Edward Charles Kirby, Alfred Kirby
- Containers:
- Box 11 (MS 6681)
- Component identifier:
- File 79
- Content Summary:
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Edward Charles Kirby and Alfred Kirby were the founders of the Kobe Engineering and Ship Building Works, formerly the Kobe Iron Works Co.
Folders 76-79 contain three notebooks of Alfred Kirby, ten Cabinet prints of Kirby family members, correspondence, legal documents and the typescript of Williams' Shades of the Past article 'The Englishman Who Built a Shipyard and Japanese Warships in Kobe'. Included are the research notes and letters of William Lackie.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- Harold and Gertrude (Jean) Williams between 1978 and 1995 donated the collection to the Library in numerous instalments. Further material was added in 2002 and 2005.
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2199808).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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