Correspondence and Company Administration - 'Old File' Sequence, 1922-1958

Component identifier:

Series D42/PL3

Content Summary:

'Old Files' sequence, containing manilla folders from the General Manager's office of the Port Line as subsidiary of Cunard. The office was at Cunard House, 88 Leadenhall Street.

The period covers c.1929 to c.1939 but a clear sub-group covering war years and later can be identified. The series relates to the Port Line filing cabinets (see PL9/43). Contents include carbons of cables to and from ships and the line's agents and offices abroad, letters, some newscuttings, intelligence reports, notes of interviews and copies of minutes of official bodies. Subjects dealt with are indicated in the file titles, and deal with the line's business trading with Australia and New Zealand and via America.

Managers and directors sending or receiving correspondence include W Donald, J R Rooper, R H Senior, W de Gruchy and W P Tyser. Official bodies referred to include the Australian Tonnage Committee and the New Zealand Tonnage Committee, Ocean Shipowners' Group Joint Committee, the National Dock Labour Board, and the Waterfront Control Commission. Companies include Blue Star and the Montreal, Australia and New Zealand Line.

Original file titles and references are given and any additional material is in square brackets.

The Australian Joint Copying Project selectively filmed each piece listed.

Extent information:

536 items,

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