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predominantly 1939-1979 (Creation)
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1877-1979 (Creation)
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6 v. -- 50 stamps. -- 2.5 cm of textual records.
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Fonds consists of personal and professional papers related to Captain D.W. Groos and Commander H.V.W. Groos.
L3
Handwritten note addressed to Commander Groos from George C. Etheridge in Monterry Oak, California. Envelope is postmarked 2 August 1951.
L483
Handwritten account of HMS Shearwater sailing to Madeira in November 1901 and a newspaper clipping from Thursday, 12 April 1979 containing a letter to the editor written by L.R. Ferris, nephew of George Charles Etheridge, passenger of HMS Shearwater in 1901.
L3804
Issue of "The Tiddley Times" the W.R.C.N.S. magazine, dating to January/February 1945.
L4015
Photocopies of papers relating to the barque Elissa, including pages from Lloyd's register of shipping, a builder's certificate for sailing vessels, written history of the ship, correspondence, accountant reports, plans and carts, and general lists and notes, dating primarily to the 1970s.
L4054
Photocopy of the history of the barque Elissa from its construction in 1877 until 1970 including lists of voyages, lists of casualties, a personal account from 1961, and correspondence from Lloyd's register of shipping dating to the 1970s.
L4055
Photocopy of Greek registry records, entirely in Greek, referencing barque Elissa, dating to 1959?
003.028.0001-0003
Book titled "British Columbia Pilot Volume I: Coasts of the United States and British Columbia from Cape Flattery, Juan de Fuca Strait to Cape Caution Together with Vancouver Island", fifth edition, 1923. Also, contracts from Canadian Merchant Service Guild dating from 1939 to 1941.
005.006.0001-0002
Book titled "The Way of a Ship: An Essay on the Literature of Navigation Science" by Lawrence C. Wroth, 1937 and 1 sheet of 1975 Canadian commemorative ships stamps.
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Donated by various members of the Groos family from 1961 to 2005.
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- English
- Greek
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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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- Canadian Merchant Service Guild (Subject)
- Barque Elissa (ship) (Subject)
- Department of Transportation (Subject)
- HMCS Shearwater (ship) (Subject)
- Merchant Navy (Subject)
- Royal Canadian Navy (Subject)
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- Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives
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6 February 2018