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Theme: Experiencing war - survival, shelter and food. Vincent 'Censinu' Caruana was born on the 30th of June 1922 in Senglea. He had two sisters and four brothers. His father was a tool and coppersmith at the Floriana power station - where Censinu also worked as a mechanical fitter for 41 years before retiring in 1978 - and his mother had been a housewife. He had 1 boy and 1 girl.

This photographic collection was deposited at the National Archives of Malta through an agreement signed on the 19th August 2022 by and between the National Archives of Malta and Allied Newspapers Limited of Times of Malta. All the photographic material is being digitised and a catalogue is being created. The aim is to preserve this collection for future generations and to make it accessible.

Theme: Experiencing war - survival, shelter and food. Theresa Muscat-Fenech was born on the 31st of October 1928 in Attard. She had four sisters and eight brothers, four of whom had died in infancy. Her mother was a housewife and her father was a civil servant who had been Commissioner for Gozo during the Second World War. Theresa had been a teacher at Msida and St Julian's schools between 1948 and 1956. She had been married and had had two girls.

Documents were held by the Rizzo-Marich family. They contain records related to the V. Marich and Co. business which was located at 44, Strada Teatro, Valletta. The depositors: Doreen Curmi and Louise Zammit La Rosa are the grand daughters of the last owner of the business: Arthur Rizzo Marich.

Messrs V. Marich and Co. were of of the oldest manufacturers of hand-made cigarettes as well as cigar and tobacco merchants, exporting tobacco products to severakl countires. The business was not just a shop but also a smoking divan and a popular rendevouz point for Maltese gentry, naval and military senior officers.

The Collection consists of photographic prints, newspaper cutouts, hand-written notes, and short stories, etc, belonging to actor and play-write Karmenu Gruppetta (20 December 1922 - 20 February 1977). Collection donated by his niece, Sylvana Cassar. Gruppetta took part in theatre (shows such as Francis Ebejer's 'Hadd fuq ilBejt'), plays, TV programmes, and also took part in films filmed in Malta such as 'Pulp' (1972). The photos contain head shots, stage photos, childhood and family photos, etc. The collection also includes a portfolio of newspaper cut-outs, article mentions, scripts, etc.

2023-061:
A 1926 passport of Lawrence Grixti.
One photographic album dated 26 November 1961. Wedding photos of Mary and Alfred, the parents of the depositor.
One photographic album with family photos of the depositor. Photos showing various generations of the family during family activities, outings and portraits.

2024-074:
A number of images and ephemera belonging to Mr. Alfred Laferla, donated by his daughter Ms. Jacqueline Formosa. Items contain content on Mr Laferla at work, staff party, family images, a newspaper cutout, tag and driving license.

This PDE consist of photographs taken by Mr. Harold Frederick Rodgers (born 1911, died1979) while stationed in Malta in 1938-1939. Rodgers joined the RAF in his late 20s and was a trained photographer, very often doing aerial photography.

103 B&W photographs in an album with annotations under every image.

Photographs taken by Alfred Camilleri and his brother(s). 44 positive prints and 20 negatives.

Subject of photographs: Funeral of Nerik Mizzi, Demonstartion in favour of Archbishop Gonzi, Maltese chaplain visiting Maltese soldiers in Germany, procession in Floriana, funeral in Floriana, Petrol Station, Malta Independence Day, Floriana Football Club in Gozo, and photographs of Floriana.

Theme: Agriculture. Spiru Mifsud was born in 1931 in Kalkara. He had 7 siblings. His father was a farmer and a chef with the soldiers while his mother used to wash the clothes of sailors. Spiru had always worked in the fields as a farmer, even once a pensioner. He lived in Kalkara and had 5 children.

Theme: The Craft of Farming in the Past and How it Changed. Salvu Schembri was born on the 6th of January, 1924 at Zurrieq. He had 9 siblings. His father was a farmer and his mother was a seamstress. He worked with the British Navy for 13 years, then he worked with a tarmac company and afterwards with the Air Ministry. He had twin boys, Karmnu and Rokku. He was known as Tar-Rocc. He liked the local feasts and horses. He was a member of Maltese Catholic Association.

Salvatore Davì was born in Lampedusa on the 31st of March 1946 to a family of fishermen. He had two brothers and one sister. He worked as a fisherman in Lampedusa and afterwards in Malta. He got married to a Maltese woman and in 1970 he decided to relocate to Malta. He found employment in Malta with a small private company. He had three sons and one daughter.