What can a source show?
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LAUNCH Humanities Autumn1 W3 Archive Evaluation Pupil
LAUNCH HUMANITIES / PUPIL SHEET 1
Source A: the original document
Autumn 1 · Week 3 · What can a source show?
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________
Passenger list for M.V. Empire Windrush, June 1948. The National Archives, BT 26/1237. This is an original-document image, not a newly invented record. Use the accessible extract on the next page if handwriting is difficult.
LAUNCH HUMANITIES / PUPIL SHEET 2
Source A: accessible record sheet
Autumn 1 · Week 3 · What can a source show?
Selected transcription of two rows: Kenneth Amos | 21 | Welder. Rubert Adolphus | 24 | Carpenter. Spellings follow the archive transcript; a historian may compare the handwriting. Source W in the notes links the original.
| Field | What we can establish |
| Document | An inward passenger list for M.V. Empire Windrush |
| Date | June 1948; arrival at Tilbury on 22 June |
| Origin | Shipping passenger record; New Zealand Shipping Company voyage |
| Custodian | The National Archives |
| Reference | BT 26/1237 |
| Fields on this page | Names, ages, occupations, proposed addresses, residence |
| Digitisation date | Not established here; not needed to date the voyage |
LAUNCH HUMANITIES / PUPIL SHEET 3
Correct and evaluate
Autumn 1 · Week 3 · What can a source show?
Error: The National Archives created the passenger list. Correction and field:
Error: The online upload date tells us the year of the journey. Correction and field:
Error: A listed occupation proves why a person travelled. Correction and field:
Useful for __________ because __________.
Limited for __________ because __________.
Another source I would seek, and why:
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