Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1907-1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
20cm of textual materials. -- 84 photographs. -- 2 artifacts. -- 1 book.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Cramb family were residents of Esquimalt. George Douglas Cramb worked at Drydock and was a shipyard engineer and Assistant General Manager of Yarrows Limited.
Repository
Archival history
Gift of Sherri Robinson; 5 accessions donated in 1985, 1987, and 1992(?). Collection was created by the donor from George Cramb's personal papers, which remained in the house at 1165 Old Esquimalt Road when the donor purchased it in January 1985.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds primarily consists of records created by George Cramb as an employee of Yarrows Ltd, including personal and business correspondence, receipts, financial records, a diary (1961), a booklet containing ship information, blueprints, drawings, and photographs of ship repairs. Fonds also includes certificates and miscellaneous papers of Lillian Mary Cramb, and photographs of the Cramb family.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
There are no restrictions on access to these records.
Conditions governing reproduction
Researchers are responsible for observing Canadian copyright regulations.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Accession Numbers: 985-008, 985-009, 985-010, 992-015, v985-008.
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Yarrows Ltd. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created - 2022-05-24
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Sources
Archivist's note
On MemoryBC: https://www.memorybc.ca/cramb-family-fonds.