Papers on Shipping and Shipbuilding: Papers of Henry Bell Wortley

This material is held atCambridge University Library

Scope and Content

Printed papers, pamphlets and photographs mostly concerning ships and shipping, postcards from Wortley's world tour.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

The papers in Add. 9356 were presented to the Library in October 1995 by his granddaughter, Miss Phoebe Wortley-Talbot.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

For a readily-available history of Alfred Holt's business concerns see Francis E. Hyde, Blue Funnel, Liverpool, 1956