Part of Collection

Title

Archives of Messrs. Christian Salvesen Ltd.

Production Date

1852-1969

Catalogue Record

https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/252

Subjects

• Whaling
• Merchant ships |
• Shipping
• Scientific expeditions

Description

The Archives of Christian Salvesen Ltd. span well over one hundred years from the 1850s to the 1960s. The deposit contains ledgers, private journals, cash books, invoice books, letter books, day books, official files, station records, stock books and accounts, correspondence and documents, order books, records of telegrams of Turnbull, Salvesen & Co., Christian Salvesen & Co., and South Georgia Co., and various subsidiary companies. There is material relating to Salvesen ships generally, in the form of ship books with shares, dividends, proceeds and etc., ship ledgers, outward and inward manifest books, valuations of Salvesen ships, tanker voyages, and correspondence and documents; and, material relating to individual ships in the form of voyage books, ledgers, day books, and order books. There are particulars of ports arranged alphabetically. The collection includes material on whaling including sales and purchases of whale products; catch records from 1914-1946; notes regarding whaling activities; cargo and sales; position books showing position of ships; scientific results of marine biological research; and, correspondence and documents. There is material relating to Government Ministries such as the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of War Transport in the form correspondence and documents; material on the Salvesen partners and others, including financial papers, investment registers, personal papers, diaries, notebooks, letter books, letters, and estate matters; and, staff material such as income tax returns, ledgers, salaries books, and correspondence and documents relating to sea-going staff and whaling officers. Other miscellaneous material in the deposit includes newspaper cuttings and photographs; some volumes of Lloyd's register; history records; personal and private biographical material on the Salvesen family; insurance correspondence; donations, subscriptions, patronage related to Salvesen charitable interests; desk diaries; and, other miscellaneous records. Also includes a report entitled 'Journey to the Atlantic on Board the Floating Factory T. S. S "Southern Venturer", 1945-1946', donated in June 2018 (SC-Acc-2019-0008).

Language

• English