Glynn Christian research papers relating to Fragile Paradise, ca. 1790-1986

MLMSS 8794/Boxes 1-6
MLMSS 8794/Box 7X

fonds

ca. 1790-1986

Textual Records, Clippings, Moving Images

403887

1.75 metres of textual material (6 boxes and 1 outsize box)

Glynn Christian is a descendant of Fletcher Christian, the leader of mutiny aboard Bounty in 1789, and author of the biography of his ancestor, Fragile Paradise published in 1982. It documents the life of mutineers and their descendants on Pitcairn Island.
Glynn is a fellow of The Royal Geographic Society. He organised an expedition to Pitcairn in 1980 sponsored by the Royal Geographic Society which resulted in the collection of significant information about the island’s history and was the subject of a BBC-TV documentary made for The World About Us.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Research material for the book Fragile Paradise and material relating to the 1980 expedition to Pitcairn Island sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society.

BOX 1
Reports and annotated notes on Sir John Barrow Commemorative Expedition to Pitcairn Island July August 1980 and The Pitcairn Island Bounty Bay Reconnaissance Expedition January-March 1980 with chart of voyages and expedition routes

Diary of the Sir John Barrow Commemorative Expedition, July 1980 -September 1980

Newscuttings from international newspapers and periodicals relating 1980 Expedition to Pitcairn Island with reviews of biography Fragile Paradise, ca. 1979-1994

Newspapers The Glasgow Mercury and The Albion with reports of the mutiny and subsequent discovery of the Pitcairn community, 1790-1822

Research material, notes and correspondence relating to Christian family history and Pitcairn Island compiled ca. 1979-1986

BOX 2
Genealogical records, correspondence, and notes for research on the Christian family including Charles, John and Edward Christian compiled ca. 1978-1979. Includes copy of family tree of family of Christian and Milntown in the Isle of Man and Unerigg ca. 1926?

Photocopies of genealogical records relating to the Milntown family, ca. 1970 with letter to Mrs. Browne from David Craine, 1948

Research material relating to Pitcairn Island and Mutiny on the Bounty including photocopy of ‘An Account of Pitcairn Island and Its Inhabitants’ from book by Allan Kerr Taylor, ca. 1979

Genealogical records and notes containing research on Edward Christian and relating to the sale of Christian family house Moreland Close, no date

Draft annotated typescript of biography incorporating personal research by Glynn Christian, no date

Research material relating to Norfolk Island Centenary Celebration, ca. 1963-1965

BOX 3
Bound papers containing biographical and genealogical information on the Christian family of Milntown Isle of Man and John Christian, no date

Genealogical and shipping records and correspondence relating to Christian family history, Captain Bligh and the Mutiny compiled ca. 1979. Includes notebook

Final typescript draft ‘A Search for Fletcher Christian’ read and approved by editor Caroline Tonson-Tye, no date

BOX 4
Annotated draft typescript of ‘A Fragile Paradise’ by Glynn Christian, ca. 1978

BOX 5
Television scripts for BBC’s ‘Jackanory’, 1967

Records and correspondence relating to ‘New Bounty’, 1978-1986. Includes commemorative program of ‘Launching of the Bounty’ replica

Research material on Cockermouth and Carlisle and genealogical records and correspondence of the Christian family, ca. 1949-1979. Includes some newscuttings relating to Pitcairn Island and Bounty, 1879-1915 and the Mirror 1823-1834

Photographic negatives mainly relating to Christian family G. Christian with David Essex, Charles Christian and Fletcher Christian graves, Expedition to Pitcairn Island and travels in the Pacific Islands; Tahiti, Pitcairn, Moreland Close, Isle of Man, Bora Bora, Raiatea, Tetiaroa, Tubai, Tahiti, ca. 1980

Microfilm reel Glynn Christian, no date

BOX 6
Christian family photo album, no date

Photographs relating to Pitcairn Island ex Roy Clark’s collection, ca. 1920-1973

Christian Family photographs relating to Pacific Islands, no date

Card catalogue drawer with research references relating to Christian family

BOX 7X
English, Scottish and American newspapers, 1790-1847, with reports of the Mutiny on the Bounty and subsequent discovery of the Pitcairn community

MOTION PICTURE
Video recording 'The World About Us' BBC, Sunday 11 May 1986, Glynn Christian is housed separately from the records at MLMSS 8794.
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