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Royal Geographical Society

BADDELEY, John Frederick (1854-1940)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 JFB

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: BADDELEY, John Frederick (1854-1940)

Date(s): 1859-1926

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Small tin trunk containing five folders.

Name of creator(s): Baddeley | John Frederick | 1854-1940 | journalist and traveller

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1855 and educated at Wellington College. Invited to Russia by the then Ambassador Count Shouvaloff in the 1870s, he spent many years in Moscow as correspondent for the Standard and engaged in business in the Russian Far East. He travelled widely in Asiatic and southern Russia and wrote several books on these areas. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1902-1940.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Frederick Baddeley, 1859-1926, including description of a journey from Aigun to Tsitsikar in 1910; papers on the Amoor [sic] railway; material for a book on the Amoor river; papers relating to the Russian Far East; a book in Russian "Journey on the Amur" published in 1859 and a small notebook containing hand-drawn maps of the river.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Russian, using the pre-revolutionary Cyrillic alphabet.

System of arrangement:

Material in folders is not listed or arranged in a particular order.

Conditions governing access:

Open by appointment only, subject to completion of application form. Non-Fellows require a letter of reference.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Much of Baddeley's material is typescript, but scrappily arranged.

Finding aids:

The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

None expected

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by creator in 1926.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RGS archives - correspondence blocks 1881-1910, 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940: Baddeley, J.F.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Prepared by David Tatham, Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids and Obituary from The Times of 21 February 1940. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2.

Date(s) of descriptions: 16 October, 2000. Nov 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Journalists | Communication personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Maps | Visual materials
Railway transport | Transport
Rivers | Surface water | Water resources
Travel abroad | Travel

Personal names
Baddeley | John Frederick | 1854-1940 | journalist and traveller

Corporate names

Places
Aihui | Heilongjiang Sheng | China | East Asia
Heilong Jiang, river | Asia
Qiqihar | Heilongjiang Sheng | China | East Asia
Russia | Eastern Europe
Aigun x Aihui
Amoor, river x Heilong Jiang, river
Amur, river x Heilong Jiang, river
Crimea x Krym
Tsitsikar x Qiqihar