IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 JAB
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: BROWN, Joseph (1802-1874) and Ann Cox Brown (1807-1893)
Date(s): 1842-1874
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 folders
Name of creator(s): Brown | Joseph | 1802-1874 | banker
Brown | Ann Cox | 1807-1893
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Joseph Brown was born in London and worked as a merchant and banker in the Mediterranean and South America; he set up a gold mining company in Melbourne, Australia, in 1852, then moved to Peru and retired to England in 1867; a talented painter. Ann Cox Brown lived in Turkey from 1841-1847 with the Hanson family.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Joseph Brown and Ann Cox Brown comprise a diary of a short tour in Turkey (1842) by Ann Cox Brown; notes on Constantinople (1843); biographical notes on Joseph and Ann Cox Brown and on Charles Hanson.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged as JAB/1 diaries of journeys to Naples and Constantinople and JAB/2 diary of a short tour in Turkey and biographical notes.
Conditions governing access:
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
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:
Manuscripts and type-script in fair condition.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977 and full catalogue available online at Access to Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Two diaries of journeys from London to Naples and London to Constantinople were passed to University College, London.
Accruals:
None expected
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated by Mrs F E Hunter.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Joseph Brown pictures within RGS Map Room collection.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 project cataloguer.
Date(s) of descriptions: 24 October 2000 and edited May 2008.