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Brascan Limited fonds [multiple media]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:25 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a box list describing vols 1 to 673 MSS1865 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000438.pdfPhotographs (Electronic) There are some item level descriptions in the MINISIS database. (90: Open) -
Record information Brascan Limited fonds [multiple media]
Date:1880-1987.Reference:R6979-0-5-E, MG28-III112Type of material:Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material, Architectural and technical drawingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:106761Date(s):1880-1987.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:150.61 m of textual records.
303 photographs : multiple processes, b&w and col.
18 maps.
1 architectural drawing.Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, PortugueseScope and content:Fonds consists of business, financial, operating and engineering records relating to the activities of Brazilian Traction, and its predecessors and subsidiaries.
Fonds also consists of photographs arranged into four subseries: events (arranged by date); activities (arranged by date); cities, locations, and instillations (arranged alphabetically by location); and individuals and groups (arranged alphabetically by name). It also includes maps relating to the Brascan Company in Brazil.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Brascan Limited, 1912-1987 : Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company, Rio de Janeiro Tramway was formed in 1912 as the result of a reorganization of Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company, and several other small electric and telephone utilities in Brazil. Brazilian Traction operated electrical, street railway and telephone concessions in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and surrounding territory in Brazil.
The Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company had been established in 1899 after the Italian engineer, Francisco Antonio Gualco, approached the Montreal railway contractor James Ross about the street railway concession that Gualco and his Brazilian partner, Antonio de Souza, had in Sao Paulo. After receiving a detailed report on the potential for development of utilities in Brazil, the Sao Paulo company was founded with Ross, William Mackenzie, the president of the Canadian Northern Railway, the Toronto lawyer Z. A. Lash, and the American electrical Engineer, Frederick S. Pearson as the prime sponsors. Incorporated in Ontario, the firm soon prospered. It quickly expanded into hydro-electric development and telephone systems.
The promoters acquired concessions in Rio de Janeiro forming the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company in 1904. With the backing of British and European capital the companies were reorganized into the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company in 1912. Brazilian Traction was renamed Brascan in 1969. And finally in 1979 Brascan's remaining Brazilian utilities were sold to the Brazilian government.
For more detailed studies see: Duncan McDowall. The Light: Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company, 1899-1945 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988); and Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles. Southern Exposure: Canadian Promoters in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1896-1930 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988).Additional information:General note:The cartographic material was received in 1990 from the Map Library, University of Toronto.Location of originals note:Originals are with the successor company in Brazil.Subject heading:- International business enterprises, [between 1880 and 1987] Sir Alexander Mackenzie, [between 1899 and 1968]
- Street railroads, [between 1880 and 1987] Sir Herbert Couzens, [between 1899 and 1968]
- International finance, [between 1880 and 1987] Henry Borden, [between 1899 and 1968]
- Hydroelectrical power plants, [between 1880 and 1987] Frederick S. Pearson, [between 1880 and 1987]
- International business enterprises - Finance, [between 1880 and 1987] Sir William Mackenzie, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Business enterprises - Brazil, [between 1880 and 1987] Z.A. Lash, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Miller Lash, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Getulia Vargas, [between 1880 and 1987]
- A.W.K. Billings, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company, [ca.1889-1909]
- Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, [ca.1889-1909]
- Monterey Railway, Light and Power Company, [ca.1889-1909]
- Sao Paulo Gas Company, [ca.1909-1924]
- Sao Paulo Electric Company, [ca.1909-1924]
- Brazilian Hydro Electric Company, [ca.1909-1924]
- Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Telephone Company, [ca.1909-1924]
- S.A. Gaz de Rio de Janeiro, 1886-1966
- Sao Paulo Light and Power Company, [between 1880 and 1987]
- City of Santos Improvement Company, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Commercial Engineering Company of Canada, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Canadian-Brazilian Services Limited, [between 1880 and 1987]
- Canadian and General Finance Company, 1912-1931
- Villa Isabel Tramway Company, [between 1880 and 1987]
- International Bank, 1899-1971
- Brazil
Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG28-III112 -
Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Access restriction documentTextual records[Consultation Restrictions vary]Volume [MG28 III 112][Consultation Restricted]27--28;[Consultation Restricted]31;[Consultation Restricted]44;[Consultation Restricted]215;[Consultation Restricted]Finding aid box [FA 1865] 138[Consultation Closed]Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Cartographic material[Consultation Restricted]Architectural: technical drawings[Consultation Restricted]Terms of use:Graphic material: Reproduction of photographs less than 40 years old requires the written authorization of Brascan Ltd. Copyright on items more than 50 years old has expired. Copyright on items less than 50 years old. Credit: photographer / National Archives of Canada.
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