Collection GB 0064 VBK - Visitors' Books

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0064 VBK

Title

Visitors' Books

Date(s)

  • 18th century - 1956 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 1/2ft: 45cm

Context area

Name of creator

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Archival history

GB 0064 VBK 18th century - 1956 Collection 1 1/2ft: 45cm Various

This class contains fourteen visitors' books of ships and places and also autograph books. Among the ships; visitors' books are those for the KING GEORGE V, 1913 to 1923, the CAPETOWN, 1934 to 1943 and the MAGPIE, 1950 to 1956. There is a distinguished visitors' book, 1926 to 1936, of the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, and a book containing autographs of naval officers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Oct 2011.

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.

2010-08-26 HMS Capetown HMS Magpie Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich Transport Vehicles Ships HMS King George V

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Scope and content

This class contains fourteen visitors' books of ships and places and also autograph books. Among the ships; visitors' books are those for the KING GEORGE V, 1913 to 1923, the CAPETOWN, 1934 to 1943 and the MAGPIE, 1950 to 1956. There is a distinguished visitors' book, 1926 to 1936, of the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, and a book containing autographs of naval officers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Conditions governing access

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Conditions governing reproduction

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

National Maritime Museum

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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