Mike Richards - manuscripts and research papers relating to Australian shipping, compiled 1950s-1997

MLMSS 9373

fonds

1950s-1997

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Drawings, Photographs

402207

2.00 metres of textual material and photographs (11 boxes & 2 outsize boxes)

Mike Richards (-1997) is the author of a number of books about shipping in Australian waters including Pig and whistle run: men and ships of the N.S.W. South Coast (1997); North Coast run: men and ships of the N.S.W. North Coast (ca. 1996); Workhorses in Australian waters: a history of marine engineering in Australia (1987); Shipwreck heritage of the Clarence River: a survey study (1996; Shipwreck heritage of the Richmond River: a survey study (1997)

BOX 1
‘Mss – Pig and Whistle Line 1970.’
‘Ships of the Pig and Whistle Line: The Illawarra Steam Navigation Co. story’. Typescript (3 copies) with some research material.
‘Ships of the Pig and Whistle Line: The Illawarra Steam Navigation Co. Ltd’ . Typescript (corrected).
‘Pig & Whistle’ Notes & Notebook.
‘Notes for book on Pig & Whistle Co., Sept. 1981’.
‘Pig & Whistle’ photograph captions and index.
I & SCSN correspondence & copyright applications, 1981-84.

BOX 2
‘Pig and Whistle. The Illawarra Steam Navigation Company.’ Scrapbook containing photographs of ships. Includes some ship plans and original drawings.

BOX 3
’The North Coast Run Mss for 2nd edition’.
’The North Coast Run Mss 2nd edition Mss’, 1974.
‘Scrapbook, donated by Capt. Simon Simonsen, with additional clippings added by M.P. Richards’, 1928-1985.
Five notebooks re North Coast Run
Photographs for North Coast Run.
North Coast Run. Survey Reports, 1949-1955.
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company Ltd Annual Reports & Balance Sheets, 1927-1953.Order book for ‘The North Coast Run’, 2nd edition, 1977

BOX 4
‘The North Coast Line. A History’. Scrapbook containing photographs of ships. Includes some ship plans and original drawings.

BOX 5
‘Workhorses of Australian Waters’. Bound typescript.
‘Workhorses of Australian Waters’. Typescript in 17 folders. Donated by Gwilym Richards 15/1/2010.

BOX 6
‘Ms for Workhorses of Australian Waters’.
‘Workhorses of Australasian Seas Ms’. (8 files).
‘History of Marine Engineering in Australia for Inst. of Marine Engineers’.

BOX 7
‘Shipwreck Heritage Report Clarence River.’ Typescript and research material.
‘Shipwreck Heritage Report Richmond River.’ Typescript and research material (4 files).

BOX 8
‘Home’. Scrapbook compiled by M. Galloway. Contains newscuttings on shipwrecks. 1940s-1950s.
‘Wrecks NSW, Vic. NZ, Qnsld, SA’. Reports transcribed from ‘The Herald’.
Marine Board of NSW reports on shipwrecks, 1879-1944.
Shipwreck Research papers including Marine Board of NSW Inquiries & Walsh Island Dockyard Plan List.
Papers re construction of a replica of P.S. ‘William the Fourth’, Australia’s first ocean going steam ship. A Bicentennial Project, 1988.
MacLean Shire Bi-Centenary Committee, 1985-88.
Manuscript of ‘Coastal Vessels of NSW’ by Michael Richards.

BOX 9
MAANSW ‘Royal Shepherd’. Technical details, drawings, history, loss, salvage.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
TSS ‘John Penn’ Project.
Maritime Archaeology. William Lowe - shipbuilder, Clarence Town, Early Shipbuilders – Aust., SS Xantho – WA Museum, PS Ballina – survey.
Correspondence re Ships, 1950s-1980s.
Norco & other shipping, correspondence, 1983-84.

BOX 10
Draft Mss of ‘The 60 Milers’.
‘North by East Half East. The 60 Mile Saga'. Scrapbook containing photographs of ferries and other ships. Includes some ship plans and newscuttings
Photocopies of ship registration documents..

BOX 11
Miscellaneous research papers. Includes newscuttings, printed booklets, photographs,ship plans, material relating to the ‘Dunbar’ and the 'James Craig'.
‘The Sydney Cove Waterfront Plan’ prepared by the Lady Hopetoun & Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum Ltd, (1972).
Books by Ronald Parsons:
‘Steamships Registered at Sydney, NSW 1834-1899 (1958)
‘Australian Shipowners and their Fleets’, vols 1-3 (1972, 1973, 1975)
‘Paddle Steamers of Australasia’ (1973)
‘Newcastle NSW Ship Register’ (1974)
‘Ships of Australia and New Zealand before 1950’, parts 1 & 2 (1983)
‘Steamships to the Illawarra’ (1991)
The Ships of Burns, Philp and Company’ (1992)
‘Scuttled and Abandoned Ships in Australian Waters’ (1995).

BOX 12X
Scrapbook, 'News Cuttings on Steam & Motor Shipping, mainly concerning Vessels Trading in or to Australasia with Pictures Showing Advances in Marine Engineering',1840s-1960s, compiled by G.E. Arundel.

BOX 13X
Scrapbook containing newscuttings mainly concerning shipwrecks, 1920s-1980s..

Copyright status:: In copyright. This collection has multiple rights owners
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales & Courtesy copyright owners

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