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Russell, Alexander


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380687

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

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 AND 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist and database.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The material was presented by Mrs Bobby Shackleton, grand-niece of Alexander Russell, in 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Maritime transport | Transport
Mission ships | Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Travel abroad | Travel
Water transport

Personal names
Russell | Alexander | fl 1882-1899 | seaman
Russell | Barbara | fl 1882-1899 | sister of Alexander Russell

Corporate names

Places
Fiji | Oceania
Sydney | New South Wales | Australia | Oceania
Asia and the Pacific