Walling family of Plymouth
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Walling family of Plymouth, Devon
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Contents:
RAJ and RV Walling: letters and correspondence; RVW's military handbooks; booklets on journalism, press cuttings books, newspapers; material relating to First World War; Plymouth Corporation Grammar School Debating and Literary Society minutes and school magazines; Parliamentary elections pamphlets and reports, and miscellaneous items
RAJ WALLING [no ref. or date]
File of letters to Robert Alfred John Walling
261/1 1893-1921Contents:
On a wide range of subjects including journalism, his being made a Justice of the Peace, and given the 'Palmes en Argent de L'Ordre de la Couronne' by the Belgian King 1893 - 1921, with letters from correspondents in Paris, Nantes, Brest and Rennes, who were part of an international friendship group 1911-1912
File of miscellaneous letters and press cuttings to RAJ Walling
261/2 1895-1921Contents:
Including 'Wanderings in New Guinea', Boer War letters and a letter for an ex-convict, 1895-1921, with a lecture on teaching English at Devonport, 1914
File of letters from Eden Philpots, a Torquay author, about items for publication and reviews 261/3 1906-1924
File of notes in diary form by RAJ Walling, mainly on press affairs some in
261/4 1913-1920
Language: French
File of correspondence and notes between Lord Astor and RAJ Walling about the formation of a world-wide peace movement after the failure of the League of Nations 261/5 1943
File of typed notes, anecdotes, and interviews about George Borrow, a 19th century Norfolk author, linguist and tramp 261/6 20th Cent
A typed essay on the life of Henry David Thoreau, an American philosopher 1817-1862 261/7 20th Cent
RAJ WALLING, UNITED STATES TOUR 1928 [no ref. or date]
Map of the United States of America, showing New York, Lake Erie and the Western railroad
261/8 1896
Manuscript journal of the tour in 3 volumes 261/9 1928
Photograph of the group of journalists who went on the tour 261/10 1928
RV WALLING [no ref. or date]
File, mainly personal letters between Captain Robert V Walling and his parents 261/11 1929-1930
MS notebook, memoirs of R V Walling, with notes on his family history, mainly about his father 261/12 1940
RV WALLING, MILITARY HANDBOOKS, SERIES [no ref. or date]
Bundle of 3 naval pocket books 261/13 1893, 1904, 1913
Bundle of 7 handbooks, "Garrison Artillery Training" 261/14 1905, 1910, 1911, 1914
Bundle of 4 Handbooks on coast defence guns and range finders 261/15 1913-1915, 1917
Bundle of 2 volumes "The Fleet Annual, and Naval Year Book" 261/16 1915-1916
RV WALLING, MILITARY HANDBOOKS, SINGLE [no ref. or date]
Illustrated booklet "Stripes and Types of the Royal Navy" a guide to naval ranks 261/17 1909
Handbook entitled, ".303 inch converted maxim machine gun" 261/18 1911
Handbook of military ceremonial 261/19 1912
Handbook of the 9.2 inch Barbette BL Land service guns 261/20 1912
Handbook of naval gunnery drill book (11), instructions for hand worked mountings 261/21 1912
Shorthand notebook, Maxim gun course, Plymouth 261/22 1913
Handbook entitled, "Field Artillery Training" 261/23 1914
Printed booklet entitled "Field notes on the Belgian, French and German armies" 261/24 1914
Notebook entitled "Rank at a glance in the Army and and Navy", with illustrations 261/25 1915
Manual of field gunnery 261/26 1915
Longhand notebook, gunnery course at Plymouth 261/27 1915
Training manual, signalling, (provisional) 261/28 1915
Pamphlet with printed notes and signals card entitled "Cooperation of Aircraft with Artillery" 261/29 1916
Printed circular memoranda, from the Director of Army Signals 261/30 1916
Longhand notebook, "signalling course at the Citadel Plymouth" 261/31 1916
Printed notebook, Ammunition for Siege Howitzers 261/32 1916
Provisional handbook entitled "QF 4 inch mark 5 gun, Land Service" 261/33 1916
Wallet of 11 pamphlets about siege artillery 261/34 1916-1917
Longhand, notebook, Battery Commanders gunnery course at Lydd, near Salisbury 261/35 1917
Longhand notebook, siege Artillery Course, Horsham, Surrey 261/36 1917
Handbook of the BL 6 inch 26 cwt Mark 1 Howitzer, Land Service 261/37 1917
Marine almanack
261/38 1917
Language: German
The Journal of the Royal Artillery, volume 44 number 8 261/39 1918
Booklet on map reading and military tactics entitled "Mind and Method in Modern Minor Tactics" 261/40 1919
Book entitled "Coast Artillery Training", volume 2, with amendments 261/41 1933
Handbook entitled, "Instructions for the Manning of Coast Defences searchlights and engine rooms" 261/42 1939
Handbook entitled, "Royal Artillery Training memorandum" 261/43 1939
Handbook, entitled, "The Officer and his job, morale and fighting efficiency" 261/44 1940
Handbook entitled "French Armoured Fighting Vehicles captured by the Germans" 261/45 1940
Handbook entitled, "Coast Artillery drills, part 3 pamphlet Number 1, gun drills, general" 261/46 1940
As 261/46, pamphlet number 8, BL 6 inch gun drill 261/47 1940
Penguin book entitled "World Shipping" by A C Hardy 261/48 1941
The soldiers language manual
261/49 20th Cent
Language: English and German
Longhand notebook on artillery with typed syllabus of lecture 261/50 20th Cent
Longhand notebook on artillery with typed syllabus of lecture 261/51 20th Cent
Longhand notebook, coast defence armaments 261/52 20th Cent
Handbook entitled, "Printed notes of Torpedo work in HM ships" 261/53 20th Cent
Small book entitled, "Everybody's book of the Navy", giving general information, with a summary of naval history 851-1840 by Commander C E Eldred, RN 261/54 20th Cent
Parliamentary Elections [no ref. or date]
Booklet of press cuttings and pictures, election campaign in the South West of England 261/55 1892
File of election pamphlets for the South West of England 261/56 1929
Booklet of press cuttings on the election campaign for the South West of England 261/57 1929
File of press cuttings, election campaign in the South West of England 261/58 1935
File of press cuttings and national newspapers, general election 261/59 1945
PLYMOUTH CORPORATION GRAMMAR SCHOOL [no ref. or date]
Minutes of the Debating and Literary Society, 1907-1908
261/60 1907-1909Contents:
With enclosed report for 1908, programme of events, resignation of officers 1909, and a letter by L J Stribling, a pupil, about the school (no date)
Bundle of 14 volumes of the school magazine 261/61 1909-1912
FIRST WORLD WAR [no ref. or date]
Bundle of 4 army recruitment posters 261/62 1914
Folder of 42 wartime photographs with explanations on the back of each 261/63 1914-1915
Typescript journal of a visit to the British front lines with shorthand notes, 1917, and a map of the town of Arras and surrounding district in France 261/64 1917
BOOKLETS ON JOURNALISM [no ref. or date]
Booklet entitled, "Newspapers, and their Millionaires", by Viscount Northcliffe 261/65 1922
Report by the International Labour Office, entitled "Conditions of Work and Life of Journalists" 261/66 1928
Report entitled, "Bulletin officiel de L'Union Internationale des Associations de Presse" from the Congress D'Anvers, number 49 261/67 1934
Booklet of articles entitled "The Bad New Days" by the Old Stager 261/68 20th Cent
CORNISH AFFAIRS [no ref. or date]
File of correspondence with RV Walling on "Tyre ha Tavas", the Cornish Language Society 261/69 1934
Bundle of 10 copies of "Kernow", a Cornish language magazine 261/70 1934-1936
Large envelope of press clippings (mainly from the West Briton) about Cornish matters in general 261/71 1934-1942
PRESS CUTTINGS BOOKS [no ref. or date]
Book of press cuttings, 1891-1912, mainly by RAJ Walling, with copies of letters between George Borrow and John Bowring on literary matters, 1830-1831, and reviews on RAJ Walling's book on Borrow 1908-1909 261/72 1830-1912
Book of letters to W John Reilly Newcombe about the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, being burnt in 1863 and press cuttings on Plymouth and Bristol theatrical matters 1878-1881 261/73 1863-1891
Small book of press cuttings on general topics affecting the South West of England including mining, elections and a Bible Christian conference, with 2 undated photographs of Captain R V Walling 261/74 1889-1891
Small book, press cuttings about music and politics in the South West of England 261/75 1891
Book of press cuttings on Lord Tennyson 261/76 1892
Book of press cuttings, "Books and bookmen", from the Western Daily Mercury and general subjects, with index 261/77 1895-1896
Book of press cuttings "Notes of the Day" and a story entitled "The Riches of Richard Gent" from the Western Evening Herald 261/78 1896
Book of press cuttings, "Notes of the Day" from the Western Evening Herald 261/79 1896
Book of press cuttings, mainly of "On the Watch in the West", from the Western Evening Herald 261/80 1897-1914
Book of press cuttings, "Notes of the Day" from the Western Evening Herald 261/81 1899
Book of press cuttings, "On the Watch in the West", and "Notes of the Day", Western Evening Herald 261/82 1901
Book of press cuttings, "On the Watch in the West" Western Evening Herald 261/83 1901-1903
Book of press cuttings, general articles by RAJ Walling 1916-1935, and mainly on his American tour 1928 261/84 1916-1935
Book of press cuttings, "Paris Letter", and general articles 261/85 1921
Book of press cuttings, "The World of Books", 1922-1931, and general articles 1924-1931 261/86 1922-1931
NEWSPAPERS [no ref. or date]
First page facsimile of the first issue of "The Birmingham Gazette or General Correspondent" newspaper 261/87 16 November 1741
Copy of "The Star", a London newspaper 261/88 22 October 1794
Copy of "The Star", a London newspaper 261/89 15 March 1802
Copy of "The Observer", funeral of Lord Nelson 261/90 12 January 1806
Copy of the first issue of the "Plymouth and Dock Telegraph" 261/91 19 March 1808
Copy of "The Star" 261/92 3 April 1810
Copy of "The British Press", a national newspaper, about electing an MP for Plymouth 261/93 26 June 1812
Copy of "The Courier", a national newspaper 261/94 14 June 1815
Copy of "The Morning Chronicle", a London newspaper 261/95 14 July 1827
Copy of "The Morning Chronicle", a London newspaper 261/96 17 July 1827
Copy of "Bell's Weekly Messenger", a national Sunday newspaper 261/97 22 May 1836
Copy of "The Globe", a London newspaper, the coronation of Queen Victoria 261/98 28 June 1838
Copy of "The Morning Advertizer", a London newspaper 261/99 29 June 1838
Copy of the supplement to "The Swindon Advertizer" a local newspaper 261/100 6 February 1854
Copy of the "Weekly Dispatch", a national Sunday newspaper 261/101 24 April 1859
Part of a copy (pages 5-8) of "Lloyds Weekly London Newspaper" 261/102 2 February 1862
An illustration from the "Illustrated London News", the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe placing the memorial stone of the Devonport, Stonehouse and Cornwall Hospital 261/103 5 July 1862
Copy of "The Pall Mall Gazette" a national evening newspaper 261/104 7 July 1885
Copies of "The Camborne Observer", a Cornish newspaper 261/105 5 and 12 July 1890
Copy of "The Star", second extra, a London newspaper 261/106 14 June 1897
Bundle of 11 local Plymouth and national newspapers about Gladstone's death 261/107 19-28 May 1898
Copy of "The Standard and Diggers News", a South African newspaper, about Winston Churchill's escape and the South African War 261/108 2 and 4 December 1899
Copies of "The Times" 261/109 31 December 1900 and 1 January 1901
Copies of 5 local and national newspapers on the death of Queen Victoria 261/110 January 1901
Copy of "The Western Daily Mercury", jubilee number of the newspaper 261/111 2 June 1910
Two copies of the "Western Daily Mercury" the coronation of King George V 261/112 22 June 1911
Copy of the "Western Daily Mercury" 261/113 1 July 1919
Bundle of 3 copies of the "Western Daily Mercury", the diamond jubilee of the newspaper 261/114 2 June 1920
Copy of "The Cologne Post" (in English) a British daily newspaper in Germany 261/115 29 June 1923
Copy of "The Daily Telegraph" 261/116 11 May 1925
Bundle of 26 newspapers, local and national, on the General Strike 261/117 May 1926
Five copies of the "South Devon Times" newspaper from which cuttings have been taken 261/118 1930-1945
A sheet from the "Christian Science Monitor" about books and America 261/119 23 October 1935
Copy of the "West Briton and Cornwall Advertizer", a local newspaper about the coronation of King George VI 261/120 13 May 1937
MISCELLANEOUS [no ref. or date]
Annual report of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Devonport 261/121 1876
MS map of the Indian Central and East coast railway, existing and proposed lines 261/122 20th Cent
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