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Letters, notes on speech and service documents of Robert Oliver. (Manuscript)
1912-11-25 - 1938-06-08
OLI/1/1-3
Letter from son of James Huddart to his brother and miscellaneous papers. (Manuscript)
1898-09-26 - 1917-02-13
OLI/51-52
Miscellaneous emphemera. (Manuscript)
1905-01-20 - 1922-07-24
OLI/55-56
Pilot's flying log book G. H. Swann and pretend handwritten newspaper . (Manuscript)
1882-07-03 - 1917-10-16
OLI/53-54
Letters from Robert to his first wife. 1917 - 1927 (Manuscript)
1917-07-23 - 1927-10-01
OLI/42-45
Letters from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to various correspondence. (Manuscript)
1951-08-21 - 1978-11-06
OLI/80-85
Folder of papers re boat building, the Royal Naval Sailing Association and Royal National Life-boat Institution (4 May 1950-20 Oct 1976), and a leaflet for the Shaw Savill LIne (July 1962). (Manuscript)
1950-05-04 - 1976-10-20
OLI/41/7
Oliver, Vice Admiral R Don (Manuscript)
1895-01-01 - 1980-01-01
OLI/75
Diaries for 1960-1978, mostly belonging to Robert D Oliver. (Manuscript)
1960-01-01 - 1978-12-31
OLI/72/1-13
Envelope of details re purchasing a flat at 11 Pitt St, later re-numbered 69 Dundas St (15 Jul-24 Dec 1965). (Manuscript)
1965-07-15 - 1965-12-24
OLI/41/1
Letters from Robert D Oliver to his parents from Lochside; Villa Marina, Antibes, Alpes Maritimes; Portsmouth; and HMS RENOWN (undated). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/40
Miscellaneous notes re medals awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F Oliver, Robert D Oliver's uncle (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/1/34
Envelope of papers re changes to Local Government in Scotland as from 16 May 1975 (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/41/5
British Official Photograph of the Board of Admiralty meeting by candlelight owing to a power cut, including a list of those present; 1 photograph of Robert D Oliver (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/1/21
Miscellaneous letters from Robert D Oliver, including one from SS CARTHAGE at sea and one from HMS RESOLUTION (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/16
Envelope of 26 photographs dated pre-1914 (Manuscript)
1900-06-10 - 1913-12-31
OLI/75/1
Letters from Robert D Oliver's sister, Geraldine, and his brother, Jim, to their parents (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/27
School List from Cordwalles, Maidenhead (May 1906). (Manuscript)
1906-05-01 - 1906-05-31
OLI/31
Miscellaneous framed photograph of a soldier (n.d.). (Manuscript)
OLI/97
Box containing family correspondence, including an envelope of unused Christmas cards and letters from Robert D Oliver to his second wife, Mrs Marion Joyce Glendinning Van de Velde. (Manuscript)
1895-01-01 - 1980-01-01
OLI/71
Account of James Ingham and his family's voyage to Melbourne in the SUSSEX from London (14 Oct-30 Dec 1854). (Manuscript)
1854-10-14 - 1854-12-30
OLI/73
Admiralty letter to Lieutenant Robert D Oliver re the Swedish Gold Medal of the fifth order (10 April 1919). (Manuscript)
1919-04-10 - 1919-04-10
OLI/1/6
Copper bookplate with a crest on it (n.d.). (Manuscript)
OLI/69
Magazine cuttings (19 May 1956-15 May 1963). (Manuscript)
1956-05-19 - 1963-05-15
OLI/68
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