Co. Limited) was registered in New South Wales in 1920, and the maker of the first printing ink in Australia and major importers of printing machinery. In addition to printing ink manufacture, type founding and electrotyping, Wimble's were the Australian representatives of many overseas manufacturers of printing machinery and accessories. The company was taken over by Fimiston Investments Pty Ltd in the mid 1970s.

References:
About NSW, http://about.nsw.gov.au, (accessed 7 September 2012)
Guide to Australian Business Records, http://www.gabr.net.au, (accessed 7 September 2012)

BOX 1
EPHEMERA
Printed ephemera and printing samples produced by F.T. Wimble & Co., ca. 1930-1965, mainly Australia Metropolitan Life Assurance Co. Ltd

BOX 2
BUSINESS RECORDS
Balance sheets and annual reports of F.T. Wimble & Co, 1946-1979

PRINTED MATERIAL
Printing trade catalogues and booklets, some produced by F.T. Wimble and Co, ca. 1930-1990

Printed serial, ‘Wimbles Reminder’, May 1957, No., 157

BOX 3
Printers type specimen and ink guides and booklets, ca. 1927-1957

Printed reference books and serials: Stereotyping and Electrotyping (1927), The Study of Lithography as a Science (1934), Letterpress Printing Productivity Team Report (1951),The Bowater Papers, No. 4 (1958)

BOX 4X
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
Fred Wimble portrait gelatin silver, 1926

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2012-2013