IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HTC
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: COMBE, Harvey Trewythen Brabazon (1852-1923)
Date(s): 1873-1924
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 bound diary and 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Combe | Harvey Trewythen Brabazon | 1852-1923 | soldier and traveller
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Harvey Trewythen Brabazon Combe was born in 1852, served in the East Sussex Regiment 1876-1897; JP for Sussex and Country Mayo; travelled widely in Europe, Asia and Australia; Fellow of the Royal Geogographical Society, 1881 and died in 1923.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Harvey Trewythen Brabazon Combe, 1873-1924, comprise a diary describing a journey with his uncle, the artist H B Brabazon, through France, Egypt and Italy, in 1873-1874 and notes on his life sent by his widow to the Royal Geographical Society.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Diary is in chronological order.
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:
Diary binding is weak.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly (London: RGS, 1977).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
None expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to RGS by Combe's widow, 1924.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: 24 October 2000 and modified May 2008.