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Stephens family papers

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 MSS/64/115

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Stephens family papers

Date(s): [1887-1980]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Stephens family

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of books, papers and photographs relating to the Stephens family of Fowley, [1887-1980], comprising unsorted papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs and postcards relating to the Stephens family and their ships. Including the following: Lloyd's Register certificate confirming classification of the LITTLE SECRET, 1887. Bill of lading and charter party documents for the RIPPLING WAVE, 1890-1892. Bill of lading and charter party documents for the ISABELLA, 1894-1908. Statement of general average for the LITTLE MYSTERY, Captain J.H. Greet, from Herring Neck, Newfoundland, to Figueira with a cargo of codfish, 1905. Statement of general average for the R.T.K., Captain Henry Purches, from Batteau, Labrador, to Seville with a cargo of codfish, 1905. Board of Trade Examination of Oath document for Robert Acford, master of the R.T.K., lost after a collision in 1910. Folder of typescript reports relating to damage and loss of cargo during the voyage of the ISABELLA from Newfoundland bound for Oporto, 1911-1912. Last log of the ISABELLA, 22 April to 11 October 1913. Original photographs of the vessels JANE BANKS, LITTLE GEM, LITTLE MYSTERY, MARIA JOSE, OCEAN SWELL, SPINAWAY and others.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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 .

A list of items in the Stephens Collection appears in Appendix F in the book 'Stephens of Fowey: A Portrait of a Cornish Merchant Fleet 1867-1939' by C.H. Ward-Jackson, NMM Maritime Monographs and Reports No 43, 1980.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Also copies of these photographs by NMM Photo Studio (negative numbers B4170A to B4170J). See also MSS/76/170.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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