Collection of photographs of Clyde vessels taken from negatives belonging to Graham Langmuir, solicitor and steamer enthusiast, Glasgow, Scotland

Scope and Content

  • Photographs of vessels, groups of passengers, ship yards and harbours, 20th century

Photographs of vessels include ships built by the following Scottish ship yards:

Administrative / Biographical History

Graham Langmuir was born in 1910  in the Titwood parish of Glasgow, Scotland. He studied at the University of Glasgow graduating MA in 1929  . He went on to study Law at the University, graduating LLB in 1933  . Graham Langmuir practised as a solicitor in Bearsden, Glasgow, but his passion was steamers and he wrote four books with GC Duckworth on this subject: Clyde River and Other Steamers , Clyde and Other Coastal Steamers , Railway and Other Steamers , and West Coast Steamers . He died c1994.

Arrangement

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Graham Langmuir

Other Finding Aids

Manual file level list available in searchroom

Alternative Form Available

Possible

Conditions Governing Use

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Appraisal Information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

Custodial History

Unknown

Accruals

None expected

Related Material

See source list on Shipping and Shipbuilding Industry

GB 243 Papers of Graham Langmuir (Glasgow City Archives)

Material in other repositories: no material associated by provenance

Bibliography

No known publications using this material

Additional Information

This material is copied from Mr Langmuir's negatives deposited at Glasgow City Archives

Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 25 July 2002

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