Swain & Company Pty. Ltd - papers, ca. 1895-1964

MLMSS 7291

series

ca. 1895, 1908, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1960-1961, 1963-1964

Textual Records, Ephemera

431509

13 items - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records
Ephemera

Includes financial statements, ephemera, and photocopied articles.
BUSINESS PAPERS
1. Work and character reference infavour of Mr Swain written by J. Black, Manager of Fuller's Lightning Printing Works Company, January 29, 1895
2. H.C. Swain & Company, balance sheet as at 31st December 1907, prepared 24th Jan. 1908
3. Swain & Company Pty. Limited. Minutes of meeting of directors held at the office of Swain and Company Ptd. Limited, 121 Pitt Street, Sydney, on Tuesday 27th February, 1951 ...
4. Memo. to all members of the Staff - disclosing success of merger with Angus & Robertson and what the agreement provides, by A.N. Swain, 15 July 1960
5. Purchase of Shares by A.N. Swain, account as at 9th July, 1961 [typed with handwritten annotations of figures]
6. Memorandum and Articles of Association of Arthur Swain Enterprises Pty. Limited. Companies Act 1961, prepared 1964
INVITATIONS AND EPHEMERA
7. Card, with typed address to "'The Chief' to mark the 50th. Anniversary of 'Swains' in appreciation and with all good wishes from the Staff 20th July 1945". Signatures of staff appear in the inside.
8. Programme for the Australian Booksellers Association N.S.W. Branch Book Trade Dinner commemorating the Silver Jubilee of the Association 1924-1949. Includes photograph of delegates to first booksellers association conference, Sydney, May 1924 with H.C. Swain in second row.
9. Invitation to all members of staff ... an informal 'get together' ... by A.N. Swain, Chairman and Managing Director, undated
10. Photocopy of card, addressed to "'The Chief' with congratulations and best wishes on this, your 87th. Birthday from your old friends at "123" and also to mark the 65th. anniversary of 'The Firm' 1895-1960", with signatures.
PHOTOCOPIED ARTICLES
11. "Everglades': One man's dream", Australian Women's Weekly, Nov. 15, 1961, p. 13
12. "The 'Everglases' Garden", Australian Women's Weekly, Dec. 11, 1963, pp. 27-28
13. "Everglades" picture story by B. Clifford, The Australian Scene, Sept. 1964, pp. 22-27.

Chronologically within subject area.