Archief - Pickford and Black fonds

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Pickford and Black fonds

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  • Variations in title: Also known as the Pickford and Black Shipping Registers
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  • Microfilmed 1978 (originally created 1880-1905) (Vervaardig)
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    Pickford & Black (firm)

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(1876-1975)

Institutionele geschiedenis

The firm of Pickford & Black, a Nova Scotia shipping firm, was established by partners Robert Pickford (1841-1914) and William Anderson Black (1847-1934) in 1876. Pickford & Black were ship chandlers and grocers of Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1877, the firm purchased Seeton's Wharf at 51 Water's Street. By 1887, they had expanded into the steamship line, purchasing the Cunard ships Alpha and Beta, and establishing a shipping service between Halifax, Cuba, and Bermuda (1889). Pickford and Kirke also operated steamers in the Atlantic provinces.

Pickford & Black acted as agents for several leading marine insurance underwriters, including Lloyd's of London, and for several European steamship lines. Robert Pickford retired in 1911 and the company became Pickford & Black Ltd.

Following the death of W.A. Black (1936), the company was involved in several mergers. In 1946, Pickford & Black Ltd. managed the Maritime Stevedoring Company, and the Pickford & Black Agency, a customs brokerage. In 1975 Pickford and Black Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of McLean Kennedy Limited, and in 2002, a branch of F. K. Warren.

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Fonds consists of microfilmed papers of three registers of incoming vessels at Halifax, 1880-1905. The records were kept by Pickford and Black, but include all incoming shipping, regardless of agent. The registers provide the date of arrival, the rig, vessel name, tonnage, port of registry, master, origins, number of days at sea, consignee, cargo, wharf, date of sailing and destination.

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Acquired from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, Halifax, in 1978.

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    Original Pickford and Black papers held at Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

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    There are no restrictions on access to the material.

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    Copyright is held by Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management.

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    The details in the administrative history are based on the fonds-level description of the NSARM web site.

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    Created - May 23, 2013

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