Fishing Industries Outside of Ireland

Reference code: IND.PATT/2
Level of description: Series
Title: Fishing Industries Outside of Ireland
Scope and content: Correspondence, research notes, photocopies, and original drawings from Great Britain and Scandinavian countries and specifically the Bergens Sjøfartsmuseum in Norway, emphasise connections in the history of Irish and Scandinavian fishing industries and boatbuilding.
Detailed contents: folders entitled: Professor Carroll L. Riley/ Manx Fishing Vessels, 'Norway Yawl- Drontheim, Etc,' 'Development of FV in Britain and Europe/ Dr. O'Leary,' 'Scottish FVS,' 'F GB,' 'FV GB'; Norway Iceland photocopy of Industrial Development and Commercial Policy In Norway (1973); Aspects of the History of Wooden Shipbuilding (1970); various photocopies from the 1970s on maritime subjects in Norway; Clenched Lap or Clinker book (1972); handwritten notes on Norwegian and Icelandic shipbuilding (1970); Rana Boats promotional leaflet; Manx Fishing Vessels; small illustrations of Manx fishing vessels, various photocopies on Manx Boats; 'Norway Yawl- , Drontheim Etc; letter to Alte Towsen, an Associate Professor at the Bergen Maritime Museum in Norway, concerning the influence of the Vikings and Norway on Irish fishing/ trade vessels (1971); a subsequent letter reply from Towsen (1971); miscellaneous handwritten notes; a photocopy of a paper on the 'Influence of Social and Economic Factors on Technological Development in the Fishing Sector' (1970s); handwritten notes on texts (1973), various photocopies of texts on Scottish fishing vessels and maritime culture (1970s); two G.L. Watson One Hundred Years of Experience booklets (1971); Jones Buckie Shipyard Ltd. picture booklets; Shetland fishing craft photocopied (1971); large, photocopied, gallery classification documents of fishing materials from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Newfoundland, Norway, Sweden; photocopies of various large texts from Queen's photographic library (1973); photocopied research papers on fishing vessel designs (1973); fishing news newspaper (1978); round stirling ship texts; photocopied diagrams and plans of boats from 1934 and subsequent handwritten notes from the text; notes from a glossary of Cornish sea words (1963); The Suffolk Fishers Weekly 1970 newspaper supplement.