Guide to the Papers of Cicely Fox Smith (as filmed by the AJCP), 28 August 1791-04 October 1936

Summary

Collection number:

M3048 - M3050

Creator:

Smith, Cicely Fox

Extent:

31 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Not for loan

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Logs and remark books kept on the Blackwall 1851-1852 and Prince of Wales by H.R. James, Rodney 1887-1890 and Hesperus 1890-1895 by F.W. Corner, and City of Adelaide 1891-1901 by various members of the crew.

Autobiography of G. Sorrell containing details of voyages 1860-1880 including journeys on the River Murray.

Autobiography of Capt. T. Young describing voyages to Australia on the City of Agra 1865-1893.

Correspondence 1925-1936.

Notes and cutting concerning the loss of HMS Pandora 1791 and the wreck of HMS Porpoise 1803.

Biographical / Historical:

Cicely Fox Smith (1882-1954), the daughter of a barrister, was born in Lymm, Cheshire. She was educated at Manchester High School for Girls and published her first book of poems when she was 17. In 1911-13 she travelled with her sister in Canada and lived for some time at Victoria, on Vancouver Island. Talking to seamen and others on the wharves and seafront at Victoria increased her interest in ships and the sea. On her return to England she moved with her family to Hampshire. In later years she lived at Bow in Devon.

Smith was a prolific poet whose work appeared over a period of 40 years in a wide range of journals, magazines and newspapers. Many of the poems are nautical in content. The complete poems of Cicely Smith, edited by Charles Ipcar and James Saville, was published in 2012, with a new edition in 2015.

Smith also wrote novels, short stories, articles and non-fiction works. Her nautical books included Songs in sail and other chanties (1914), Ships and folks (1920), Sailor Town days (1923), A book of famous ships (1924), Full sail (1926), Tales of the clipper ships (1926), A book of shanties (1927), There was a ship: chapters from the history of sail (1929), Ocean racers (1931), Adventures and perils of the sea (1936), Thames side yesterdays (1945) and Ship models (1951).

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1715611] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

National Maritime Museum, Park Row, London.

Collection reference: NMM Section 4 FXM. For further information see Cicely Fox Smith at the National Maritime Museum (https://collections.rmg.co.uk/archive/objects/492144.html).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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