Records concerning the establishment and early administration and operation of the Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd. | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Records concerning the establishment and early administration and operation of the Marconi International Marine Communication Company Ltd.

Shelfmark

MS. Marconi 243

Summary

Comprises:

Drafts of agreement for the setting up of MIMC Co. Ltd. by the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company, c. 1898

Draft licence for use of patents of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, 1900

Notices of share offers, 1900

Statement of expenditure, 1901

MIMC Co. Ltd. General Orders, 1902

Lists of ship and shore stations controlled by MIMC Co. Ltd., and list of lantern slides of men-of-war, 1902

List of proposed sailings of ships fitted with Marconi equipment, 1903

Auditor's report relating to ships' traffic including details for ship and shore stations operated as at 30 Jun 1903, 1904

Correspondence concerning the resignation of Colonel Thys from his directorship of MIMC Co. Ltd., including a summary (in French) of the progress of wireless telegraphy to date and its maritime applications, 1906

MIMC Co. Ltd. Circular no. 106, listing worldwide shore and ship stations operated by or in connection with the company, 1907

Blank agreement forms for installations and operators on ships, c. 1910

Post Office Licence to establish wireless telegraph ship stations, partly filled out for the Arcadian, c. 1910

Blank forms relating to employment of wireless operators including agreement, permission to act as assistant wireless operator on board ship, Post Office certificate of proficiency in radiotelegraphy, conditions of employment for operators, and declaration of secrecy, c. 1910

Marconi telegraph communication charts for the North Atlantic, Sep 1911,Dec 1913

Lists of proposed sailings of outward and homeward bound ships fitted with Marconi telegraphs, indicating time up to which telegrams may be accepted, May-Jul 1913

List of trawlers fitted with Marconi apparatus, c. 1924