Thursfield Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 THU
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Thursfield Collection
Date(s)	: [1894-1923]
Level of description	: Collection View subfonds/series records
Extent	: 4 1/2ft
Name of creator(s)	: Thursfield | Henry George | 1882-1963 | Rear-Admiral Thursfield | Sir | James Richard | 1840-1923 | Knight | naval historian and journalist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

See subfonds level for individual biographies.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Rear-Admiral Thursfield. They consist of correspondence with his family, 1896 to 1918; logs, 1898 to 1902; notes for torpedo courses at Vernon, 1905, and for the course at the Royal Naval College, 1906; watch, station and fire bills, 1913; lecture notes, 1921 to 1922, and standing orders for the Concord, 1922 to 1923.

Papers of Sir James Richard Thursfield. They contain correspondence with Sir John Fisher, 1900 to 1908, articles and pamphlets by Thursfield, 1906 to 1910, reports on naval manoeuvres, 1894 to 1901, and a long series of confidential Admiralty and official memoranda sent to him by Fisher.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Archival Information

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Oct 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
2010-08-26