Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Notes on Access and Use of the Archives
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Editor
- List of Illustrations
- Chapter 1 Merchants, Ship Brokers and Agents, Stevedoring and Warehousing Companies
- Chapter 2 Transatlantic Slavery and Slave Trading
- Chapter 3 Emigration
- Chapter 4 Maritime Charities, Missions and Educational Establishments
- Chapter 5 Shipbuilding and Repairing, Engineering and other Maritime Trades
- Chapter 6 Maritime Families
- Chapter 7 Seafarers and Other Individuals
- Chapter 8 Special Collections: Titanic and Lusitania
- Chapter 9 Pictorial and Audio
- Chapter 10 Maritime Library
- Chapter 11 Research, Miscellaneous and Non-Maritime
- Chapter 12 Addenda to Guide, Volume I
- Index
Chapter 10 - Maritime Library
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Notes on Access and Use of the Archives
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Editor
- List of Illustrations
- Chapter 1 Merchants, Ship Brokers and Agents, Stevedoring and Warehousing Companies
- Chapter 2 Transatlantic Slavery and Slave Trading
- Chapter 3 Emigration
- Chapter 4 Maritime Charities, Missions and Educational Establishments
- Chapter 5 Shipbuilding and Repairing, Engineering and other Maritime Trades
- Chapter 6 Maritime Families
- Chapter 7 Seafarers and Other Individuals
- Chapter 8 Special Collections: Titanic and Lusitania
- Chapter 9 Pictorial and Audio
- Chapter 10 Maritime Library
- Chapter 11 Research, Miscellaneous and Non-Maritime
- Chapter 12 Addenda to Guide, Volume I
- Index
Summary
The reference library of the Merseyside Maritime Museum covers all aspects of maritime history, focussing particularly on that of the port of Liverpool. It contains many important and rare materials which are all available for consultation. The collections consist of printed books, pamphlets and substantial runs of periodicals.
Classification Scheme
The books in the library are classified using an in-house classification scheme. Books are classified alphabetically by author/book title. The classification number appears on the book spine, followed by the first three letters of the author/title. The 540 shipping companies class, however, has its own unique numberarranged alphabetically by company name followed by author (enablinggrouping of shipping companies).
Due to the size of some volumes, it has necessitated two additional sequences. The oversize sequence is denoted by /OS immediately following the catalogue number. The pamphlet sequence (any item without a spine or less than fifty pages) is denoted by /PM immediately following the catalogue number. The pamphlet collection is not stored in the searchroom, but is available upon request.
Main Headings
000 Reference
200 Maritime Technology
300 Ships and Boats
400 Seafarers
500 Maritime Commerce (includes slave trade/emigration/maritime law)
600 Port Services
700 Maritime History - ports, areas, countries
800 Naval History
900 Maritime Art
Indexes
Subject index (arranged numerically by subject number).
Author index (arranged alphabetically by author).
These are available in computer print-out format in the searchroom.
Rare Books
Rare books are available on request and are identified by /R immediately following the catalogue number. Some important rare books include:
Anon. The Young Emigrants. London, 1826. 514.YOU/R
Clarkson, T. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. London, 1808. 512.CLA/R
Hutchinson, W. A Treatise Upon Practical Seamanship. Liverpool, 1791. 410.HUT/R
Instructions to Surgeons Superintendents of Government Emigrant Ships. London, 1866. 514.INS/R
Lever, D. The Young Sea Officer's Anchor, or A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship. London, 1811 (an important rigging and seamanship manual of the early nineteenth century). 410.LEV/R
Liverpool Directories, 1766-1979 (gaps).
Robertson, M. Futility or the Wreck of the Titan. London, 1912. 340.ROB/R
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- Information
- Guide to the Records of Merseyside Maritime Museum , pp. 185 - 200Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 1999