Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Registrar of Shipping fonds
Level of description
Fonds
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1869-1962 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
78 cm of textual material.
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario documented the ownership of small vessels and large passenger and freight ships, by administering and tracking ownership, transfers in ownership and vessel name changes. The Registrar documented the ... »
Custodial history
The original accession forms indicate that this material was donated to the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives department in 1977, but the donor is unknown.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of one series of ship registration records compiled by the Registrar of Shipping, Hamilton, Ontario. The series includes file level descriptions for 34 vessels that sailed through the Port of Hamilton.
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Notes area
Physical condition
Many of the documents are fragile and torn.
Immediate source of acquisition
Unknown. HPL has no record of how this material was acquired.
Arrangement
The files have been arranged in alphabetical order by the name of the ship. The documents within each file are arranged chronologically by date.
Availability of other formats
None
Restrictions on access
The collection is open to researchers.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright held by the Crown. These materials cannot be published without permission from the copyright holder.
Finding aids
File list available.
Associated materials
The following related material can be found in the Local History & Archives (LH&A) department at the Hamilton Public Library pertaining to the Registrar of Shipping fonds.
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Accruals
Further accruals are not expected.
General note
The material in this fonds is associated with a sub-series within Canada’s Department of Transportation Ship Registration Division, entitled, Hamilton Registrar of Shipping, located at Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Archival Reference No. ... »
Control area
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Fonds processed and finding aid created by Archives Technician Kelly Bucci, 2019.