Entries from The Caird Library Blog tagged with 'Richard W'
December's Item of the Month
December's Item of the Month features a series of letters written by Susannah Middleton to her sister, Mary Leake. As it's 'that time of year' we've selected three letters, each one written during the Christmas period.Richard (Assistant Archivist)...
News on the Move
In a previous post about the move, I mentioned that we'd come across a book with a rather appropriate title, given the work we were undertaking. Continuing on a similar theme, we couldn't let the safe relocating of another volume...
We're Moving!
I hope the title of this blog-post didn't cause any unpleasant surprises. Having opened the new Caird Library in the summer, we are, of course, staying put. However, regular visitors will know that we haven't yet had the opportunity to...
A Norwegian Manuscript Mystery
Colleagues in Norway have issued a request for help to solve a mystery dating back to 1816. The Regional State Archives in Trondheim have in their collection a number of letters that were found, washed ashore in a box, at...
October's Item of the Month: Robert Hope's Trafalgar Letter
In 1805 Robert Hope, a member of the sailmakers' crew of HMS Temeraire, wrote to his brother to recount his recent involvement in the Battle of Trafalgar. Recently acquired by the National Maritime Museum after 205 years in private hands, October's...
This week's archive journey session
On 21 October 1805 the British Royal Navy clashed with French and Spanish ships at the Battle of Trafalgar. To coincide with a series of events across the Museum, this week's archive journey session is Life in Nelson's Navy. The...
Gardener's World
Regular visitors to the Caird Library will be used to seeing references to the National Archives amongst our collections. Now it seems that other great Kew institution is getting in on the maritime act. We spotted recently this fascinating blog...
Report of the Society of Archivists' Conference
We recently had the opportunity to attend the Society of Archivists' conference in Manchester. With the title 'We Are What We Keep', the conference was a chance to explore and revisit concepts surrounding how and why records are preserved for...
This week's archive journey session
Greenwich this Thursday is certainly the fashionable place to be as our archive journey session is Sailor Chic. Using rare, original manuscript and printed items from the Museum's collections we'll be exploring what sailors wore on ship; how they obtained their...
August's item of the month: Keppel's journal
August's item of the month is the 'journal of cruise of H.M. Ship Maender' (HTN/69) kept by Captain Henry Keppel and beautifully illustrated by Oswald Brierly. The journal documents a voyage throughout the southern hemisphere undertaken between 1847 and 1851.If you...
Love in the Archives
On Saturday 13 February the Queen's House was the venue for the romantically themed Love in the Archives afternoon, part of the Past Caring: Love in History programme events. The afternoon began with a talk by Margarette Lincoln, Deputy Director...
Archive Journeys in November
Continuing our regular programme of Archive Journey sessions, November begins with Caird's Treasure Chest on Thursday 5th. Sir James Caird was one of the National Maritime Museum's principal early benefactors and his donations helped to form the foundation of the...
Archive Journeys in September
This month visitors to the Museum will have the opportunity to attend a number of Archive Journey sessions. Following the popular Polar Exploration sessions held in July we are holding 3 more events to coincide with the Museum's North West...
Forthcoming Archive Journeys
To coincide with the Museum's North West Passage exhibition members of the Archive team will be holding three Archive Journey sessions in July. We'll be talking about items from our Polar Exploration box and there will be plenty of opportunities...
Journey of A Logbook: Part 4
Moderate and fair at 4pm made a signal and anchored in Madera [sic] road On 18 March Anson anchored the Centurion in port having completed the first stage of her voyage. Here Anson employed Portuguese boats to restock his ship's water...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 3
Fresh Gales and Squally. Lost Logg lines three. The entry for 11 March 1738 in the log of HMS Centurion highlights two concerns of a captain at sea: the weather and the speed his ship was traveling. Two hundred and seventy...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 2
Ditto weather a large swell from the NW. PM found the main top mast sprung in the wake of the upper part of the capp made a signal for the Falmouth got down top gallant yard and mast and hand'd...
Journey of a Logbook: Part 1
On the 9th instant I was commission'd to command his Majesty's ship Centurion at Portsmouth ... On the 13th ... hoisted the pendant and this day made my appearance on board. With these words George Anson began the first log...
New Assistant Archivist
After a hectic, not to mention snowy, start to my new job I've finally found a moment to introduce myself to readers of the blog. I'm Richard Wragg and I have recently taken up the position of Assistant Archivist. Before...
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