D42/C1 - Sir Alfred Booth Papers - 1862-1925
Files of Sir Alfred Booth during his chairmanship of Cunard from 1909-1922. They consist of letters on official or semi-official company business covering many different subjects such as the building, repair, refitting and wrecking of vessels, agreements with other shipping lines, individual staff m...
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| Archive level description: | Series |
| Physical Description: | 28 boxes and 3 index boxes. |
| Summary: | Files of Sir Alfred Booth during his chairmanship of Cunard from 1909-1922. They consist of letters on official or semi-official company business covering many different subjects such as the building, repair, refitting and wrecking of vessels, agreements with other shipping lines, individual staff matters such as resignations as well as negotiations with unions and various matters connected with the requisition of vessels during the First World War. As well as correspondence many of the files also contain reports, memoranda, copy agreements and minutes of a variety of bodies and committees. A card index exists for these files. |
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| Date: | 1862-1925 |
| Reference Number: | D42/C1 |
| Arrangement: | Most arranged in chronological order. The files are arranged in two separate sequences, one alphabetical from A1 to W3, and the other numerical from File No. 1-529, although many of these files appear to have been weeded out as many numbers in this sequence are missing. Therefore the arrangement of the series is as follows: D42/C1/1: Correspondence files (Alphabetical). D42/C1/2: Correspondence files (Numerical). D42/C1/3: Indices to Correspondence files. |