Other papers
MS. Marconi 259
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts.
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts contains descriptions of the Bodleian Libraries’ archival collections, including post-1500 manuscripts. Some manuscripts with records in other catalogues are also described here as part of a description of a larger archive. Learn more.
Title
Other papers
Shelfmark
MS. Marconi 259
Summary
Comprises:
Punch cartoon of Marconi.
Cartoon of Marconi published in the U.S.
Correspondence about a Titanic benefit performance at the Hippodrome.
Booklet about an Engine Room Heroes' Memorial at Liverpool.
Draft letter from Marconi to William Harrison, proposing an article on the Titanic. disaster and wireless telegraphy.
Review of Reviews: WT Stead Memorial Number [Stead perished on the Titanic.
List of wireless stations giving their range in miles.
Company circular reminding operators of the necessity of using the correct forms for all communications.
Letter to the editor of the Globe about a leading article on the Lord Mersey's report, which the company considered to be unfair with regard to the manner of use of Marconi apparatus on board ships.
Note of the times of Jun sailings of the Amerika, President Lincoln and Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm [probably in connection with obtaining copies of their procès-verbaux]
Photograph of Sydney Buxton and Llewellyn Smith attending the International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea, 1913
Date
1912-13
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
View full record in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts
Collection contents
Papers relating to Marconi and the development of wireless telegraphy
Maritime
Sea Disasters and rescues: the RMS Titanic
Administrative records of the company relating to the White Star Line and the Titanic
Other papers
