Box 606766497
Container
Contains 20 Results:
Annual Reports of the Society of Friends of English Harbour, established in Antigua in May 1951, to restore Nelson's Dockyard, 1951-1978
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, items 1-25
Blackburne was Chairman of the Executive Committee from 1951 to 1956. The 8th, 23rd, and 27th reports are missing.
Extents: 25 items
Dates:
1951-1978
Warrant order from Charles White, Naval Commissioner for the Leeward Islands, to the officers of Antigua Yard [i.e., Nelson's Dockyard] for the purchase of certain articles, 13 Jul 1807
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, fol. 1
Press cuttings, reports, articles, and a broadcast by Blackburne about the restoration of English Harbour, with a letter from Clarence House about Princess Margaret seeing a film, 22 Mar 1952-28 Feb 1957
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, fols. 2-49
Copy of The Romance of English Harbour, a guidebook compiled by Blackburne, 1954
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, item 26
Copy of the second edition of The Romance of English Harbour, marked 'corrected copy' and annotated, 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, item 27
Copy of the fourth edition of The Romance of English Harbour, Oct 1969
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, item 28
Copy of the fifth edition of The Romance of English Harbour, Sep 1972
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, item 29
Copy of A Short Guide to English Harbour, Antigua, 1959
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 1, item 30
Dated photographs of the Blackburnes at official functions, and one of the Queen Mother on a visit to the Leeward Islands, Nov 1950-17 Mar 1964
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 1-17
Undated photographs of the Blackburnes at official functions, and other photographs of the Leeward Islands, some named, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 18-48
Photographs of the visit by Princess Margaret to the Leeward Islands, Feb 1955
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 49-63
Photographs of Nelson's Dockyard and English Harbour, before, during, and after restoration; mostly named, 1920s-Nov 1968
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 64-92
Undated photographs of English Harbour, before, during, and after restoration, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 93-135
Undated Christmas cards and postcards of the Leeward Islands, and especially English Harbour, with one of the British Virgin Islands, n.d.
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 2, fols. 136-157
Letters to Blackburne of appreciation for his Governorship, press cuttings regarding his departure, notes for speeches by Blackburne, and copies of his replies, 14 Aug-19 Nov 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 3, fols. 1-71
Extents: 71 Leaves
Dates:
14 Aug-19 Nov 1956
Photographs of Blackburne's departure from the Leeward Islands, 20 Nov 1956
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11, folder 3, fols. 72-76
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates:
20 Nov 1956
Reports, booklets, press cuttings, photographs, and other papers, relating to the Leeward Islands, and especially to English Harbour, 1807-1978
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Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 460/11
Photographs and postcards of the Leeward Islands and English Harbour, 1920-1968
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[Original file, now discarded, marked: 'Leewards and English Harbour Photographs 1950-56'].
Extents: 157 Leaves
Dates:
1920-1968