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Arthur Gillott Pty Ltd, St Ives Bus Services Pty Ltd, Pymble St Ives Hire Cars Pty Ltd, and Highway Haulage Pty Ltd from the Arthur Gillott Archive
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2006/61/1Object Statement
Archive, transport, Arthur H Gillott Pty Ltd including St Ives Bus Services Pty Ltd, Pymble St Ives Hire Cars Pty Ltd and Highway Haulage Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1935-1998Physical Description
Archive, transport, Arthur H Gillott Pty Ltd including St Ives Bus Services Pty Ltd, Pymble St Ives Hire Cars Pty Ltd and Highway Haulage Pty Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1935-1998The archival collection relating to the transport services of Arthur H. Gillott Pty Ltd includes the St Ives Bus Services Pty Ltd, Pymble St Ives Hire Cars Pty Ltd and Highway Haulage Pty Ltd. These were all created in Sydney between 1935 and 1998.
The archive comprises office books, certificates, correspondence, bus timetables, journal and newspaper articles relating to the company, certificates, business letterheads, fridge magnets, flyers, letters from customers, catalogues, typed memoirs, bus, car and motorcycle licenses, and a large collection of photographs.
Some of the material relates directly to the founder, Arthur H. Gillott, including his end-of-school examination in 1919, job references and typed memoirs. The books include office books from the early period of operation of the company including the 1935 ledger book which lists all the jobs undertaken by Tunbridge and Gillott and the 1939 truck maintenance notes. For the year 1940 there is a truck delivery book which lists the daily deliveries and truck rental listing including names, amount and type of load, where delivered to and cost, while a bus maintenance diary is included for the year 1944. From the 1960s and 1970s there is a truck customers' address book which lists the names, addresses and phone numbers of domestic homes, golf clubs, manufacturers and councils all over Sydney to whom deliveries were made by the Gillott firm.
The certificates relate to the company and include Certificates of Incorporation for the Arthur H. Gillott Pty Limited and Heavy Haulage Pty Ltd from 1950, as well as certificates of accreditation issued by the Department of Transport for the St Ives Bus Services Pty Ltd in 1991.
The photographs illustrate the 63-year history of the Gillott transport services and include the early Maple Leaf trucks, buses from the 1940s, and numerous trucks including local tippers and interstate prime movers.
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Gift of Arthur E Gillott, 2006Acquisition Date
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