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An interesting example of collaboration between Tyne and Wear

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Posted by administrator on July 31, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

It’s been another rewarding month on the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives Project. I’ve been working on the records of William Doxford & Sons Ltd and have now largely completed the cataloguing of the firm’s operational and publicity records. These include some… Read more

Exciting new additions to our Sunderland shipbuilding collections

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Posted by administrator on July 2, 2012     Permalink     Comments (6)

I’m happy to report that work is continuing well on the ‘We Mak’em’ Shipbuilding Archives project. The records of the firm Bartram & Sons Ltd are now fully catalogued (TWAM ref. DS.BM) and can be searched using our online catalogue.… Read more

Fascinating diaries to be made available to the public for the first time

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Posted by administrator on May 25, 2012     Permalink     Comments (5)

Since my last blog in late April work has been going well on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have both been working on the project’s biggest collection – the records of William Doxford & Sons… Read more

Interesting personnel records uncovered by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives project

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Posted by administrator on April 23, 2012     Permalink     Comments (60)

During the past month I’ve been cataloguing the administrative records of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd and its two predecessor companies, S.P. Austin & Son Ltd and William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. These include an interesting set of personnel records, which… Read more

A repossession and other discoveries from the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives project

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Posted by administrator on March 27, 2012     Permalink     Comments (13)

Work on the project has been progressing smoothly for the past month. Colin has now completed the cataloguing of the Bartram & Sons ships plans we hold and has started work on the plans of the Sunderland shipbuilding firm of… Read more