Folder 1: Letters from Ernest William Hedges, Steward, Blue Star Line, to his wife, Lou, 1930-1933.
Folder 2: Letters from Lou, Swanley, Kent, to her husband, Ernest William, 1934-1935.
Folder 3: Letters from Lou, Swanley, Kent, to her husband, Ernest William, 1931-1934.
Folder 4: B. C. Hedges's continuous certificate of discharge (R114720), serving in the TONGARIRO, PORT CAMPBELL and PORT CAROLINE, 1933-1936.
Folder 5: Ernest William Hedges's wage accounts 1925-1935 and mercantile marine war service list registration certificate.
Folder 6: Letters from Ernest William Hedges, Steward, Blue Star Line, to his wife, Lou, 1931-1934.
Folder 7: includes a photograph of E. J. Hedges; photograph of Mr & Mrs Hedges.

Administrative / biographical background
Ernest William Hedges was born in 1908. He served on the MATAROA, 1927-1928; HOBSON'S BAY, 1928; the HIGHLAND WARRIOR, 1928-1929; M.V. RANGITIKI, 1929; AUSONIA, 1929 and the RANGITATA, 1929. He served as an assistant steward 1923-1929, starting as a stewards boy on the HIGHLAND LADDIE on 4 October 1923. Bertram Charles Hedges was an engineer and mechanic on Cunard Line ships the TONGARIRO, PORT CAMPBELL and PORT CAROLINE, 1933-1936. The personal letters from Ernest William Hedges to his wife Louise are numerous and reveal much interest concerning life in passenger liners during the 1930's.