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Major accessions to repositories in 2015 relating to Transport |
Local
- Barnsley & District Electric Traction Co: photographs and plans, incl plans of the tramway c1900-2000 (A/3611/B, A/3612/B)
- Bonito, motor yacht: log book for the River Weaver, incl daily entries and recorded repairs 1946-1949 (D 8804)
- Westminster Bridge: minutes, accounts and other records c1737-1868 (2841)
- Cornwall Centre Auto Cycle Union: minutes, attendance book, reports of club meetings and trials 1933-1994 (X1429)
- London Taxi Corporation Ltd, motor vehicle builders, Coventry: photographs 20th cent (PA3094)
- Pearl Hyde Canal Boat Trust: minutes and photographs 20th cent (PA3057)
- Workington & Isle of Man Steamship Co Ltd: records incl members and shares ledgers, allotment book, letter book, through rate book, lading bills book and cash book 1892-1949 (YDB 92)
- British Rail and predecessors: duplicate line plans of branch lines closed under the Beeching Report and bound plans of London Midland Region 1881-1959 (TBR)
- Plans and maps of closed railway lines incl Moor Row to Sellafield, Big Rigg branch, Arnside Branch, Stank Branch, Cleator and Workington Junction Railway, Coniston Branch line and Cleator Joint lines 20th cent (WTBR)
- Cromford & High Peak Railway Co: plans (12) showing length of railway 19th-20th cent (D2978)
- East Yorkshire Aero Co Ltd: business records and records for Hedon and Paull airfields c1930-1990 (DDX2034)
- Driffield Navigation Commissioners: minutes, accounts, corresp 1955-2004 (DDX2050)
- Great Eastern Railway Society: additional records 1953-2003 (A14093. A14203)
- York and District Lambretta Club: photographs 20th cent (LCY)
- Rowland Pittard (fl 1965), historical railway enthusiast: collected records incl of the Taff Vale Railway, Barry Railway, and Brecon & Merthyr Railway 1880-1965 (D1221)
- Barry Pilotage Authority: additional records incl minutes 20th cent (DXSS)
- Cardiff Pilotage Authority: Board ledgers recording ship movements, with docket bundles 19th-20th cent (D1302)
- Gloucester Pilotage Authority and Harbour Trustees: additional reports and accounts 1964-2015 (D5827)
- British Rail Engineering Ltd: plans rel to Manchester railway lines late 19th cent-1975 (GB124.A19)
- Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co: plans 19th-20th cent (GB124.G.LYRS)
- Manchester Ship Canal Co: traffic registers 20th cent (GB124.B10)
- Caernarvon Harbour Trust: additional minutes, accounts, lists of vessels and cargo 1900-1974 (XD15)
- Laburnum Boat Club: records of an HLF project 'Regent's Canal Through the Ages' 2014 (2015/03)
- Cromarty Harbour Trust: records c1834-2000 (D1458)
- Isle of Man Railway Co: Public Transport Division plans of vehicles and components c1870-1929 (A33)
- Isle of Man Highway and Transport Board: vehicle registration cards c1920-1989 (A52)
- Leicestershire Aero Club: admin records incl corresp and AGM papers 1949-1957 (DE9078)
- RAF Bitteswell: movement log books, flying control movement books 1945-1982 (DE9005)
- Letter from George Stephenson to his son Robert Stephenson 1828 (385 STE/11a)
- Fulham Bridge Co: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1729-1865 (DD/0119,DD/0301)
- Hammersmith & City Railway Co: deeds, plans and papers (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1859-1938 (DD/1081)
- Hammersmith Bridge Co: minutes, corresp, shares, contracts, specifications, deeds, etc (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1756-1888 (DD/0008, DD/0478)
- Barnstaple Bridge Trust: additional deed and papers 1699-1896 (B56)
- London & North Eastern Railway Co: staff records rel to Nottingham, London Road station [restricted access] 1933-1952 (8802)
- Midland Railway Co: staff book [restricted access] 1889-1960 (8748)
- South Notts Bus Co Ltd: minutes, accounts, director's reports, members register, insurance documents, corresp, advertising, plans 1927-1992 (8789)
- British Railways Board: plans rel to Colwick Locomotive Department 1936-1965 (8804)
- John Gale (fl 1970-2010), schoolteacher and railway historian: research papers rel to the Maenclochog Railway, with papers and photographs rel to Hakin Junior School 20th-21st cent (D/GALE)
- A Harper, Sons & Bean Ltd, motor car manufacturers, Dudley, Tipton and Smethwick: records incl corresp, cuttings, patents, employee records c1900-1965 (2015/18)
- Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust: plans and papers rel to stations in Wells 1850-1999 (A\CWO)
- Basil Jeuda (fl 2000), historian of industry: additional items incl photographs and slides of North Staffordshire Railway c1850-1948 (SD 1698)
- Claude Moreton (fl c1950), North Staffordshire Railway historian: collected photographs 19th-20th cent (SD 1699)
- Ipswich and District Historical Transport Society: minutes, accounts, membership records, bills and receipts 1969-2013 (GC839)
- Richards Shipbuilders Ltd, shipbuilders, Lowestoft: shipping records, plans and photographs 20th cent (2343)
- Rumburgh Coachworks, coach operators, Rumburgh: business records incl ledgers, deeds, day books, published material, insurance documents, corresp and family papers 1802-1995 (2362)
- Leonard Wright & Son, steam biscuit manufactuers and ship chandlers, South Shields: letter book, letterhead paper, memorandum and articles of association, plans, paper rel to liquidation, family history of the Wright family c1897-1939 (DX1612)
- Swansea Pilotage Authority: Trust minutes, ledger and journal c1920-1949 (D/D SPA)
- Norman & Dawbarn Ltd, architects and engineers, London: plans for Leeds Bradford Airport c1960-1969 (LC/PLANNING)
- Avon Rubber Co Ltd, tyre manufacturer, Melksham: records rel to social club 1905-1979 (1192)
- W Robinson & Co, lorry manufacturers, Wolverhampton: photograph album c1960-1969 (DB-68)
National
- Jersey Airport: additional engineering department plans and papers 1958-2010 (JA/2772)
- Peterborough Garage, St Aubin: account books and papers 1952-1991 (JA/2816)
- Jersey Port Users (Commercial) Association: minutes 1966-1999 (JA/2747)
- Dollin Kelly (fl 1940-2009), schoolgirl: account of return voyage on board Steam Packet 'Victoria' in 1940 2009 (MS 13818)
- P & O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd: records of predecessor and associated companies incl Overseas Containers Ltd,
P & O Containers Ltd, Associated Container Transport, Blue Star Line, Australia Japan Container Line Ltd and Crusader Swire 1920-2006 (REG06/000103)
- Marian May Bird (1875-c1975), stewardess, Lusitania: discharge books 1907-1915 (DX/2604)
- Christopher Coxhead (fl 1967-2015), merchant seafarer: seafaring memoirs and associated papers including indentures, discharge books, 1978 contract, personal voyage log and crew list volume 1967-2015 (DX/2606)
- Leonard Frank Leech (1924-2002), radio officer, merchant navy: seafaring career papers including corresp, diary, photographs, brief biography and funeral service order of service 1942-2002 (DX/2609)
- Kenneth Rolston (1914-1991), radio officer, merchant navy: papers relating to seafaring career incl discharge certificates, coast voyages records, Second World War experience and death of his father during First World War 1917-1941 (DX/2611)
- John Alan Broughall (1900-1974), electrical and railway engineer, Assistant Chief Electrical Engineer to British Transport Commission: papers relating to his private and working lives 1910-1965 (2015-7041)
- Colin Griffiths (fl 1988-1992), British Rail train guard and driver: guard's and driver's log books 1988-1992 (2015-7034)
- Robert Arthur Riddles (1892-1983), locomotive engineer: papers incl notes, articles, certificates, notebooks and photographs c1940-1969 (2016-7037)
- London & North East Railway Co (later British Rail, Eastern region), Immingham Locomotive Shed: records incl shedmasters' daily logs, availability of locomotives returns, allocation lists and locomotive record cards c1930-1989 (2015-7038)
Special
- Belle Vue Speedway Club, Manchester: scrapbook and photographs c1920-1969 (Acc.127)
- Prince Serge Vincent Constantinovitch de Bolotoff (1888-1977), Prince Viazemsky/Wiazemsky, aviation pioneer: business and personal records incl corresp and photographs c1910-1930 (PER/106)
- Sir Ernest John Hutchings Lemon (1884-1954), Chief Mechanical Engineer of London, Midland and Scottish Railway: records incl personal papers, minutes, corresp, publications, ephemera, diary, production details, governmental reports and plans, proposals 1938-1978 (LEM)
- D Napier & Son Ltd, motor car and aircraft engine manufacturers, London: administrative records incl minutes, reports, photographs, engine models 1832-1996 (NAP)
- Cromford Canal Co: permit records for cargo boats, showing steerers and cargo information 1825-1842 (2015/15)
- Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co: photographs of boatyards and shipwrights at Ellesmere Port and Chester c1900-1925 (CRT/DOD)
- Research notes, slides, corresp and ephemera for canal enthusiasts incl Roger Lorenz and Geoff Wheat c1990-1999 (2015/5)
- Photographs of scenes on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire, Birmingham Canal Navigation, Caldon, Peak Forest, Shropshire Union, Kennet and Avon canals c1975-1979 (2015/14)
- Scrapbook of cuttings and ephemera rel to canal regeneration c1960-1979 (R2015/18)
- National Union of Railwaymen, Manchester and District area branch: minute books, conference souvenir, terms and conditions manual 20th cent (ACC236)
University
- Hugh Murton Le Fleming (1901-1961), railway engineer: corresp, diaries and photographs rel to life in Malaya 1929-2009 (RCMS 371)
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