R.M.S. TITANIC THIRD CLASS PASSENGER MALKOLM JOHNSON COLLECTION: NOTEBOOK. Leather and paper 13,5x6 cm. Provenance: Malkolm Johnson. Thence by descent. This notebook is listed on the offical list from the Swedish ministry for foreign affairs.

R.M.S. TITANIC THIRD CLASS PASSENGER MALKOLM JOHNSON COLLECTION.

Bukowskis has the privilege of offering a piece of 20th century history at the International Spring Sale June 2010. Few moments in our history are associated with so many myths and legends, as when Titanic hit an ice-berg on the clear night of April 15, 1912. Titanic was described as "unsinkable", and the tragic loss of her during her maiden voyage has made her unforgettable. Titanic never ceases to fascinate and interest people all over the world. There is a great interest worldwide in Titanic memorabilia and the fact that Bukowskis can now offer Malkolm Johnsons notebook is very rare.
Malkolm Johnson was born 1879 in Småland, Sweden and decided to emigrate to the U.S.A. at the age of nineteen. He adapted well in the new country and was successful in building a company in the concrete business in Minneapolis. On a number of occasions he visited Sweden to see his family. On his last visit he brought a large sum of money to buy his childhood home from his mother and stepfather. To his disappointment they refused the offer, and Malkolm decided to return to Minneapolis. On the 28th of March 1912 he and his brother Wilhelm sewed over $ 1000 into his socks for safe keeping. Malkolm Johnson travelled third class on the Titanic when his original plan to sail on the S/S Adriatic failed. Due to a coal mine strike his travel arrangements were changed to Titanic. The coal strike was behind the delay of many ships along the quays waiting for the strike to end. All available coal were redirected from other ships to Titanic, in order not to delay her maiden voyage. When disaster hit the ship, Malkolm and his travel companion, Oskar Hedman, struggled to reach deck from their third class cabin. Oskar Hedman managed to save himself by jumping into a lifeboat, (likely lifeboat number 15), which was launched around 01.30am. Several lifeboats were launched around this time and Malkolm probably attempted to reach one of them. The frozen hands of his pocket watch, indicate that Malkolm Johnson entered the water at 01.37am. He managed to put on a life-jacket before he landed in the water. The life-jacket kept him afloat but he succumbed to hypothermia in the ice-cold water. He was recovered five days later and was assigned body number 37 by the rescue vessel Mackay-Bennet. Malkolm was fully dressed wearing boots, but his socks, oddly enough, were missing! Malkolm Johnson was buried on May 10th 1912 in the section allotted to the Titanic victims on Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Canada. Malkolm Johnson's personal belongings where sent back to his relatives in Sweden and has until now never been shown to public.