Stephens family papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0064 MSS/64/115
Held at	: National Maritime Museum   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ ›
Full 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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

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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.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 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:
2010-10-27