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Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office): 2023 Accessions

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  • Caradon manor: rental 1850 (AD3247)
  • John James Morris, farmer, of Cadwin, Lanivet: journals (42), notebooks (8) and correspondence about the will of Daniel Routley, c1943 1913-1981 (AD3234)
  • misc records incl mining account book formerly owned by W H Blight, tin streamer, Redruth, 1864-1871; farm account book, 1860-1871; lease, house and plot part of Collorian, Ludgvan, 1854; measurement of parishes in Cornwall with populations in 1801 and 1811; letters from the Bishop of Rupert's Land, 1897 and 1902; special forces order by Colonell W H Kingsberry commanding Cyrenaica Defence Force, 1943; half year reports, Redruth Poor Law Union, 1873-1882 and 1883-1892; 1726-2018 (AD3256)
  • Queer Kernow and Outback the newsletter for Lesbians in Cornwall and the far South West: material incl copies of Outback, 2008-2009, videos with digital copies, CD album 'Out of the Blue', Women's Band, and oral history, group discussion, Outback and beyond, by Queer Kernow 1990-2022 (X1513, AD1944)
  • John Harpur, miner, of Gwennap: book containing mathematical exercises rel to ale and wine, mining, time, distance and accounting, labelled in the front 'John Harper his book Kea January 6th 1840' 1840-1860 (X1497)
  • St Ives Amateur Operatic Society: minutes, attendance register, annual general meetings, photographs, programmes, incl Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kidz R Us 1930-2002 (AD3171, AD3170)
  • Mills and Treffry families of Par: legal and financial records, correspondence, diaries, photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings, personal papers 19th-20th cent (AD3172)
  • Lady Rose Caroline Graves-Sawle (1818-1914), photographer and writer: original diaries incl sketches 1833-1908 (AD3173)
  • Stella Maris Treharne Turk and Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area: documents and newsletters 20th-21st cent (AD2984)
  • Stella Maris Treharne Turk; Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area and others: papers and records, incl material rel to Helford VMCA, Workers Education Association, Gorseth, Red River Valley Crem, CWT, Camborne and Redruth Natural History Society, W.J. Burley, RIC. William Borlase, Syllabus cards and leaflets from various organisations in Cornwall. 20th-21st cent (AD2984)
  • Collection incl deeds for Tregavarah near Penzance, 1490s (3); deeds for land in Sithney, c1578 and 1604; bond of Thomas Lanyon, yeoman, of St Just, 1728; a poem 'The Soldier's Adieu, for the benefit of the celebrated Polly', c1800; letter from Daniel Lysons (1762-1834), antiquarian, 1814; letters from John Maclean, author, 1873-1875 1494-1875 (AD3200)
  • Saltash Baptist Church: minutes; burial ground records; accounts; photographs; newsletters; weekly emails and leadership weeklies,; Saltash Churches Together newsletters and leaflets rel to Bridging the gap: mission; property; membership; Sunday School and youth 1794-2017 (X1502)
  • Edwin John Williams (1881-1945), musician and composer, and his son, Eddie John Williams (1923-1983), musician and band leader: manuscript compositions and programmes incl rel to the CBBA band contest; SWBBA annual championships; West of England Bandsmen's Festival, Bugle; Helston Town Band solo and quartet contest 19th-20th cent (AD3213)
  • Theodore Trevenen Gundry: family papers, incl Cornish and Australian letters; documents, papers and ephemera; Wheal Vor bankruptcy case; misc Victorian and Edwardian photographs 1745-1987 (AD3227)
  • Farm accounts with labourers' wages accounts, John Paynter, St Columb Major 1827-1842 (AD3217)
  • Wall Music Festival, Gwinear: minutes, constitution, programmes, syllabi, medals and other papers 1989-2022 (AD3218)
  • Cornwall Youth Orchestra: scrapbook containing programmes, tickets, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other information about classical music concerts played in or watched by Julie Sutton 1972-1983 (AD3219)
  • Studio Theatre, Camborne: play scripts, photographs and programmes, incl of Redruth Players and other groups 1940s-1950s (AD3220)
  • Collection incl photograph album of experiments by Sir Barnes (1887-1979), engineer and inventor, at RAF Predannack, c1946-1952; photographs of RAF St Mawgan and RAF St Eval taken and collected by Stuart Taylor, c1938-2004; and a history of RAF St Mawgan and RAF St Eval by Neil Roberts, 2023 c1938-2023 (AD3209, AD3212)
  • Stella Maris Turk (1925-2017), zoologist, naturalist, and conservationist: correspondence with over one hundred conchologists. Also incl material rel to other non-specialist correspondents, obituaries and biographical notes 20th-21st cent (AD2698)
  • Moor to Sea project: oral history project, incl interviews, summaries and photos rel to relationships people have with the cultural landscape of the Looe Valley, incl Liskeard and Looe 2022-2023 (AD3255)
  • Peter Aubrey Seymour Pool (1933-1996), historian, archaeologist, lawyer, and his wife Audrey Pool, Celtic/Cornish enthusiast, of Treeve, Connor Downs: collection incl correspondence, ephemera, family history and other research, Cornish Language documents and other papers; artwork and illustrated Gorsedh Kernow agendas of Mary E Mills c1927-2010 (X1383, X1394)
  • Kathleen Rodgers, photographer: photographs of Trebarwith Strand, Tintagel and Trevan, St Minver 1945-1948 (AD3240)
  • Letters, forms and guidance rel to Anton and Stanislava Gaidanas arriving in Britain as refugees after the Second World War and settling here; stone carving 1947-1957 (AD3239)
  • Peter Langsford, miller, of Cotehele Mill / Murden, St Dominic: PDF transcript of letters (c200) written during the Second World War to and from his Cornish family. He was enlisted age 21 and was away from home for 7 years 1939-1946 (X1508)
  • Receipts and correspondence for items for a garden, sent to J Sydney Davey, esquire, of Bochym, Cury 1889-1914 (AD3236)
  • H Harris Ltd., ivory cutters, St Ives: material rel to the business, incl minutes, accounts, sales, purchase and order books, employee papers, customer and client papers, business administration and a sample of ivory artefacts 20th cent (AD3207)
  • Professor Antony Charles Thomas (1928-2016), historian and archaeologist: papers, manuscripts, photographs and volumes, rel to Camborne and Gwithian history 18th-21st cent (AD3187)
  • Wodehouse family, Earls of Kimberley, Falmouth: additional estate records, incl Arwenack manor survey or lease for lives book, 1669-1757; lease books; report on a plan and survey for intended new buildings and improvements at Falmouth and field book for manor of Arwenack 1820-1821 by Richard Thomas; Falmouth Houses book; index to survey/lease book for manors of Arwenack, Mylor and Treganiggy and bartons of Trevethan, Trescobaes, Prisloe and Tregenvor c18th century; loose sheet of lease details for 15 tenants for the year 1749, 1751, 1752; Arwenack rental books from 1877-1899 1649-1899 (K)