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Photocopy and translation of letter from George Rheims, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) 1912-04-19 LMQ/7/2/16
The letter is addressed to Rheim's wife, in French. Includes account of the TITANIC sinking and rescue of the survivors.
Letter from A. Pugh, TITANIC survivor, to Walter Lord (Manuscript) 1955-07-20 LMQ/7/2/13
Includes account of the TITANIC disaster and Pugh's experience in the lifeboat.
Letter from R. Purvis, crew member on the CARPATHIA, to Walter Lord (Manuscript) c.1955 LMQ/7/2/14
Describing the rescue of the TITANIC survivors by the CARPATHIA, undated.
Letter from George Perkins to Walter Lord (Manuscript) 1955-05-19 LMQ/7/2/11
Letter on behalf of Perkin's mother, Victorine Perkins, TITANIC survivor. Includes small newspaper article about Victorine's experience on TITANIC entitled "Woman almost locked in Titanic cabin" (undated).
Letter from Helen R. Ostby, TITANIC survivor to Walter Lord (Manuscript) 1956 LMQ/7/2/9
Includes account of lifeboat 5 and being picked up by the CARPATHIA.
Letter from Mr J. Witter, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) 1955-07-09 LMQ/7/2/45
Includes account of disaster and copy of his paying off sheet from TITANIC.
References to a 'Mrs Brown' playing with a toy pig, likely refer to ZBA2989, belonging to Edith Rosenbaum, also in Lifeboat 11.…
Letter concerning Constance Willard, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) 1998-03-03 LMQ/7/2/42
Letter from Larry Boyd to Walter Lord; Constance Willard was Boyd's patient in a nursing home.
Photocopy of wireless cable sent from the CARPATHIA by Spencer V. Silverthorne and interview notes/transcript (Manuscript) 1912-1955 LMQ/7/2/25
Cable gives news of his rescue. Includes photocopies of notes/transcript of his interview with Walter Lord, dated 14 Jul 1955.
Photocopy of letter from Mrs Paul Schabert, TITANIC survivor, to her sister in law, Countess Martha Butler-Clonebough, from the CARPATHIA (Manuscript) 1912-04-18 LMQ/7/2/23
Includes account of the TITANIC disaster and rescue of survivors by the CARPATHIA. Also contains transcript of letter.
Photocopies of accounts by Robert Vaughan of TITANIC disaster (Manuscript) 1912-1962 LMQ/7/2/36
Three accounts: First is titled "A memory of April 15th 1912: the rescue of the survivors of RMS TITANIC". Second is titled "I remember" and third is titled "I was there when the SOS came".
Papers concerning Edwina Troutt, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) 1912-06-05 - 1958-11-06 LMQ/7/2/33
Includes copy of letter from Edwina Troutt to Mrs Milling,, recounting memories of Mr Milling who died in the TITANIC disaster. Also contains letter from Geoffrey G. Martin to Walter Lord, about interview he had conducted with Edwina Peterson Corrigan (Nee Troutt).…
Copied transcript of letter from Mrs J.B. Thayer, TITANIC survivor, to President Taft (Manuscript) 1912-04-21 LMQ/7/2/32
Letter describes memories of Major Butt, aide to President Taft, who died in the TITANIC disaster.
Copy of letter by Mrs Isidor Strauss, written on board TITANIC (Manuscript) 1912-1955 LMQ/7/2/30
Letter by Mrs Isidor Strauss was posted before the ship sank, on RMS TITANIC writing paper. Also contains copy of a letter from Mrs Jesse Straus (undated).
"The TITANIC" essay by Elbert Hubbard (Manuscript) 1912 LMQ/1/14/7
Two reprints of Elbert Hubbard's 1912 essay on the sinking of the TITANIC.
Photocopies of luncheon and dinner menus upon the occasion of the launch of the TITANIC (Manuscript) 1911-05-31 LMQ/1/14/6
The menus are for the meals at the Grand Central Hotel, Belfast on the day the TITANIC was launched.
Correspondence between Walter Lord and Mrs D.H. Patteson Knight (Manuscript) 1987 LMQ/7/1/52
Correspondence relates to Mrs Knight's father, Joe Loring, and her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs George Rheims, who were passengers on the TITANIC
Photographs of various people involved in the TITANIC disaster (Manuscript) 1900-1976 LMQ/1/14/3
Includes photographs of Edith Russell, Edward Kent, Captain Rostron and the officers of RMS CARPATHIA, Chief Steward Hughes and the stewardesses of RMS CARPATHIA, and Jeremiah Burke, Also includes a slide depicting a ring found on the body of Edward Kent.
Two copies of a photograph of TITANIC's four surviving officers and one negative (Manuscript) 1912-1930 LMQ/1/14/4
The copies are of the only known picture of the four surviving officers from TITANIC; from left to right; Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, Second Officer Charles Lightoller, Fourth Officer Joseph Boxall and Third Officer Herbet Pitman, seated.
Statistics, newspaper clippings and background of the TITANIC used to make the film "A Night to Remember" (Manuscript) 1911 - 1958 LMQ/9/1/11
Includes RMS TITANIC statistics, extracts from various newspapers such as the Times, Daily Mail, Manchester Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. There are also a number of pamphlets on the TITANIC, stats before the sinking and a documents on truths and legends relating to the Titanic.
A folder of letters from shipbuilders on the TITANIC answering William Macquitty's newspaper advertisement (Manuscript) 1956-1957 LMQ/9/1/8
Letters from the people who worked on the TITANIC during its constuction covering information on the engineers, joiners, fitters and those who worked on the framework. These include A. Hopwood, a six month fitter apprentice; Ned Bunting, a general labourer; George Henry, a joiner; James C.…
Laminated reproduction of the menu of the first meal served on board TITANIC (Manuscript) 1912-04-02 LMQ/1/14/17
Includes a handwritten notation by Firth Officer Harold Lowe at the bottom "the first meal ever served on board".