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- 1840-1958 (Creation)
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10 boxes, 78 volumes
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Biographical history
The Company was formed in 1839 and was the principal British shipping company serving the Caribbean and the east coast of Latin America. For further details on its history, see T A Bushell, Royal Mail: a Centenary History of the Royal Mail Line 1839-1939 (London [1939]).
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Archival history
The archives were split and placed on deposit at UCL and the National Maritime Museum during the 1960s. The National Maritime Museum holds the bulk of the archive.
GB 0103 RMSP 1840-1958 Collection (fonds) 10 boxes, 78 volumes Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
The Company was formed in 1839 and was the principal British shipping company serving the Caribbean and the east coast of Latin America. For further details on its history, see T A Bushell, Royal Mail: a Centenary History of the Royal Mail Line 1839-1939 (London [1939]).
The archives were split and placed on deposit at UCL and the National Maritime Museum during the 1960s. The National Maritime Museum holds the bulk of the archive.
Placed on deposit by the Company during the 1960s.
Records of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1840-1958, comprising reports, accounts, minutes, cash books, agreements and other business records, and including some records of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, Nelson Line, and the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English
Handlist. Collection level description on CALM. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
The National Maritime Museum holds an extensive collection of the company's archives. (Ref: RMS)
1999, revised Oct 2001 Accounting Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Caribbean Central America Enterprises Finance Financial administration Maritime transport Nelson Line , shipping company Royal Mail Steam Packet Company South America Transport Water transportImmediate source of acquisition or transfer
Placed on deposit by the Company during the 1960s.
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Records of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1840-1958, comprising reports, accounts, minutes, cash books, agreements and other business records, and including some records of the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam Packet Company, Nelson Line, and the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company.
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Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Handlist. Collection level description on CALM. See also A Guide to Manuscript Sources for the History of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles, ed Peter Walne (Oxford University Press, London, 1973).
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The National Maritime Museum holds an extensive collection of the company's archives. (Ref: RMS)
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- English