Russell, Alexander
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380687 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Russell, Alexander |
Date(s) | : 1882-1899 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 folder |
Name of creator(s) | : Russell | Alexander | fl 1882-1899 | seaman |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Alexander Russell was skipper of various vessels based in Fiji including the John Hunt and the Meda. These ships helped supply missionaries in the region.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopies of 13 letters, 1882-1899, from Alexander Russell to his sister, Barbara Russell, recounting trips on missionary and other vessels in the South Pacific, including visits to Sydney (Australia) and Fiji.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist and database.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The material was presented by Mrs Bobby Shackleton, grand-niece of Alexander Russell, in 1998.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Revised 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:
Apr 2002
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