Records of Evan Thomas Radcliffe and Company, Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff Shipowners.

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Reference code(s): D/D ETR/ 1-172

Title: Records of Evan Thomas Radcliffe and Company, Dock Chambers, Bute Street, Cardiff Shipowners.

Date(s): 1882 - 1973

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 172 files

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Scope and content: This collection comprises 172 records relating to the formation and liquidation of the Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co. Cardiff-based shipping company. The collection is divided into three main types of records: (1) the personal records and private ledgers of the Evan Thomas Radcliffe shipping company; (2) company papers covering records relating to voyages undertaken between 1908-1965, correspondence files (c.1948-1953) and information about crew and passengers carried between 1885-1954; (3) records of the individual shipping companies owned by Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co. Ltd. Covering information about accounts and shipping insurance. Particular items of note are files 42-47 within the 'Records relating to voyages, 1908-1965, comprising 6 indexed cargo books. Entries arranged by name of ship, with details about the date of each voyage, names of the port of departure and port of arrival and descriptions of the cargo carried on each voyage. Also, of the 27 steam ship companies listed in the records of individual shipping companies owned by Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co. Ltd. there is a file entitled 'Colonies Shipping Company Ltd. Of Bristol, 1908-1911' (Ref: D/D ETR 170/1-11).

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Conditions governing access: Members of the public can consult this collection in the Document Searchroom of the Glamorgan Record Office, on completion of a requisition form. Visitors are advised to contact the Office in advance to reserve a place in the searchroom. Opening hours are as follows: Tuesday-Friday: 9.30am-5.00pm (4.30pm on Friday); Late opening, by appointment, Wednesday 5.00pm - 7.00pm; Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays

Conditions governing reproduction: © Glamorgan Record Office

Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Printed list

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Existence and location of originals: Glamorgan Record Office, The Glamorgan Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NE.

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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.

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Maritime transport

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