Letter from George Harris, cook on the TITANIC, to William MacQuitty

Includes his account of the sinking of the TITANIC and his time in the lifeboat.

ID:	LMQ/7/1/38
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Lord-Macquitty Collection
Date made:	1956-12-16
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 file (1 page)
Parts:	Unpublished TITANIC information compiled by Walter Lord (Manuscript) Typed account of Mrs J.W. Anderson, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/1) Letter from Geoffrey C. Ward to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/2) Extract of a letter from Henry G.Barr to Steward H. Holbrook (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/3) Letter to "Tucker" from Laurence Beasley (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/4) Papers relating to TITANIC survivor Karl H. Behr (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/5) Photograph of TITANIC's surviving officers with officers of the CARPATHIA (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/6) Letter from Mrs John Black, TITANIC survivor, to Geoffry G. Martin of Rank Film Distributors (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/7) Letter from Susanne Blackwell Thompson to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/8) Letter from Betty Bolling, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/9) Correspondence with Commander J.G. Boxhall (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/10) Two letters from Helen Hernandez, at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/11) Copy of a letter from Harold Bride to W.R. Cross (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/12) Newspaper cutting on Edith Haisman (nee Brown), TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/13) Letters from Sylvia Mechele and Julie Hedgepeth to Walter Lord and photograph (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/14) Photocopy of a letter from W.G. Browne to Mr Maxtone Graham (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/15) Letter and interview transcripts from/with Mrs Henry Arthur Cassebeer, Jr., TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/16) Letters from Gus Cohen, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/17) Correspondence between Mrs Cooke, daughter of Captain Smith of the TITANIC and Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/18) Copy of a letter from Edwina Corrigan, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/19) Copies of letters from Cunard and Bruce Ismay (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/20) Correspondence between Helen D. Rodman and Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/21) Letters from Elizabeth Darby (nee Nye) to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/22) Copy of a newspaper article from the Wiltshire Times (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/23) Letter from Mrs C. Decker, TITANIC survivor, to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/24) Copy of a newspaper article on Patrick Dillon (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/25) Photocopy of an extract from "When We Went First Class" by Ellen Williamson (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/26) Letter from Marshall B. Drew to Walter Lord and related newspaper articles (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/27) Copy of a letter from Laura Mabel Francatelli, TITANIC survivor, to Mary Ann Taylor and copy of the Sotheby's notice of the sale of the original (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/28) Letter from Marguerite Frolicher, TITANIC survivor, to Walter Lord, and transcript of interview (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/29) Letter from Mrs Jacques Futrelle, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/30) Correspondence between Harry Giles to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/31) Transcript of an interview between Walter Lord and Katherine Gilnagh (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/32) Typed excerpts of correspondence by TITANIC survivors and letters (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/33) Correspondence with Frank Goldsmith, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/34) Copies of newspaper cuttings concerning Lady Duff Gordon, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/35) Copies of a death announcement and obituary of Sir Duff Gordon (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/36) Letters from Charles Victor Groves to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/37) Letter from George Harris, cook on the TITANIC, to William MacQuitty (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/38) Papers concerning Mrs Henry B. Harris, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/39) Copy of a letter from Eva Hart to Mrs Bloomfied (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/40) Correspondence between T.D. Haubner and Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/41) Copy of a letter from Mary Hewlett, TITANIC survivor and transcript (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/42) Letter from Roland Hind to Walter Lord including sheet of music (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/43) Letters from Walter Hurst to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/44) Letter from Leo James Hyland (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/45) Papers concerning Violet Jessup (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/46) Letter from Charles Joughin to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/47) Photocopies of a cartoon about the sinking of the TITANIC (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/48) A letter from George Kemish to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/49) Letter from Seymour Leslie to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/50) Copy of letter received by Gretchen Langley (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/51) Correspondence between Walter Lord and Mrs D.H. Patteson Knight (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/52) Copy of the testimony of Harold Lowe, 5th Officer on the TITANIC (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/53)

Letter from George Harris, cook on the TITANIC, to William MacQuitty

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