| Description | File of documents providing information on founder Richard Irvin (1853-1920):
- Excerpts from speeches at ceremony inconnection with presentation portrait to Alderman Richard Irvin 1915. Details Richard Irvin's career including entering Town Council for North Shields 1890, elected Mayor 1897, becoming alderman in 1903 and Justice of the Peace in 1904.
- Pamphlet on Alderman Richard Irvin JP 'Founder of the Trawler Industry', 1915. Reprinted from the "Shields Daily News". Related to the Presentation Portrait.
- Richard Irvin entry in the Dictionary of Business Biography, including draft and correspondence 1984
- Marriage certificate of Richard Irvin and Ann Driver, 7 August 1873 at the Parish Church of Tynemouth, Northumberland.
- Photocopy of a publication / article about Richard Irvin and his career and business.
|