Vera Johnson Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): D.Jv

Title: Vera Johnson Collection

Date(s): 1900 - 1954

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 29 items

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Name of creator(s): Vera Johnson

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Scope and content: The collection comprises certificates of discharge, wage slips, ration books, identity cards, general clothing books, leaflets and newspaper cuttings from members of the Johnson and Christian families.

Included are certificates of discharge for David Christian and James Johnson (b.1883); identity cards for Jeanne W. Christian (1947) and Anthony Roger Christian (1950); ration books for Jeane. W Christian and David Christian (1953 - 1954) Clothing and General clothing books for Jeane W Johnson and James Johnson; wage slips of David Christian, Jeanne W. Johnson (nee Christian); and National Union of Seamen receipt slips. Also found in the collection is a leaflet entitled, 'Ministry of Shipping - Time Ashore Allowed to Seamen' leaflet, a copy of the St Mary's Parish Magazine (August 1944) and a newspaper cutting with picture of A.B. Edward Edghill recipient of the B.E.M from New Chronicle 8 June 1949. The collection also contains a selection of newspaper cuttings related to the Butetown Police Station filed in 'cuttings file'.

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Conditions governing access: Access to the archive is at the discretion of the director of Butetown History and Arts Centre. In the first instance, please write to: Glenn Jordan (Director), Butetown History and Arts Centre, 5 Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5AG.

Conditions governing reproduction: © Butetown History and Arts Centre

Language/scripts of material: English

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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

Recorder's note: Record completed and indexed June 2002. MR.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 20 January 2002

Interest: Black

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Trade unions

Employment

Black and Asian seamen

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National Union of Seamen

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Butetown, Cardiff, United Kingdom