Guide to the Collections held by the North Devon Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

North Devon Record office

Title

Collections held by the North Devon Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

17 February 1787 - 1966

Collection Number

M2678

Extent

9 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence 1902-66 concerning Capt. Roger Turpie who commanded the London Missionary Society's ship John Williams.

Accounts relating to the emigration of the Cavinett Family to South Australia in 1840.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the North Devon Record Office, Barnstaple, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1992 (AJCP Reel: M2678). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

The North Devon Record Office was opened in 1988. The following records, now housed at Barnstaple were formerly at Exeter and have been filmed by the AJCP on M2050-2053.

2309M Crosse and Wyatt Records and 50/11 Chichester Family Papers.

Existence and Location of Originals

North Devon Record Office. North Devon Library, Tuly Street, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1EL, England. For further information see Devon Archive catalogue.(http://devon-cat.swheritage.org.uk/)

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia "[https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn81387]as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Subjects

Australia; Cavinett Family; John Williams (Mission Ship); Great Britain; London Missionary Society; South Australia: immigration to; Turpie, Roger, Capt.

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 350, p134.