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Letters from Sir James Porter, whilst Fleet Surgeon on HMS DORIS. (Manuscript)
1897-1899
PTR/5
Letters from Porter, whilst Fleet Surgeon on HMS DORIS, Cape, 1897-1899.
See item level records for further details.…
Material relating to The St. John Ambulance Association, and the London Hospital. (Manuscript)
1903-1934
PTR/9
Material relating to The St. John Ambulance Association, and the London Hospital.
Material relating to Sir James Porter's work with the Ministry of National Service. (Manuscript)
1917-1920
PTR/8/8
Material relating to Sir James Porter's work with the Ministry of National Service.
Material relating to the Cowan family, and Sir James Porter's time at Aberdeen. (Manuscript)
1840-1935
PTR/1
Material relating to the Cowan family, and Sir James Porter's later life.
Documents relating to Sir James Porter's time at Royal Naval Hospitals Haslar and Chatham. (Manuscript)
1901-1905
PTR/7/1
Letters from a variety of correspondents, to Sir James Porter whilst at Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, 1902 - 1903; Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, 1901 - 1902; includes a bound journal, and loose parts of another journal (January to April, 1905).
Newspapers and magazines collected by Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1899-1902
PTR/6/1
Newspapers and magazines collected by Sir James Porter, Fleet Surgeon, South Africa, 1899 - 1901. Refers to accounts of battles of Grapan, Modder River and Paardeburg.…
Documents relating to Sir James Porter's post as Medical Director General of the Royal Navy. (Manuscript)
1909-1913
PTR/7/3
Documents relating to Porter's post as Medical Director General of the Royal Navy.
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1890-1891
PTR/15
Letters of Lady Porter.
Letters, historical notes, and printed material relating to the Porter, Cowan, and Waddy families. (Manuscript)
1850-1974
PTR/17
Letters relating to Sir James Porter's time at HMS BRITANNIA, Dartmouth; historical notes; newspaper cuttings;
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1889-1890
PTR/14
Letters of Lady Porter.
Historical notes. (Manuscript)
PTR/20
Historical notes
Photographs, postcards, newspaper cuttings and daguerreotypes relating to the Porter, Cowan and Pritchard families. (Manuscript)
PTR/18
photographs and postcards; newspaper cuttings, oversize item.
Cowan and Porter correspondence, photographs, clippings, account books and journal. (Manuscript)
1884-1926
PTR/3
Cowan and Porter correspondence, photographs, clippings, account books and journal.
See item records for further details.…
Documents relating to Royal Naval hospitals at Gibraltar and Haslar. (Manuscript)
1905-1908
PTR/7/2
Correspondence whilst at Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, 1905 - 1908; includes photographs and a visitors book for RN Haslar Hospital, 1907 - 1908 which also includes photographs of RN officers and of the buildings.
Letters to and from members of the Porter, Cowan, Ogilvie and other extended family and friends. (Manuscript)
circa 1870-1935
PTR/12
Letters to and from members of the Porter, Cowan, Ogilvie and other extended family and friends, also notes, biographical information, press cuttings, photographs and ephemera.
Historical notes, and transcriptions of letters by Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
circa 1870-1900
PTR/13
Typed and hand written transcriptions of letters by Sir James Porter, including letters received by Porter; photographs and postcards; newspaper cuttings, magazines, pamphlets.
Printed booklets, publications and ephemera. (Manuscript)
1884-1973
PTR/16
Books of rules and conditions of various societies and associations; papers concerning Royal occasions and social functions; photographs and postcards; diaries and maps; notes; newspaper cuttings, magazines.
Transcriptions of Sir James Porter's letters from HMS SCOUT, HMS HIBERNIA and HMS TAMAR, October 1889 to March 1890. (Manuscript)
1889-1890
PTR/13/6
Transcriptions of Sir James Porter's letters from HMS SCOUT, HMS HIBERNIA and HMS TAMAR, October 1889 to March 1890, with many hand-written additions and edits.…
Transcriptions of letters of Staff Surgeon James Porter M.A.M.B. April - June 1890 (Manuscript)
1890
PTR/13/7
Folder labelled "3. Letters of Staff Surgeon James Porter M.A.M.B. April - June 1890. Duplicate", containing typed transcriptions with no corrections or additions. Porter writes from HMS SCOUT, 8 April at Alexandria, and by 26 June at Malta.
Transcripts of the letters of Sir James Porter, HMS HIBERNIA, October to December 1889. (Manuscript)
1889
PTR/13/4
Folder labelled "1. HMS SCOUT. Letters of Staff Surgeon J. Porter, M.A. M.B., October to December 1889". Contains typewritten transcripts of Porter's letters headed HMS HIBERNIA.…
Transcriptions of letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter, from HMS SCOUT, 1890. (Manuscript)
1890
PTR/13/5
Folder labelled "Ch. 5, HMS SCOUT, April to June 1890, copies of letters, J.P.…
Material relating to Sir James Porter's career between 1883 and 1885. (Manuscript)
1883-1954
PTR/13/2
Publications: Malta Tourist Board colour pamphlet on art and architecture, 2 copies of an article by Venetia Murray about El Mahdi from the same magazine (unclear which), and an article by James Fox from a different magazine about "The Dead City of Suakin". No dates.
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Material relating to Sir James Porter's life and career between 1885 and 1894. (Manuscript)
1885-1930
PTR/13/3
A sketch of "the Deputy Inspector's House", Bermuda; sections from the Illustrated London News from March, April and June 1885 including articles and illustrations about "The War In Soudan"; a tourism pamphlet with a fold-out map by The Bermuda Trade Development Board from …
Copies of Sir James Porter's letters, South Africa, 1899-1900. (Manuscript)
1899-1900
PTR/13/9
Exercise book labelled "J.P. South Africa, October 1899 to October 1900, including GRASPAN". Contains a few pages of hand-written copies of Sir James Porter's letters, and summaries of others.
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