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Title: Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham naval history manuscripts collection,
Date (inclusive): 1746-1967
Date (bulk): 1746-1913
Collection number: MS-M001
Creator:
Cunninghame Graham, Angus, Sir, 1893-1981
Extent:
1.4 linear feet
4 boxes
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises naval documents, correspondence, and other related materials collected and assembled by British
Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham. The materials provide insights not just into naval history but also day-to-day operations
aboard British ships during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes ships' logs, navy lists, seamanship
notebooks, and signal books, along with naval literature and notes, and sketches.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham naval history manuscripts collection. MS-M01. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquired, circa 1966.
The collection was initially assembled by Commander Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham and it includes materials
created or assembled by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour and Admiral Sir Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson.
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2004.
Angus Cunninghame Graham
Admiral Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, son of Commander C. E. F. Cunninghame Graham, was
born in 1893. Cunningham Graham completed his education at Osborne and Dartmouth, served in the Grand Fleet, 1914-1918, and
was Senior Naval Officer at West River, China from 1936 until 1938. He was Captain of H.M.S. (Her Majesty's Ship) Signal
School, 1939-1941, and of H.M.S. Kent, 1941-1943. He also served as Commodore of the Royal Navy Barracks in Chatham 1943-1945
and became a Rear Admiral in 1945. In 1952, after serving as a Vice-Admiral for four years, he was appointed an Admiral.
Among many other titles, Cunninghame Graham was also a Trustee for the National Library of Scotland, Commissioner of the Queen
Victoria School, and Vice-President of the National Trust of Scotland. He died in 1981.
Charles Elphinstone Fleeming Cunninghame Graham
Commander C.E.F. Cunningham Graham, father of Angus Cunninghame Graham and brother of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, famous
Scottish politician and writer, was born in Edinburgh in 1854. After three years at Harrow he joined the crew of H.M.S. Britannia.
He served the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for twenty-five years first as an Inspector of Lifeboats, and later as a
Deputy Chief Inspector. He died in 1917.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises naval documents, correspondence, and other related materials collected and assembled by British
Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham. The materials provide insights not just into naval history but also day-to-day operations
aboard British ships during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes ships' logs, navy lists, seamanship
notebooks, and signal books, along with naval literature and notes, and sketches. Also included are brief biographies, by
Angus Cunningham Graham, of the individuals who were instrumental in assembling this body of work.
This collection is arranged into 3 series.
- Series 1. Ephemera files, circa 1830-1967. 0.4 linear ft.
- Series 2. Ships' logs and related documents, 1757-1803. 0.4 linear ft.
- Series 3. Signal books, 1746-1913. 0.6 linear ft.
Collection initially also included the diaries of Anne Elizabeth Bontine and additional materials which now comprise the Anne
Elizabeth Bontine Diaries and Other Materials (MS-M29), Special Collections and Archives.