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Names

Name PrimaryRichard McKenna Image Collection

Name AlternateRichard McKenna Memorial Collection

Name AbbreviatedMcKenna Collection

IDs

ID LocalWAM 43

ID Urihttp://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/maritime-history/maritime-history-boats-and-watercraft

Descriptions

Brief DescriptionThe Richard McKenna Memorial Collection was created and bequeath to the WA Museum by Richard McKenna who was a steam engine buff and shipping enthusiast. The collection comprises: photographs (120,000), slides (60,000), shipping memorabilia (300), artworks (12), souvenir ceramics (50), plaques (200), flags (40), silverware (40), scrapbooks (60).

Full DescriptionThe Richard McKenna collection was the result of a lifetime's passionate collecting, and by its scope and breadth has become a crucial part of the WA Museum's maritime collections and research. The images focus mostly on vessels connected in any way with Western Australia, and include McKenna's own images as well as those he traded with fellow members of the World Ships Society. The collection of resource material he avidly collected and compiled is extensive, including many rare published titles, personal correspondence and debates with experts around the world, large scrapbook collectons of contemporary newspaper material, and extensive personal transcriptions of rare records.

RightsSome material may be subject to copyright.

AccessViewable in exhibitions at WA Maritime Museum, WA Museum in Perth, Albany and Geraldton. Collection storage areas may be accessed by prior appointment.

NoteItem descriptions, specifications, images, conservation & location history available through MHRD (WA Museum Maritime History department Integrated Collection Management System).

Subjects

local20th century; Coastal shipping; Lloyds Register; Ship images

pontArtworks; Flags; Photographic slides; Photographs; Plaques; Scrapbooks

scotCeramics; Collecting; Flags; Maritime history; Photography; Scrapbooking; Silverware; Water transport

aptCollecting; Flags; Photography; Plaques; Pottery; Scrapbooks; Shipping industry; Silverware; Souvenirs; Vessels (watercraft)

person_orgRichard McKenna; World Ships Society

Coverage Spatial

TextWestern Australia; International

Coverage Temporal

From1870

To1989

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Dates

Date Record Updated2012-05-30 23:42

Date Created in MME2011-03-31 00:17