Union Steam Ship Employment cards for Providore staff, resigned [1st series]

Descriptive Data

Archives IdentifierAF033Date RangeCirca 1920-1980DescriptionThese cards record employment information about providore staff - stewards/ stewardesses and catering staff who resigned after 1957 and before 1980. Information on long-serving staff can go back to the1920s. There is a separate section at the end of the stewards sequence headed: Stewardesses. Cards can (but not all do) record name, place of birth, date of first joining, Union number, age, position (steward, cook, baker, waiter, pantryman, scullion, bugler, pianist - or stewardess, laundress or nurse) with description (forecabin, bedroom, boots, etc.), name of ship, dates of service, reasons for leaving and dates, and the port where they departed. There are multiple cards for long-serving staff and a few have attachments such as social security benefit notices, records of service forms, etc.Quantity (Linear Metres)0.25MediumFileSystem of ArrangementAlphabetical by last nameCollection TypeWellington Museums Trust

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Union Steam Ship Stewards and stewardesses retirement and death files

Union Steam Ship Employment cards for Providore staff, resigned [2nd series]

Index Cards

Providore resigned staff cards [1st series] A-K

Providore resigned staff cards [1st series] L-Z and Stewardesses

Access Information

Restriction StatusOpen

Related Agencies

Controlling or Creating AgencyUnion Steam Ship Company of New Zealand LtdRelationship Date Range1875-30 November 2001

Related Series

Related SeriesUnion Steam Ship Stewards and stewardesses retirement and death filesPredecessor SeriesUnion Steam Ship Registers of Providore staffControlling Series

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Union Steam Ship Employment cards for Providore staff, resigned [1st series]