Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1858-1880 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
24 items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edwin William Boulton was a Marine Engineer for the Royal Navy. Boulton is listed in the Royal Navy Lists (1886) as Assistant Engineer from 1842 until retirement in 1872.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of certificates, appointments and warrants following Boulton's career from Greenwich Hospital School final examination (1858) to his 1880 appointment as additional Engineer HMS Excellent for service in HMS Medway. Most issued by the Admiralty, signed and dated. Includes a typewritten inventory of papers in collection.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
MMBC off-site storage.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
BCAUL control number: MMB-2324
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- HMS Excellent (establishment) (Subject)
- HMS Medway (ship) (Subject)
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD, July 2008, Canadian Council of Archives.