Woodriff Collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0064 WDR |
Held at | : National Maritime Museum Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Woodriff Collection |
Date(s) | : 1790-[1874] |
Level of description | : Collection
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Extent | : 2 boxes and 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Woodriff | Allan Robert | 1846-1876 | Lieutenant
Woodriff | Daniel | 1756-1842 | Captain Woodriff | John Robert | 1790-1868 | Commander |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
See sub-fonds level descriptions for individual biographies.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Allan Robert Woodriff, consisting of service documents, 1868 to 1874, an undated letter from Woodriff (while a sub-lieutenant) to his mother and letters of condolence after his death.
Papers of Cpt Daniel Woodriff, they include a log, 1790; extracts from Woodriff's journal, 1794; copies and drafts of letters and memorials, 1805 to 1815; Woodriff's will, 1828, and that of his wife Sarah, 1846.
Papers of John Robert Woodriff, consisting of personal and service documents, 1802 to 1867, including a letter of 1842 from John Robert's brother, Commander Daniel Woodriff (1789-1860), whose papers are in the National Library of Australia at Canberra.
Access & 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 Miss O.M. Brodie in 1973.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Oct 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:
2010-08-26
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