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HMCS Niobe Guest Book [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1945-1958.

Reference:

R8284-0-3-E, MG22-A17, Volume number: 1--2

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101215

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HMCS Niobe Guest Book
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1945-1958.

Place of creation:

Scotland

Extent:

2 cm of textual records (20 p.); originals.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a guest book kept at HMCS Niobe, the Canadian Navy's shore establishment at Greenock, Scotland, between February 1945 and March 1958. The majority of the autographs were made by Canadian personnel with a few from England, Scotland, the U.S.A., Poland and one from India. The entries were made at substancial intervals over the period the book was in use.

Provenance:

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HMCS Niobe (Base)

Biography/Administrative history:

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HMCS Niobe (Base) : HMCS Niobe was a Canadian overseas naval shore establishment, originally situated at Greenock, Scotland. It later moved to Hill Street and then to Ennismore Gardens in London.

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Textual records (Paper) Finding aid provides an alphabetically-ordered list of the signatories in this album, with the date of their visit (the key to locating them in the guestbook) and their rank, or place of residence. MSS0727 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001273.pdf

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General note:

Transferred in 1975 from the Canadian High Commission, London, through the Department of National Defence.

Note on the state of conservation:

The binding is sound, and the paper substantial.
Subject heading:

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Niobe (Greenock, Scotland) - Navy-yards and naval stations, Canadian, [1945-1958]

Niobe (London, England) - Navy-yards and naval stations, Canadian, [1945-1958]

Henry Duncan Graham Crerar, 1888-1965 - Autographs, [1945-1958]

Vincent Massey, 1887-1967 - Autographs, [1945-1958]

Roger E.S. Bidwell, [19- ] - Autographs, [1945-1958]

Americans - Autographs - Great Britain, [1945-1958]

East Indians - Autographs - Great Britain, [1945-1958]

Autographs - Great Britain, 1945-1958

Poles - Autographs - Great Britain, [1945-1958]
Source:

Private

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MG22-A17
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG22 A 17] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 727] 72

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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The original album (volume 1) has been withdrawn from circulation as a protective conservation measure. Substitution photocopies (volume 2) are available for consultation and reproduction purposes.
Photographic reproductions from the originals may be made for exhibition or publication projects.

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