Russell, Alexander

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 MS 380687
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full 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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist and database.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

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