John P Ingram, Shipping Correspondent
Reference:
GB 0254 MS 73
Title:
John P Ingram, Shipping Correspondent
Dates of creation:
[ca 1930?]-1978
Held at:
Dundee University Archives
Extent:
0.70 linear metres.
The records are on paper.
Name of Creator:
John P Ingram
Level of Description: fonds
Creation Information:
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Revisions:
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Modified at:
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Language of Material: eng
Administrative/Biographical History
John P Ingram was educated at the Morgan Academy, Dundee. He joined the editorial staff of the People's Journal in 1927, moving the following year to The Courier and The Evening Telegraph where he remained until his retirement in 1975, with a brief interlude in the navy during the second world war. He was particularly interested in shipping, and built up an extensive collection of notebooks on the subject. He continued to write regular shipping articles for the Dundee newspapers until his death in 1984 at the age of 74.
Scope and Content
Photocopies of notebooks compiled by John P. Ingram, at one time chief reporter and shipping correspondent of the Dundee Courier and Evening Telegraph. They consists of notes on ships built in Dundee, Arbroath, Perth and Fife, their subsequent history, builders, owners, masters etc., arranged topographically and chronologically and in some cases by subject. Some notebooks include notes on local history and personalities. The notebooks cover the period 1767-1978.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically within series.
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Accruals
None expected.
Access Conditions
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.
Copyright/Reproduction
The notebooks may not be copied under any circumstances.
Existence of Copies
No known copies.
Existence/Location of Originals
The original notebooks are in Dundee Central Library.
Further Information
Finding Aids
Descriptive list. A searchable database has been compiled from the notebooks.
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