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Papers on Shipping and Shipbuilding: Papers of Henry Bell Wortley

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9356

Scope and Contents

Printed papers, pamphlets and photographs mostly concerning ships and shipping, postcards from Wortley's world tour.

Dates

  • Creation: 1888-1920 (Circa)

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

3 archive box(es) (3 boxes)

1 album(s) (1 album)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers in Add. 9356 were presented to the Library in October 1995 by his granddaughter, Miss Phoebe Wortley-Talbot.

Related Materials

For a readily-available history of Alfred Holt's business concerns see Francis E. Hyde, Blue Funnel, Liverpool, 1956

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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