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The Law Courts Miscellania is a fond containing loose documentation arising from the juridical activities of the various courts and tribunals operating in the Maltese islands during the Order of St John Period, from the arrival of the Order in Malta in 1530 to their departure in 1798. The cases heard before these courts provide valuable information about different aspects of general, commercial and military life in Malta. Most documentation in this collection is in Latin and Italian, but documentation in other languages such as Spanish, French, Arabic and Greek is occasionally included.

The Guljana Masini – consisting of 88 manuscript volumes of various sizes – enlists all the births, marriages, and deaths that took place in Gozo between 1554 and 1934. It also registers the births of Gozitans in Malta and, sometimes, even abroad. The sources for the information are the parish records. It was in 1554 that the Matrice or mother-church of Gozo started keeping such records.

Three additional values of the collection are: first, a considerable number of family trees that Notary Attard compiled to clients; secondly, many references to contracts, donations, and other issues related to land property owned by his clients; and references to such properties by their original toponym

Covering mainly the 1970s and 80s. Material consists of hand written or typed diaries, with published or photographic material attached.

A collection of records of the Comitato Permanente Universitario, including minutes of meetings and correspondence. The collection includes a sizeable collection of publications related to the operations of the University of Malta from the late 18th century.

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 covers the period from the 1890s onwards following the advent of photography in Malta. Most of the records consist of photographic prints, some mounted on cardboard. In few cases the archive holds glass plates, negatives, or slides.

Several Private Deposits by George Azzopardi. Some of these accessions are at the Central Archive while other are at the Gozo Archive.

This Subfonds contains records related to the works of Lorenzo Gatt (1857-1938). The collection includes material related to major infrastructural works such as drainage, electricity and railway works. It also includes received correspondence and drafts of sent correspondence.

16 photographic prints (19 in total incl. recto and verso)

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.

Bound volumes; typed sheets; stencilled sheets; photocopies.

12 x 35mm mounted slides of Carnival in Valletta from 1969, and 3 x 35 mounted slides from Rabat feast in 1973 and 1977.

1 digital surrogate of printed photograph containing father of Henry Cachia (second from left, standing). Photo was taken during filming of 'Pulp' in Malta in 1972. Photo includes actor Michael Rooney (second from right). Photo includes distant views of Torri l-Ahmar, Mellieha.