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Porter family letters. (Manuscript)
1886-1973
PTR/22
Diaries of Lady Porter, accounts of HMS DORIS, scrapbook of newspaper cuttings. (Manuscript)
1900-1932
PTR/23
Letters, certificates, photographs, ephemera and publications relating to Sir James Porter whilst Staff Surgeon. (Manuscript)
1886-1925
PTR/4
Personal notebooks and diaries. (Manuscript)
1847-1929
PTR/19
Diary, letters, newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to an Honourary Doctorate received by Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1918-1925
PTR/10/1
Letters, newspapers and ephemera related to various societies and ceremonies. (Manuscript)
1920-1925
PTR/10/2
Typed document on Sir James Porter's career between 1897 and 1901, with photographs and ephemera. (Manuscript)
1897-1901
PTR/13/8
Letters relating to Ogilvie family and other miscellaneous family letters, photographs and press cuttings. (Manuscript)
1872-1934
PTR/12/14
Biographical notes, letters and documents regarding Sir James Porter and his immediate family. (Manuscript)
1898-1935
PTR/12/15
Notes about Sir James Porter's early career. (Manuscript)
circa 1880
PTR/13/1
Letters from members of the Cowan family, and friends of the family, to Mr and Mrs Porter. (Manuscript)
1892
PTR/12/3
Letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter. (Manuscript)
1886
PTR/12/1
Letters to Sir James Porter from various correspondents. (Manuscript)
1901-1902
PTR/12/10
Medical notes and material relating to the Cowan family. (Manuscript)
1907-1930
PTR/12/11
Letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter and their children, from HMS DORIS. (Manuscript)
1901
PTR/12/9
Letters from Lady Porter. to Sir James Porter from Leigh Lodge to South Africa. (Manuscript)
1900
PTR/12/6
Letters to Sir james Porter at Lord Roberts Field Force, South Africa, from Lady Porter. (Manuscript)
1900
PTR/12/7
Cowan/Porter letters 1893, M.W.C. at Leigh Lodge, J.P. in Bermuda. (Manuscript)
1893
PTR/12/4
Print of Admiral Sir John Durnford. (Manuscript)
PTR/18/12
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings. (Manuscript)
PTR/23/18
Compilation of accounts regarding HMS SCOUT. (Manuscript)
PTR/23/17
Part of a diary, 1905. (Manuscript)
1905
PTR/23/5
Diary, 1913, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1913
PTR/23/13
Diary, 1911, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1911
PTR/23/11
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