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Letter from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to Eileen, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wyllie, re her husband's death (14 January 1974). (Manuscript)
1974-01-14 - 1974-01-14
OLI/2/2
Envelope of correspondence between Mrs M.J. Oliver and Dawsons Ltd, Glasgow, re her late brother Alfred Glendinning's consignment of the ship "Aust Venture" from Australia (22 Feb-11 March 1980). (Manuscript)
1980-02-22 - 1980-03-11
OLI/41/4
File of Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver's recollections, including details of his life: loose newspaper cuttings; and a letter from the RN Sailing Association rejecting an article on a passage to Melbourne in 1854, including the article (Manuscript)
1895-03-17 - 1978-10-18
OLI/78
Letters from William J Oliver (Robert D Oliver's father) to his wife from HMS REVENGE, Portland, Gibraltar, off Cartagena and Algiers, including an empty envelope (7 January 1920-27 March 1925). (Manuscript)
1920-01-07 - 1925-03-27
OLI/21
Letters to Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver from various (21 August 1951-6 January 1978). (Manuscript)
1951-08-21 - 1978-01-06
OLI/83
Letters from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to his second wife, Mrs Glendinning Van de Velde (4-23 April 1965). (Manuscript)
1965-04-04 - 1965-04-23
OLI/81
Letters from the son of James Huddart to his brother Lindow and his mother from HMS DORIS, including a letter from the ship re his death (26 September 1898-11 Dec 1899). (Manuscript)
1898-09-26 - 1899-12-11
OLI/51
Letters to Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver from various, including 5 newspaper articles re his uncle, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F Oliver, dated 22-23 January 1965 (28 May 1950-20 July 1982). (Manuscript)
1950-05-28 - 1982-07-20
OLI/2/3
Articles re Dame Beryl Oliver, wife of Sir Henry F Oliver (Robert D Oliver's uncle), and the form of service for her funeral (1963-20 July 1972). (Manuscript)
1963-01-01 - 1972-07-20
OLI/6/4
Telegram to Mrs Oliver reporting that 113 Cheyne Walk had been bombed (27 July 1944). (Manuscript)
1944-07-27 - 1944-07-27
OLI/61
Miscellaneous papers (13 September 1891-13 Feb 1917). (Manuscript)
1891-09-13 - 1917-02-13
OLI/52
Letter from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver asking for the papers to be transferred to the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich on his death (12 June 1970). (Manuscript)
1970-06-12 - 1970-06-12
OLI/80
Passport for Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver (Retired), including a residency permit for Tenerife and a certificate of vaccination against smallpox (8 Feb-6 November 1978). (Manuscript)
1978-02-08 - 1978-11-06
OLI/84
Bank statement for the account of Mrs Torfrida L.A. Oliver (Robert D Oliver's first wife) with National Provincial Bank Ltd (27 November 1945-30 Dec 1946). (Manuscript)
1945-11-27 - 1946-12-30
OLI/62
Photographs, one of a gate into the Forbidden City of Pekin (1948), one of the end of WAVE CHIEF's fuelling pipe arriving on board HMV BRITANNIA (n.d.) and one of HMS RESOLUTION before alteration to funnel (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1948-1948
OLI/6/5
Letters from James Huddart from various people. (Manuscript)
1869-05-03 - 1919-01-29
OLI/48-50
Letters from Robert D Oliver and his sister, Geraldine, to their parents from Hillhead, including 2 letters from their governess Miss Young and their mother (?) to their father, Major William J Oliver (5-18 June 1902). (Manuscript)
1902-06-05 - 1902-06-18
OLI/33
Newspaper cuttings, including an obituary of Robert D Oliver's grandfather and an article re his uncle, Sir Henry F Oliver (14 August 1908-29 April 1988). (Manuscript)
1908-08-14 - 1988-04-29
OLI/32
Letters, telegrams and postcards from Robert D Oliver to his family from HMS INFLEXIBLE, Malta, Mediterranean and Falkland Islands. (Manuscript)
1914-01-11 - 1914-12-10
OLI/37
Letters, telegrams and postcards from Robert D Oliver to his family from HMS INFLEXIBLE, Gibraltar and Mediterranean; HMS ALBION and HMS PRINCE OF WALES (1 January-26 September 1915). (Manuscript)
1915-01-01 - 1915-09-26
OLI/38
Diary for 1 January 1978 - 31 December 1978, mostly belonging to Robert D Oliver. (Manuscript)
1978-1978
OLI/72/13
Envelope of papers re The Caravan Club and Berwick Holiday Park, including receipts and rates paid (1 January-14 November 1979). (Manuscript)
1979-1979-11-14
OLI/41/2
Folder of papers re BUPA health insurance details (25 August 1959-1 Oct 1980), including 4 photocopies (5 Apr-7 June 1979). (Manuscript)
1959-08-25 - 1980-10-01
OLI/41/9
Folder of papers re books, including letters and statements from Robert Maxwell & Co Ltd and Bumpus, Haldane & Maxwell Ltd Booksellers (29 Oct 1970-23 September 1977). (Manuscript)
1970-10-29 - 1977-09-23
OLI/41/8
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