Titanic Key Documents
A selelction of Documents from the
BACM Research Titanic Collections
Includes:
Telegrams sent to the SS Birna by the SS Titanic April 14, 1912 - April 15th, 1912 Two telegrams sent by the Titanic to the Russian EastAsiatic ship, SS Birma.
Correspondence from the White Star Line to the Board of Trade concerning the loss of the Titanic. April 15th, 1912 - April 16th, 1912 Two letters from the White Star Line concerning earlyinfromation about the fate of the Titanic
Handwritten submission by first class passenger Alfred Omontto the British Court of Enquiry. May 1912 Alfred Omontto was a French cotton agent who board theTitanic in Cherbourg. Omontto mentions dinner, playbridge in Cafe Parisien, the striking of the ice berg,and the confusion onboard the Titanic.
Pages from the Register Marriages, Births, Deaths andI njuries MAY 1912 Three pages of the forms for the listing of Marriages, Births, Deaths and Injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage. Included here are Titanic'sarchitect Thomas Andrews, millionaire Colonel John Jacob Astor, and advisor to President Taft, Major Archibald Butt.
Pages from the Report of the British Commission of Enquiry into the Loss of the Titanic July 30th, 1912 Pages of the Court of Enquiry's report dealing with theTitanic's passenger accommodations, deck configuration,and life boats.
Handwritten letter from Stanley Lord, the Captain ofthe SS CalifornianAugust 10th, 1912 The SS Californian was identified in the inquiries as the "Mystery Ship."
Other Titanic Collections:
Titanic Disaster Historical Documents Archive1,825 pages of documents, text, newspaper articles, and photos covering the Titanic disaste.Period original source material from the National Archives, The Library of Congress, and the British National Archives
Titanic Disaster Newspaper Archive1,200 selected complete American newspaper pages, dating from April 1, 1912 to April 14, 1922, covering the sinking of the Titanic and its aftermath. Most newspapers are from the first six months after the sinking.
Titanic Disaster White Star Line and Passenger Court Documents1,100 pages of admiralty case files from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, related to the RMS Titanic, including the petition filed by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, as the owner of Titanic, for limitation of liability, and responses from claimants,
copied from material held at the National Archives and Records Administration.
Titanic Disaster Victim Recovery Documents & Medical Examiner Reports1,555 pages of documents related to the recovery of Titanic victims at sea.
Titanic Disaster British National Archives Documents1,175 pages of Titanic Disaster records preserved by the British National Archives.
