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Fox-Smith, Cicely, authoress (d 1955)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 FXM

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Fox-Smith, Cicely, authoress (d 1955)

Date(s): [1851-1919]

Level of description: Collection

Extent:

Name of creator(s): Fox | Cicely | -Smith | d 1955 | author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Miss Cicely Fox Smith, who had travelled in Canada and Africa, wrote a number of popular books on sailing ships of the last century. She was also a contributor to Punch for many years and well known for her attractive verses.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Cicely Fox Smith, consisting of some manuscript material including logs of three East India merchant ships 1851 to 1854; a number of letters and photographs which she received from various correspondents; and a few articles and newspaper cuttings; there are also letters relating to the restoration of the VICTORY, 1920 to 1929. The collection has some useful materials for the study of the sailing ship.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were presented by her sister, Miss M Smith in 1956.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 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: 2011-04-19


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Merchant companies | Companies | Enterprises
Merchant shipping | Maritime transport | Transport
Merchants | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Shipping
Water transport

Personal names
Fox | Cicely | -Smith | d 1955 | author

Corporate names
HMS Victory
Royal Navy

Places