Acquired papers: The Hospital Ship "Maine", 18 Feb 1900-7 Aug 1901

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/11/3

Scope and Contents

Comprising correspondence relating to the voyage of the Hospital Ship “Maine” to China [for the Boxer rebellion] and Lady Randolph Churchill's admission to the Order of Saint John in recognition of her "services to the sick and wounded of the South Africa Campaign". Also includes a published leaflet about the ship and a list of hymns used on the ship.

Dates

Creation: 18 Feb 1900-7 Aug 1901

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.

This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Extent

1 folder(s) (25 items)

External Documents

The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions

Additional Description

Former/Other Reference

Including WCHL 14/6/1

Custodial History

These items are not stamped with a “Chartwell Trust” or “W.S.C.” stamp, so were not part of the Chartwell or Churchill papers which were stamped by the Public Record Office in 1961-1964.