Guide to the Records of Port Line Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP), 1890-1968

Summary

Collection number:

M1718 - M1821

Creator:

Port Line Ltd.. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line

Language:

English and 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. Citations for items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the item's AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Agenda book volume 1, D42/PL - Port Line Ltd, Papers of the Cunard Steamship Company, Special Collections Archives, University of Liverpool Library (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-242682256).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

The Port Line Ltd Records consist of the company's administrative and operational papers. Port Line was a subsidiary of the Cunard Steamship Company, and the Port Line series forms part of the larger Cunard Steamship Co Ltd archive, which comprises most of the surviving business records produced by Cunard since it became a limited company in 1878.

The Port Line Ltd records filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project comprise Board papers 1914-68, Registers and Transfers of Stocks and Shares 1914-70, correspondence and company administration 1890-59, correspondence of Directors, Manager and Secretary 1924-40, loss of ships files 1939-45, private letter-books, correspondence and indexes 1915-65, Charter Parties 1921-60, Accountant's Department files 1914-51, Publicity Department files 1893-1968, and miscellaneous files 1890-1967.

Subjects covered in the correspondence files include: ships' agents; visits by officials to Australia and New Zealand; Blue Star Line; Cunard White Star Line; outside competition and outward trade; chilled meat; meat companies; fruit guarantees; wool buyers; passengers; waterside workers; and statistics. Correspondents include J.R. Rooper, W. Donald, H.W. Corry, Sir James Corry, R.H. Senior and W.G. de Gruchy.

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-vn2269132] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

University of Liverpool Library, Liverpool, England. Reference: D42/PL - Port Line Ltd, Papers of the Cunard Steamship Company.

For more information see D42/PL - Port Line Ltd, Papers of the Cunard Steamship Company (https://sca-archives.liverpool.ac.uk/Record/114126 and the University of Liverpool's Special Collections and Archives : Cunard Archive guide.

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

Example: Agenda book volume 1, D42/PL - Port Line Ltd, Papers of the Cunard Steamship Company, Special Collections Archives, University of Liverpool Library (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-242682256).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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