Fonds 016.014.0001-0005 - Allen Fonds

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Allen Fonds

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    Fonds

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    016.014.0001-0005

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    • 1942-1979 (Creation)

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    5 albums.

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    Fonds consists of 5 photo albums containing memorabilia relating to ships, the Navy, and global travel dating from the 1940s until the 1970s.

    Box 1
    Album 1: Contains memorabilia related to the Sea Cadet Corps and global travel including photographs, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, certificates, official documents, programs. Documents date from 1942 to 1948.

    Album 2: Contains memorabilia relating to global travel including photographs, menus, pamphlets programmes, guide books, newspaper clippings, Documents date from 1948 to 1958.

    Album 3: Contains memorabilia related to Cunard Steamship Company Limited including invitations, passenger lists, promotional pamphlets, menus, cards, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photos, and letters. Also includes documents relating to Kent Line Limited, Motor Vessel Owners, the Royal Navy, and Royal Mail Ships. Documents date from 1958 to 1968.

    Box 2
    Album 4: Contains documents notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to the Titanic, the Queen Mary I and II, The Queen Elizabeth II the Queen Mary II, the Royal Navy, the Royal Merchant Navy; the Royal Canadian Navy, the United States Navy, and the Shanghai Incident of 1949.

    Album 5: Contains photos of North West Territories Marine Operations from 1976 to 1979.

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    Donated by Jan Allen, 15 November 2016.

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    • English

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      MMBC off-site storage.

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      All requests for use must be made through the MMBC Research Request program (http://mmbc.bc.ca/collections/library-and-archives/research/). Please note that fees may apply.

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      RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      6 February 2018

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