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Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Maritime History |
Local
- Admiralty and Royal Dockyards Draughtsmen's Association (ARDDA): minutes of London branch with Bath branch minutes of the Society of Technical Civil Servants (STCS), its successor 1917-1972 (0986)
- Becher family of Bristol: account book for the slaving gally 'Jason' with household accounts 1743-1818 (45167)
- Africa, snow: account book (transferred from Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery) 1774-1776 (45039)
- SS Great Britain: files and cuttings rel to return of SS Great Britain to Bristol and its restoration 1968-2004 (40476/SSGB)
- Unnamed marine youth training club, Chiswick: illustrated ms and cuttings books recording activities 1958-1974 (HALS/ARC 326)
- Fowey Harbour Commissioners: minutes, reports, log books and other business records 1814-2011 (FYHC)
- Fowey Port Health Authority: minutes, reports of inspections of vessels, ledgers and other business records. 1903-2010 (PHAFY)
- National Coastwatch Institution, Polruan: log books, commercial, recreational and fishing vessels 2008-2011 (NCI/1)
- Register of machinery and plant at railway stations and docks in Cornwall and Devon 1854-1983 (AD2230)
- Furness Maritime Trust and The Bay Radio: minutes, corresp and financial papers c1990-1999 (BDX 403)
- National Coastwatch Institution, Exmouth: minutes, reports, station administration and corresp 1999-2013 (8535)
- George Murray Levick, Surgeon Commander: papers and photograph album c1930-1960 (ACC 11604)
- Leith Harbour & Docks Commissioners, dry dock owners: rough notebooks kept by the docking foreman noting the vessel and technical docking details 1943-2003 (Accession 914)
- Frank Baines, sailor and author: corresp, notebooks, photographs and records 1960-2012 (Acc. A13698)
- Joseph Ryan, surgeon: letters, transcript of diary whilst ship's surgeon on SS Agamemnon and photographs 1876-1930 (Acc. A13707)
- Interviews with wives of Leigh-on-Sea fishermen 2013 (Acc. SA665)
- Corporation of Trinity House: plans of the River Dee Buoy Store at Mostyn Duck 1959-1988 (D-DM/1719)
- Register of marine apprentices 1889-1975 (D802)
- Lymington Town Regatta: minutes with corresp, annual files, photographs and ephemera 1923-1978 (156A13)
- Samuel Rayner, Merchant Navy: log book of voyages and other records 1900-1902 (C DIRA)
- Adam Rosiek, sailor: papers incl sailor's book rel to service, diary and shore leave passes 1940-1943 (2013/050)
- Morecambe trawler and pleasure boat records 1919-1976 (DDX 3005)
- Everitt Allenby, fisherman, fellmonger and tanner: journals describing a voyage on the whaling ship Birnie 1810 (3-PENNELLS)
- Boston Harbour register of vessels 1834-1957 (BL)
- Notes (1 vol) on the River Medway, possibly compiled by the Admiralty c1910 (DE1241)
- Findochty Harbour: photograph album of its construction c1900
- Nicol Spence & Son, ships agent and chandler, Kirkwall: additional ledger 1956-1988 (D57)
- Duckworth family of Orchardleigh: misc estate papers incl letters from Admiral Nelson to Admiral Duckworth 1799-1987 (DD\DU)
- Weston-Super-Mare Pier Co: additional records, letterbooks, jetty returns, financial papers 1860-1979 (A\DTX)
- GJ Tilling & Sons Ltd, sailmakers, Southampton: records incl financial, shareholding, premises, promotional material and photographs 1900s-1980s (Acc 7185)
- Southampton Pilots and Isle of Wight Pilotage District Outward Service: minutes 1906-1954 (D/MUS/P)
- Copy books of reports and corresp of Captain George Norris rel to SS Merle, SS Spheroid, SS Savan and SS Sargasso with log book for the SS Spheroid 1864-1912 (2013/10)
- National Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers, Bury St Edmunds branch: minutes 1919-1921 (GB576)
- Ipswich Maritime Trust: records 20th cent (GC697)
- Stoke Sailing Club, Freston: minutes, accounts, petty cash book, corresp and misc papers 1934-2008 (GC822)
- Dittons Skiff and Punting Club: records incl annual general meeting minutes, membership register, secretary's files, newsletters and fixture cards 1923-2012 (9220)
- Hampton Court and Dittons Regatta: minutes, secretary's files and programmes 1912-2013 (9220)
- Hector Macdonald Stewart, tugboat master: MS autobiography, records rel to the steam tugboat 'Hendon' incl log books, statements of wartime salvage services and naval messages, personal papers and corresp, photographs 1940-1977 (DX1524)
- John Readhead & Sons Ltd, ship builders and repairers, marine engineers, South Shields: additional, specifications, plans and photographs 1909-1969 (DS.RDD)
- Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, shipbuilders, Wallsend: minutes, houses magazines 1895-1961 (DS.SWH)
- Diary of journey from Glasgow to Brisbane on the emigrant ship Otago 1884 (HR/4/1/1/2)
- Swansea City Council, Development Directorate: architectural drawings of Swansea Marina development and Swansea Grand Theatre extension c1984-1989
- Reginald Dalton, Grand Fleet Flotilla Leader, Royal Navy: photographs and letters rel to Dalton, who served on the H.M.S Tipperary, sunk on 31st May 1916 early 20th cent (Acc 17313)
- Sir George Murray, Vice Admiral: papers incl will, engraving and corresp with transcripts c1780-1820 (Acc 17355)
- James Labron Plint, seaman: papers incl corresp, photographs and inscribed books including records of being first boy at Crossley Heath School c1857-1999 (WYC:1667)
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Spenborough Guild: financial papers 1928-2012 (WYK1727)
National
- Sir Francis Cannon Tudsbery, CBE, lecturer in merchant law: diary rel to tour of India 1939 (Mss Eur F679)
- MV Elk: master's log, cargo ship between Southampton, Jersey, Guernsey, Weymouth and St Malo 1961-1970 (AQ 1313 (10-13))
- Philip Kark Nicolle, seaman: certificates and seaman's papers 1900-1956 (JA/2385)
- Jersey Merchant Seamen's Benefit Society: records incl plans of boats and photographs 1870-1931 (JA/2274)
- James Henry Crowe, master mariner: memoirs of accounts of voyages c1830-1889 (REG12/000083)
- William Fraser, foretopman, Royal Navy: notebook of memoirs detailing Fraser's part in suppressing the slave trade at Lagos in the Penelope, and his experiences of other events incl the Crimean War and the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny 1850-1864 (REG11/000367)
- Edward Glyn de Stryap Jukes-Hughes, commander: journals and corresp 1781-1920 (REG13/000160)
- Sir Gerard Henry Uctred Noel, Admiral of the Fleet: papers rel to naval career 1860-1909 (REG13/000146)
- William Parker, 1st Baronet, Admiral of the Fleet: papers and corresp 1788-1948 (REG12/000472)
- Sir James M Pipon, Vice Admiral: notebook of memoirs and corresp c1898-1922 (REG13/000256)
- George Warwick, ships' corporal, HMS Bacchante: diary incl an account of the Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-1888 (REG12/000411)
- Bolton Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London: records incl ship voyage accounts, financial records, personnel records and corresp from Frederick Bolton c1882-1982 (REG10/000387)
- William Baker, diver: records c1877-1895 (DX/2561)
- Albert Percy Bishop, ship purser: records incl photographs of First World War hospital ships, work journals, corresp and logs 1900-1947 (D/APB)
- Philip Collins, architectural technician: photographic slides of dereliction and renovation of Albert Dock, Liverpool taken by Collins of Holford Associates, architects appointed by Merseyside Development Corporation c1980-1989 (PR 623)
- James Corcoran, ship steward: career papers from time working for Elder Dempster Lines 1924-1995 (DX/2577)
- Arnold Franz McJannet, solicitor: log of a voyage on the Dalgonar, Grace Beazley & Co, Liverpool to Australia by McJannet 1908 (DX/2565)
- R Hughes-Jones & Co, shipowners, Liverpool: records c1886-1910 (DX/2563)
- Letter from W Matthews, Liverpool to his parents in Cockermouth, serving as a steward on President, British & American Steam Navigation Company 1841 (DX/2574)
Special
- Michael Davies, canal enthusiast: diaries showing boats passing on Manchester Ship Canal c1950-1969 (2013/65)
- Adrian Jarvis, author: research material rel to book, black and white prints of Ellesmere Port and docks and handwritten notes c1900-1999 (2013/56)
- Anderton Boat Lift Development Group Ltd, Warrington: working papers c1990-1999 (2013/44)
University
- John Leslie, ship's husband: memoirs 19th cent (Acc No 694)
- Metcalfe Family: family papers incl ship log book, corresp and photographs 1697-1937 (MET)
- Jacob Cross, sailor and Antarctic explorer: papers, incl diary recording the British National Antarctic Expedition 1910-1935 (MS 2233)
- Hal Lister, geographer, polar explorer: papers rel to scientific career and Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58 (MS 2234)
- Robert Falcon Scott, Captain RN Antarctic Explorer: final letter to Lewis Beaumont 1912 (MS 2220)
- Ben Line Ship Management Ltd, Edinburgh: records incl corresp, staff records, ships' articles, official log books, press cuttings, plans, photographs 18th cent-20th cent (ACCN 3744, ACCN 3773)
- Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow: minutes 1955-1968 (UGD 124)
- Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd, ship owners, Glasgow: additional records 20th cent (ACCN 3802)
- Clive Wilson, shipping company director: papers incl diaries and corresp c1880-1919 (U DX/375)
- Michael Anthony Ormus Biddulph, Commander: midshipman's journals rel to service in HMS Royal Sovereign, 1 Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Scotland 1919-1920 (Biddulph)
- Victor Gallafent Gurner, Rear Admiral: digital copies of photographs and papers rel to his extensive voyages, incl Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Japan, Korea, China, Samoa and the New Hebrides 1882-1926 (Gurner)
- Reginald Follett Codrington Hedgeland, Chinese Maritime Customs officer: papers and corresp rel to work as customs officer c1898-1933 (PP MS 82)
- G H P White, Admiral: diaries 1819-1838 (MS 418)
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