Correspondence and copy correspondence concerning war and shipping

Reference
- GB 248 DC 035/4
Dates of Creation
- 1916-1929
Language of Material
- English

Scope and Content

Including: 1916-1917 Copy extracts of letters from Sir James while on active service, mostly to his brother, Henry, discussing critically the progress of the war; particularly the management of merchant shipping and the prospects of their shipbuilding and marine engineering concerns 1929 Correspondence between Sir James and Winston Churchill on the provision in the Finance Bill to force companies to distribute dividends which would have a deleterious effect on heavy industry

Other Finding Aids

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Papers of Sir James Lithgow, 1883-1952; shipbuilder & industrialistDC 035

File of letters (with index) congratulating Sir James on the award of the CBEDC 035/1

Files of typed notes on the genealogy of the Lithgow familyDC 035/2

Articles, newscuttings and notes on industry, army and personal subjectsDC 035/3

Correspondence and copy correspondence concerning war and shippingDC 035/4

File of letters to Lady Lithgow thanking her for sending copies of the memorial address to Sir JamesDC 035/5

Transcripts of a radio broadcast: British Craftsmen (Shipbuilding) by William Ayre, William Mitchell, Murray Stephen and David TorranceDC 035/6

Correspondence concerning steel controlDC 035/7

Correspondence concerning Iona Youth Trust and Church of Scotland businessDC 035/8

Files (8) concerning letters of condolence to Lady Lithgow on the death of Sir JamesDC 035/9

Letters of congratulations on Sir James‰??s appointment as Controller of Merchant ShippingDC 035/10

Letters acknowledging Sir James‰??s farewell letter to members of his staff at the AdmiraltyDC 035/11

Correspondence concerning Henderson Agencies (1945) Ltd, GlasgowDC 035/12

Correspondence and papers concerning share transfersDC 035/13

Board correspondence and financial statementsDC 035/14

Correspondence and papers concerning the Parsons and Marine Engineering Turbine Research & Development AssociationDC 035/15

Correspondence and papers concerning the shipbuilding conferenceDC 035/16

Correspondence on various industrial and shipbuilding mattersDC 035/17

Presscuttings, mostly concerning the Scottish Development Council, the Special Areas Reconstruction Scheme, and the Federation of British IndustryDC 035/18

Files (15) of correspondence (arranged alphabetically) on a variety of topicsDC 035/19

Notes on the life of Sir James and printed obituary notices, 1952DC 035/20

Correspondence, board papers and financial statements concerning the North British Electric Welding CoDC 035/21

Correspondence concerning the SY CarraigDC 035/22

Correspondence concerning Lithgows Ltd and W Hamilton & CoDC 035/23

Correspondence concerning Lithgows Ltd and W Hamilton & CoDC 035/24

Correspondence concerning the preparation of the biography of Sir James by J M ReidDC 035/25

Correspondence, mainly socialDC 035/26

Correspondence concerning Sir James appointment and resignation from the post of Controller of Merchant ShippingDC 035/27

Correspondence with Norman W DuthieDC 035/28

Correspondence between Sir James and Sir Charles Craven of Vickers LtdDC 035/29

Papers and correspondence, mostly concerning industrial subjectsDC 035/30

Correspondence, memoranda and minutes concerning the Principal Supply Officers Committee of the Committee of Imperial DefenceDC 035/31

Papers and correspondence, mostly concerning Sir James‰??s military serviceDC 035/32

Presscuttings of Sir James‰??s speech as retiring president of the Federation of British IndustriesDC 035/33

Correspondence concerning the British Employers FederationDC 035/34

Replies to Sir James‰??s farewell letter from the Admiralty to shipbuilding, marine engineering and ship-repairing firmsDC 035/35

Letters to Sir James congratulating him on being created a baronetDC 035/36

Board papers of National Shipbuilders Security LtdDC 035/37

Letters to Sir James congratulating him on being created a Commander of the BathDC 035/38

Programme for visit of Rear Admiral Howard L Vickers, United States Navy to BritainDC 035/39

Comparison of capital expenditure on AC and DC welding plantDC 035/40

Memoranda, minutes and correspondence concerning the extension of the use of welding in various works and the reorganisation of the Institute of WeldingDC 035/41

Memoranda and correspondence concerning refrigeration and insulation of cargo vesselsDC 035/42

Report of the Director of Merchant Ship Repairs, Admiralty, of 1939-1945 warDC 035/43

File of papers and correspondence concerning merchant shipbuilding and repairDC 035/44

Memoranda and correspondence concerning the re-opening for war purposes of shipyards closed during the interwar yearsDC 035/45

Minutes, memoranda and correspondence concerning the Industrial Capacity Committee of the Production Council of the Ministry of SupplyDC 035/46

Correspondence concerning the salvage of merchant vessels during wartimeDC 035/47

Letters from Sir James concerning priorities in merchant ship repairDC 035/48

Memoranda and correspondence concerning the Area Boards for Scotland of the Production Council of the Ministry of SupplyDC 035/49

Memoranda and correspondence concerning tank productionDC 035/50

Memoranda and reports concerning the shipbuilding conference and a transcript of Sir James‰??s address to the meeting in Edinburgh on 23 JunDC 035/51

Memoranda and correspondence with ACNSDC 035/52

Minutes and correspondence concerning the 10th Annual Meeting of the Scottish Development CouncilDC 035/53

Correspondence, mostly with Sir Denis BurneyDC 035/54

Minutes and papers concerning the shipping policy of the Ministry of War TransportDC 035/55

Memoranda on London Graving Dock costings and production twelve months prior to the warDC 035/56

Memoranda and correspondence concerning labour supply and labour relations in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industryDC 035/57

Correspondence with Sir Amos Ayre, director of Merchant Shipbuilding, including Memorandum The Shipbuilding Industry in War, 26 Oct 1939DC 035/58

Correspondence and memoranda concerning the Barlow Committee on the conditions of labour in shipyards and the committee on the modernisation of plantDC 035/59

Memoranda and correspondence on merchant marine boiler productionDC 035/60

Correspondence between Denis and Sir Percy BatesDC 035/61

Correspondence on shipbuilding abroadDC 035/62

Correspondence and memorandum between Sir James and the Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyDC 035/63

Memoranda and correspondence concerning the establishment of the Scottish Engineering Students‰?? AssociationDC 035/64

Papers and correspondence concerning the determination of shipbuilding costs during wartimeDC 035/65

Memoranda and correspondence between Sir James and the Admiralty Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and RepairDC 035/66

Correspondence and papers concerning the Admiralty contracts departmentDC 035/67

Correspondence and memoranda concerning Lloyds Register of Shipping and the British Corporation Register of Shipping and AircraftDC 035/68

Correspondence, papers and reports concerning various missions to the USA to investigate merchant shipbuildingDC 035/69

Letters to Sir James congratulating him on receiving an LLD from Glasgow UniversityDC 035/70

Memoranda, correspondence and related papers mainly concerning merchant shipbuilding during World War IDC 035/71

Miscellaneous momentoes, letters and photographs concerning Sir James active serviceDC 035/72

Photograph albums containing regimental and family photographsDC 035/73

File of speeches and articles by Sir JamesDC 035/74

File of speeches by and articles about Sir JamesDC 035/75

Papers concerning the wills and settlement of the estates of Henry Lithgow and Sir JamesDC 035/76

Correspondence concerning the purchase of shares by Lord Barnaby on behalf of Sir James in the Aire Wool CoDC 035/77

Papers and correspondence concerning Sir James‰??s tax liabilitiesDC 035/78

Correspondence and papers concerning the purchase of Daniel Varney Ltd by Sir JamesDC 035/79

Papers and correspondence concerning Sir James‰??s life assuranceDC 035/80

Papers and correspondence concerning the settlement of Sir James‰??s estate before and after his deathDC 035/81

Correspondence concerning the Islay and Duchal estatesDC 035/82

Correspondence concerning the Ayrshire Dockyard CoDC 035/83

Correspondence and papers concerning British Polar Engines LtdDC 035/84

General correspondence concerning the Lithgow estatesDC 035/85

Papers and correspondence concerning the dispute of Daniel Varney Ltd with Dr C G HatayDC 035/86

Papers and documents of the Industrial Capacity Committee of the War CabinetDC 035/87

Secret papers and documents of the Production Control Committee of the War CabinetDC 035/88

Minutes of the meetings of the directors of the Glasgow Iron and Steel Co 1949-1953 and articles of association of Kingston Financial Services LtdDC 035/89

Papers and correspondenceDC 035/90

Correspondence and papers concerning Sir James and Henry Lithgow‰??s holdings of ordinary shares in William Beardmore & CoDC 035/91

Correspondence and papers concerning Sir James‰??s holding of first debenture stock in William Beardmore & CoDC 035/92

Papers and correspondenceDC 035/93

Correspondence concerning the purchase of the subsidiary companies of William Beardmore & Co by Lithgows LtdDC 035/94

File of back letters and proxies concerning various companies in which Sir James and Henry Lithgow and Lithgows Ltd held financial interestsDC 035/95

File of back letters and proxies relating to various companies in which Sir James and Henry Lithgow and Lithgows Ltd held financial interestsDC 035/96