The Club maintains a unique Archive of photographs, artefacts and publications together with items donated by persons who may, or may not, be members of the C.R.S.C.
Some definitions which you may find useful:
What is an Archive?
Collins Dictionary defines it as - a collection of records of or about an Institution, a place where such records are kept or to store documents, data etc in an archive or other repositor.
Further definitions expand our understanding of the role of the keeper of these records.
There are two relevant words defining the keeper – Archivist or Curator.
What is an Archivist?
The dictionary definition is - a person in charge of archives, their collection & cataloguing.
What is a Curator?
The dictionary definition is – administrative head of a museum, art gallery or similar institution.
The Club has a Curator (a co-opted member of Committee).
The person who has been in charge of the Archives, their collection & cataloguing for more than 30 years is Club member Archie MacCallum.
The Curator looks to the Club members to assist with the provision of current material to add to the collection, as they sail around the Clyde, West Coast and Inland Waterways of Scotland. However all donations are welcome.
The Club has a policy for access to and lending items for research or assisting with publications.
The following list gives a brief summary of the Archive Contents
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Books & Booklets |
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200 |
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Club Magazines |
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44 x2 |
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C.R.S.C Diaries |
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All published (56) |
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Reviews |
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All published
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Excursions & Cruises |
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All published
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Cruise Brochures |
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All published
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Photographs & Prints |
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Numerous |
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Company & Charter Posters |
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1939/1969 – 16 |
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C.R.S.C Charters |
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All published |
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Extract Articles
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Ship Ahoy; Ships Illustrated; Scots Magazine; Ships Monthly; Scottish Field; Sea Breezes; The Orcadian; Buses Magazine 120
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Newspaper Cuttings etc.
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Numerous
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Cruising Monthly |
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43 Years x 12; last 20 years x 2 David Parsons
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Artefacts |
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Numerous |
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Philatelic Covers |
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14 |
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C.R.S.C. Charter/Excursion Details |
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All Published
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Scrap Books
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Fred Plant 1932/39 – 10
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Scrap Books
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Peter Milne 34
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Display Photographs
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150 – up to 4ft x 3ft. Black & White
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Collections/ Part Collections
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Graham E Langmuir
Donald Robertson
Peter Milne
Keith Morrison
John Wark
Fred Plant
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Highlights from
Graham E Langmuir Collection
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15 Small Notebooks Nos. 1 – 12
& David MacBrayne "Summer Tours in Scotland” - 1897
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Highlights from Donald Robertson Collection
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16 boxes of Photographs - (around 10,000) catalogued as: -
Clyde and West Highlands (Pre-war & Post 1945) x 8
Wm Sloan; Burns Laird; Clyde Shipping Co. x 2
Stranraer/Larne
Scottish Lochs & Canals
Irish Sea
Waverley
Orkney & Shetland
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Club Archives
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Policy on Lending
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Table Silverware & Cutlery
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Bell of Invanhoe
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Steam Vent Pipe ex Claymore (1881)
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Website Archive
Earlier versions of items which have been subsequently updated on the website will also be stored under this heading for reference purposes.
Those available so far are listed below: