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Major Accessions to Repositories 1994 relating to Maritime History

National, Special and University

British Library, Department of Manuscripts

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes (1872-1945): further papers (Deposit 9382)

Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge

Admiral Sir Harry Ralph Crooke: diaries, 1909-52, sketch book and photographs (CRKE)

Glasgow University Archives

Robert Napier, marine engineer: letters from Robert Napier Snr, David Napier and other family members, with lists of vessels and engines, indentures, certificates, press cuttings, 1814-74 (DC90 (add))

Glasgow University Archives, Business Records Centre

Court Line Ltd, ship owners, holiday operators, London: records (UGD350)
Scott Lithgow Ltd, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow and Greenock: administrative, staff and production records, incl subsidiary companies, 1964-92 (GD323)

Imperial War Museum, London

Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens: papers, 1918-45

Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Alderney Breakwater: contract documents, 1847, 1849

Liverpool University Archives

National Union of Seamen: corresp, agreements, minutes, press cuttings, etc, rel to the Cunard Steamship Co, 1959-90 (D.626)
Bates family: family and business papers, 1747-1961, incl papers rel to Edward Bates Bombay merchant business, trading with India and owning a fleet of ships - the Cunard Steamship Co and the Brocklebank Line (D.641)

Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

Original sailing plan for Convoy HX300: (DX/1395)
Commander OH Tugwell: career papers and photographs whilst an apprentice in White Star Line training vessel TV Mersey (D/TUG)
Derby House Western Approaches HQ: plans and blueprint, 1940 (DX/1424)
MS journal of an American china buyer who visited the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, arriving and departing through Liverpool, 1862 (DX/1425)
MS volume, Sketch of the Commercial Life of HE Stripe, clerk at Bibby & Sons & Co, c1893 (Acc 1994.149)
Captain CA Alexander: career papers rel to service with Yeoward Bros and Bonny Shipping Line, 1920-60 (D/ALEX)
William Hodkinson: diary of a voyage made by from Auckland to Liverpool on the White Star Line ship Phoenix 2, July 1860 (DX/1481)
Captain WH Underhill: corresp and papers rel to his career with Lamport & Holt Line Ltd (DX/1432)
Clyde Shipping Co Ltd: papers rel to cattle lairage (DX/1479)
William Christian, mate: logbook and crew list for barque Kilmallie of Liverpool for a voyage to Sydney, 1907 (DX/l500)
Lusitania: telegrams and newscuttings rel to the inquiry, and a photograph and testimonial of American passenger saved by ships carpenter, Neil Robertson (DX/1478)
Larrinaga Line: photographs, documents and ship plans (B/LAH)
CSS Alabama: research material, incl documents and newscuttings rel to the crew (D/RIG)
Account of Convoy PQ17 to North Russia, written by seaman serving in HMS Pozarika, and photographs, 1942 (DX/1484)
Alexandra Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool: minute books, accounts, ledgers, operational records and photographs, etc, incl predecessor companies, c1887-1985 (B/AT)
A Logan, 2nd Engineer: notebook detailing tonnage, dimensions, plans, engine details of various vessels, incl White Star Line (DX/1471)
Eusebio Olarra, Spanish seaman, Larrinaga Line: career and personal papers, 1915-1950s (DX/1441/1442)
Oral history tapes (91) of West African seamen (Acc 1995.15; Audio tape)
Sandbach, Tinne & Co, merchants, Liverpool: corresp (14 items), 1809-76 (B/STi)
Alfred P Errington: journal written on board HMS Andes, 1916- 18 (DX/1520)
Fr Kennedy, ships surgeon: typescript journals (2) of voyages from Liverpool to Rangoon on the Henderson Line ship SS Bhamo, 1931 (DX/1526)

National Maritime Museum, London

PT Miles: illustrated register of Thames Tugs, 1933-35 (MS94/002)
Captain Sir Robert Oliver: papers kept as superintendent of Bombay Dockyard and C in C, Indian Navy, c1833-48 (MS94/006)
Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham: additional papers, c1772-1806 (MS94/010)
Harold W Green, master mariner: journals and account of the loss of the Powis Castle, 1902-15 (MS94/013)
Vice-Admiral Charles James Barlow: papers, c1869-1919 (MS94/015)
Edward Buckell: journal kept in the Malaga, 1849-51 (MS94/020)
RJ Woodget: logbook kept in the Cutty Sark, 1889 and 1892 (MS94/022)
Thomas Riley Blanckley: manuscript of A Naval Expositor, c1733 (MS94/023)
John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: corresp with the 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1778-86 (MS94/034)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast

Harland & Wolff plc, shipbuilders, Belfast: additional business records, 1897-1992 (D.2805 add.)
Thomas Workman, linen and shipping merchant, traveller, yachtsman and amateur entomologist, Helens Bay, Co Down, and Belfast: additional personal and business papers, 1824- 1984 (D.2778 add.)

Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth

Richard Greenhalgh, ordinary seaman: letters (40), 1793-1802
William Grainger, chief stoker: love letters to future wife, 1895-1901
Royal Naval Benevolent Society: records, 1791-1968
Thomas Atkinson, Volunteer 1st Class: letters (35), 1842-43
Arthur Paget, midshipman: journals (3), 1853-63 (Document 330/1994 (1-3))
Fanshawe family: journals and scrapbooks of Admiral Arthur D Fanshawe, 1867-70 and 1904-05, Basil H Fanshawe, 1889-99, and Peter Fanshawe, 1929-31 (Document 292/1994)
Desmond Wettern, naval journalist: corresp and papers, 1961- 90 (Document 442/1994)

Science Museum Library, London

Joshua Field, engineer and partner of Maudslay, Sons & Field: manuscript and printed material principally rel to his work, c1805-65
Harland & Wolff plc, shipbuilders, Govan: ships plans rel to SS Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Nevada, Florida, built for State Steamship Co, Glasgow, 1870s (MSR 120)
James Hayes: MS translation of Prof Walter Laas, The Evolution and Future of Large Sailing Ship, 1908
Engineers sketch book J/J C Staplin: drawings (32) of structural details of ships, incl the armour shelf of the Iron Duke, c1920 (MS 498)

Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University

James Weddell, Antarctic explorer: corresp and papers, incl papers of his biographer John Brown, 1819-44

Trinity College Library, Dublin

Logs of HM ships and sloops, 1808-14 (MSS 10680-2)

Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London

Frank Pollard Ellis, Surgeon-Captain: papers, naval and medical reports and reprints rel to physiology of heat and cold, 1950s-70s (GC/174)

Local Repositories in England

Bristol Record Office

Bristol Tug Fleets: papers, c1860-76 (Acc 40610)

Devon Record Office, Exeter

Teignmouth Harbour Commission: harbour dues account book and day book, 1797-1841; import books, 1906-48; export books, 1920-48 (D 3258 add 3)

West Devon Area Record Office, Plymouth

Eddystone Lighthouse: plans, 19th cent (1835)
Victoria Wharf, Plymouth: records 19th-20th cents (1637)
Torrey Canyon: clean-up log, 1967 (1610)

Essex Record Office, Colchester and North East Essex branch

Clacton Lifeboat: returns of service made to RNLI, 1884-90, 1900-06 (D/Q 62)
Shipconstructors and Shipwrights Association: minutes 1956- 70 (D/Z 257)

Humberside County Archives Service, Beverley

Boulevard Nautical School, Hull: admission, staff and enrolment registers 1920-72 (DDX 566)

South Humberside Area Archive Office, Grimsby

Ernest Watson Ellis, seaman, Grimsby: papers, 1900-44 (1011)

Kent: Rochester upon Medway Studies Centre

Medway Barge Sailing Match Organising Committee: records, 1896-1985 (DE.331)
List of Free Dredgers, Rochester Oyster Fishery 1752 (DE.406)

London: Guildhall Library, London

Baltic Mercantile & Shipping Exchange Ltd: records of the Exchange and its predecessors (Baltic Committee; London Shipping Exchange), 1837-c1950
British Tanker Co Ltd: apprentices journal, 1950-51 (Ms 29577)
Corporation of Trinity House: additional records, 19th-20th cent
Henry Hewetson & Co, warehousemen, sailcloth canvas, linen, sacking and tarpaulin factors: ledger, c1825-34

Greater Manchester County Record Office, Manchester

Manchester Docks: plan (Q230/)

Merseyside: Liverpool City Record Office

Elders Insurance Co Ltd and Sea Insurance Co Ltd: ledgers, minutes, from 1875 (5004)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich branch

Cornelius and Cornelius Philip Closson, sailmakers, Harwich, Essex: accounts 1800-17 (HD 1694)

Tyne and Wear Archives Service, Newcastle upon Tyne

Witherington & Everett, shipowners, Newcastle upon Tyne: ship voyage files, etc, 1924-40 (2880)
Port of Tyne Authority: plans, mainly of the North and South Pier, 1870s-1930s (2914)
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, shipbuilders: plans of vessels built at Walker yard,1947-68 (2924)
Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd: records, 19th-20th cent (2931)

North Yorkshire Record Office, Northallerton

Crew lists and agreements, accounts of voyages and log books for ships registered at Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Stockton and Whitby 1857-72 (NG/RS; MIC 2966-70, 2972, 2974-75)

Local Repositories in Wales

Caernarfon Area Record Office

Annie Lloyd papers: shipping records from Porthmadog, 19th- early 20th cent (XM9530, XS3772)

Clwyd Record Office, Ruthin branch

John Roberts, Gwyddelwern, gas fitter for the St Petersburg Gas Co, Russia, and boilermaker for P&0 shipping line: letters to his parents,1837-60 (DD/DM/1158)