Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 9

** The original item is too fragile to be produced. The description below applies to the entire original volume, which is now spread across two microfilms (AMS/MF/183 and AMS/MF/184). Please order both films to be sure of finding material listed below. **

Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, February 1902 - May 1902.

Topics covered in this letterbook include the day-to-day running of the business, with detailed correspondence with the Burroughs Wellcome productions site in Dartford and also the branches in Sydney and Cape Town. Iinternal correspondence covers such administrative details as terms of employment and recruitment.

There is also correspondence with Burroughs Wellcome's Travelling Salesmen, such letters include discussion on such topics as sales techniques, the opening of new markets, the threat from rival companies and BW&Co products over which complaints have arisen.

This letterbook also contains a good deal of correspondence relating to the creation of the Burroughs Wellcome & Co "Emergency Depot" (later branch) in Cape Town.

The letters to Henry Wellcome himself - written to him whilst he was on holiday - are detailed and offer a good summary of the range of issues covered in the rest of the volume.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

J A ATKINSON (Traveller) 247/53 (itinearary for tour of Middle East), 266, 444, 619
ALLEN & HANBURYS LTD 392
K B ACKLAND 812
H AYLWIN 872

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 6, 12, 18, 29, 31/2, 48/527, 7/8, 83, 90/2, 96/7, 107, 108/9, 118, 138/40, 177/82, 189, 191/5, 202/3, 209, 215, 217, 223, 231/2, 235, 243, 257/8, 263, 272, 281, 290, 293, 303/8, 316, 319, 322, 324/6, 334/5, 348/50, 358, 365/6, 374, 376/8, 385, 393, 401, 403, 405, 408, 411/12, 420/2, 431, 437/8, 440, 448, 459, 461/3, 473, 481/3, 486, 498, 501, 503, 511/13, 517, 535/6, 537, 542/4, 554, 578, 587, 590/3, 601, 603/5, 608, 611, 617/8, 621/2, 633/4, 636, 642, 644, 646/7, 653, 661/2, 664/6, 671/2, 674, 684, 693, 695/7, 699/702, 706, 711, 713, 715 (A. T. HILL), 734, 737, 758, 770, 772, 773, 782, 785/6, 798, 806, 830, 833/4, 839/40, 843, 846, 848, 855/6, 868, 872/3, 884, 892, 909, 917/9, 925/8, 930, 934/5, 937, 948/50, 953, 960, 964/5, 970/1, 976, 978, 981, 987, 991/5, 997, 999/1000
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 13, 27/8, 53/5, 129/33, 147, 204/8, 260, 265, 352, 361, 383/4, 476, 479,/80, 490/1, 548, 550, 552, 635, 698, 723, 726/8, 730/2, 736, 739, 783, 799, 814, 821/2, 842, 886/7, 903/4, 906/7, 911, 944/5, 952, 974/5, 979/80, 982/6, 988
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (South Africa) 733, 740 (Raven), 743/5, 771, 800, 920/21, 968
Dr Lawrence BUSS 76, 213, 401, 403
R H BRISTOW 77
Everard BRISTOWE (Ref. Bertie Charles Portch) 813
Major BEDFORD, Calcutta 151/2 (re 'Soloid' Water Analysis Case), 648
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 183, 265, 513, 854, 931, 936
R W BUSS 221
R C BELTON 377, 609
Mrs L BROWN 385, 710, 759
BIRMINGHAM HOUSEHOLD SUPPLY ASSOCIATION LTD 427
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 439 (re Blanchflower's reports), 459, 674
W J T BARKER 470
Edgar BUSUTTIL (Malta) 504
E C WATKIN-BEASLEY 621, 645
BOOTS LTD 673
Stanley BARTRUM (Re Bertie Charles Portch) 813
Fred BARLEY 813
BURGOYNE BURBIDGES & CO 843
J S V BICKFORD 883
W H BLAXLAND (See London County Council) 929
Clayton BEADLE, ESQ 959
A E BURGESS 963

C J CHRISTIE 26
E E CLARKE 64
F CURRY (Traveller) 274, 811, 855
CONWAY SPECIFIC CO 576
Thomas COOK & SON 769
CONSTABULARY, SOUTH AFRICAN 789/90/91
C Gordon COWEN 844
A CORNER 926

DEBENHAM, TEWSON, FARMER & BRIDGEWATER 30, 407, 615, 665
DIXON, ELKIN & DIXON 41/2, 57, 448, 472, 516, 557, 845
Lt Col M F H DOBSON (Medical Stores, Calcutta, India) 154 (sending samples of BW&Co products)
Dr D R DE SIMONE 191
Dr W DOWSON, Director, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories 233/4, 339, 481, 735, 841
J W DRYSDALE & CO 291, 487, 535
William DUNKERLEY (See ROSS & CO)
Charles DELACRE 337
Thomas B P DAVIS 447
DAVIDSON & SYME (Edinburgh) (re McNicol case) 680, 707, 724, 752, 867, 899, 916, 940/1, 990
W DAVIS (Devon) 810
H DRAKE (Ref. Bertie Charles Portch) 813
Mrs E C DAVIES 844
DIRECTOR OF WORKS (See KHARTOUM) 969

W P EVERTON 671
EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY ASSOCIATION LTD 959
EARLY CLOSING CORPORATION (See also STACEY) 1000

Max FISCHER 137, 580/4, 881
M FRANCIS 149
FIRE BRIGADE COMMITTEE 150
A CHUNE FLETCHER 243, 256, 645, 661, 806, 935, 956
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER (New York, USA) 379 (asking for samples of a rival product), 675, 967, 972
T R FRASER 575
FERRIS & CO 594, 631
FAHLBERG, LIST & CO 630
F G FILLIS 714
G & R FRITZ 901, 977
J A & H E FARMFIELD 966
W H FASSETT 992
L FINN 993

GUARANTEE SOCIETY 196
Miss GROVER 502, 593, 750
Carlo GIONGO (RAFFO DALMAZZO & CO, Milan) 787, 938/9
John GABBITAS (Ref. Bertie Charles Portch) 813
GENERAL POST OFFICE (Secretary) 820
G T GALE 962

A T HILL (Burroughs Wellcome & Co) 56, 107, 111/2, 213, 375, 510, 643, 715, 758, 960
HADDEN BEST & CO (See Albert LEIGHTON)
Maxwell HICKS 99, 110, 119/20, 144/5, 167, 190, 210, 214, 222, 244, 264, 273, 294/5, 308, 317/8, 333, 340, 353/6, 380/1, 386, 410, 429/30, 489, 499, 520, 534
Major HILL, Simla, India 159/61 (supplying BW&Co products)
J W HULL (Traveller) 374, 551
George HOUGHTON & SON 428, 832
A E HOLDEN 451, 477/8
A B HECTOR 474/5, 729, 755/7, 902, 943, 996
HICKS, DAVIS & HUNT 633, 681, 685, 786, 888/9, 927, 931, 989
W JOYNSON-HICKS 770, 772, 811

A S IVENS 382

Rev. Thomas JACKSON 219
M KRIS (BW&Co agent in Austria) 25, 514/5, 577, 642, 797A, 847, 882, 978
M KEMPNER (Kempner & Pinner) 74, 84, 106, 292/3, 775, 946
KEARLEY & TONGE LTD 900
KHARTOUM (Director Of Works) 969 (layout of the Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum)

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL 20, 929
LINKENHEIL & CO (agents to sell BW&Co products in Germany) 79, 94, 602, 722, 750/1, 753, 801/5, 817, 819, 880, 891, 957, 958, 973
Albert LEIGHTON (HADDEN BEST & CO) 98
T H B LONG (Traveller, India) 146, 153, 254/5, 267, 351, 445/6, 547, 607 (acting as a Travelling Salesman for BW&Co in South Africa), 908 (gives example of BW&Co cable sent in code)
J L LOVELAND 388
J LYONS & CO LTD 440
LONDON PAPER MILLS CO LTD 471
P S LANGDOWN (Reference) 789/91
Ernst LOEWE 890
LEWIS & TOWERS 905

J MACMILLAN 19
H MILLER 76
MARKBY, STEWART & CO 117, 643, 694, 712, 725, 738, 754, 928/9
J FLETCHER MOULTON 143, 442/3, 942
William McBRIDE (Traveller) 215, 511, 599, 601
F H MADGE 358
MELTINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 390
Henry MERKS & SON LTD 391
J MELLANBY 713
J AGNEW MOON 866
W G MILLAR 933
P MEREDITH 951
MEWBURN, ELLIS & PRYOR 955
Mrs G K MEYER 998

A J OUTWATER (Brooklyn) 359

P E F PERREDES (San Francisco) (Perredes was sent by WCRL to west coast of America to investigate plants with possible medicinal benefits) 14/16 (castigating Perredes for mentioning his work to a journalist), 107A/B, 296/7, 606, 831
G E PEARSON (Traveller) 58, 148 (visiting BW&Co depot in Cape Town), 262, 360, 709
PARIS MEDICINE CO 246
Alfred PARNACOTT 501
H PALMER 327
Bertie Charles PORTCH (Ref. letter) 812 (ALSO SEE p813 FOR LIST OF OTHER REFEREES)
PADDINGTON GREEN CHILDRENS HOSPITAL 947

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 17, 245, 256, 326/7, 553, 663, 710
W W RACE 85
E W RAVEN (Traveller, South Africa) 95, 134, 162/5 (on establishing an emergency depot in Cape Town, rather than a branch), 216, 259, 282/9 (strategy re opening of depot in Cape Town), 387, 402, 484/5, 500, 545/6, 549, 558/73 (detailed instructions for the acting manager, South African branch), 620, 654, 740/2, 784, 818, 829, 885, 910
RAFFO DALMAZZO & CO (BW&Co Agent in Italy) 184/8, 298, 404, 449, 521, 536/7, 578/9, 610, 870/1
ALLAN ROSS & CO 323, 437, 884
Dr J RAINER 425/6
Mabyn READ (Worcester) 632
Mrs RAVEN 734
RAINES CLARK & CO 788
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 833

SMITH STANNISTREET & CO 60/3
Dr SHAMSUDEN (India) 141/2, 158
C SEBASTIANI 362/4
SLY & RUSSELL 450
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA 520
H SEVESTRE (Paris) 595
SILLITOE (Liverpool) 656
SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY 789/90/91
J A STACEY (See also EARLY CLOSING CORPORATION) 1000

Joseph TURNER & CO (Queen's Ferry) 75, 93, 612, 653, 776, 848
W E TAYLOR (Traveller, Scotland) 109, 218, 357, 460, 706, 711, 869
Josef TICHATSCHEK 423/4
Joseph TETLEY & CO 589, 816

VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE 59, 135/6, 338, 600, 708, 774, 815, 954
H S WELLCOME 1/5 (staffing at BW&Co Sydney branch), 7/11, 13a/13b, 21/24, 33/40 (BW&Co pricing, strategy in South Africa), 43/7, 65/73, 80/2, 86/9, 100/5 (Wellcome contributing to staff costs at the Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum), 113/116 (research into Witch Hazel), 121/8, 155/7, 168/76 (BW&Co Circulars in India in Native Languages), 197/201 (on meeting with Fletcher Moulton. Moulton pleasantly surprised the BW&Co Laboratories had been registered by the Home Office), 211/2, 224/30, 236/42, 268/71, 275/80, 299/301, 309/15 (relationship with Linkenheil & Co), 328/32, 336, 341/7, 367/73 (on obtaining seats for Wellcome for the forthcoming coronation), 394/400, 413/419D (raising price of some 'Tabloid' products), 432/6, 452/8, 464/9, 492/7, 505/9, 522/33 (South African staff), 538/41, 555/6, 585/6, 596/98, 613/4, 623/9, 637/41, 649/52 (re C.J.S. Thompson searching for references to medical men being involved in coronation ceremonies), 657/60, 667/70, 676/9, 682/3, 686/7, 688/92, 696, 703/5, 716/21, 746/9, 760/8 (supplying 'Tabloid' Medicine Cases to to the Alpine Touring Club), 777/81, 792/7, 807/9, 823/8, 835/8, 849/53 (coronation advertisements), 857/65, 874/9, 893/8, 912/5, 922/4
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABS 17, 257, 302, 322, 588
H U WALKER 220, 334
WILHELM, FRANZ & CO (Vienna) 261
M Frederic WURTZ (Paris) 320
THE WORLD THE (New York) 321 (on the use of the word 'Tabloid' by the publication)
A J WAITE LTD 389
WHEATLEY, KIRK, PRICE & CO 406, 616, 655
John WYETH & BROTHER 409
Fred WHINNEY 441
Charles W WHITE 488
F WILLIAMS & CO 518
G M WEEKLEY, ESQ (Ref. Bertie Charles PORTCH) 813
William WOOD 961

February 1902 - May 1902

Part of 1 reel microfilm, covering part of 1 letterbook

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust