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Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook
- Date
- 1902, 1950?
- By
- Pettifer, Walter, active 1902
- Reference
- MS-Group-1135
- Description
Diary kept by Pettifer who sailed round the world on the `Ophir' as a servant of its captain, Captain Tryon; and scrapbook compiled by Pettifer of itinerary, postcards, ephemera, clippings, maps, stamps and photographs etc
The diary has daily entries, some very brief, describing the voyage, ports, weather etc rather than Pettifer's work on board the vessel
Source of title - Supplied
Quantity: 2 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Judith Grant, London, Sep 2002
Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - 32 loose photographs (PAColl-7744).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 volume(s), 1 folder(s), 0.04 Linear Metres, Diaries, Scrapbooks, Manuscripts, Holograph, mss and printed matter
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Scrapbook
Date: 1902, [1950s]
From: Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook
Reference: MSZ-1296
Description: Scrapbook compiled by Pettifer including summary of voyage, postcards, ephemera, clippings, maps, stamps and photographs etc, two pressed feathers and a seal for HMS `Victoria'; obituary for him has been added. Also ten pages relating to New Zealand which include postcard images and newpaper cuttings of Maori with moko. Further pages capture images from the Pacific including the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa. Album contains some examples of rose-tinted albumen prints. Enclosures - Includes a feather from the extinct New Zealand Huia bird and a tail feather from a South African Jay bird. Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Diary
Date: 1902
From: Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook
Reference: MSX-6302
Description: Pettifer recorded daily with entries, some very brief, describing the voyage, ports, weather etc rather than his work on board the vessel Arrangement: Loose papers from the volume together with a partial transcript are at MS-Papers-7586 Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Loose papers from MSX-6302 and partial transcript of diary
Date: 1902, [2002]
From: Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook
Reference: MS-Papers-7586
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).