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Case 5: Rescue and Growth - The Cunard Archive
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Title
Case 5: Rescue and Growth - The Cunard Archive
Subject
Cunard Building (Liverpool, England)
Cunard Line, ltd
Description
This case highlights the Cunard Archive. Several moves have ensured the material survived war and adversity, the last move being to the University of Liverpool in 1960s. It is now cared for by a dedicated Cunard Archivist.
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives, University of Liverpool
Rights
Contact scastaff@liverpool.ac.uk for further information on reproduction.
Identifier
Case 5
Collection Items
Plan of Cunard Building Basement
Plan showing the layout and scale of the Cunard Building basement floor. The plan shows a room assigned to "Past Records", pinpointing the location of the former home of the Cunard archive.
Case 5: The Cunard Archive - Rescue and Growth
Image of Case 5: The Cunard Archive - Rescue and Growth in the exhibition Banned, Binned, Bombed: Selection and Survival in Special Collections
Front Cover of Cunard Magazine
Front cover of the Cunard Magazine, dated October 1923. The Cunard Magazine was a house magazine, first produced in January 1918. It was initially set up as a means to keep in contact with Cunard staff on active war service, in an effort to show the…
Cunard Board Meeting Minutes
Image of minutes from the Cunard White Star Line Board Meeting, dated 1939-09-20. The minutes show the company's records have been moved to Cumberland.