IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 CGG
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: GORDON, Gen Charles George (1833-1885)
Date(s): 1856-1880
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 folders, 1 book
Name of creator(s): Gordon | Charles George | 1833-1885 | colonial administrator | General
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1833; commissioned into the Royal Engineers, Gordon was wounded in the Crimea; he demarcated the Russian/Turkish frontiers and served in China from 1860-1865 as Commander of an imperial army; Governor General of the Sudan for the Khedive of Egypt, 1877-1880; sent back to the Sudan in 1884, he was killed when Khartoum fell to the Mahdi's forces, 1885.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Gen Charles George Gordon, 1856-1880, including two letters to R F Burton about his religious beliefs and Abyssinian affairs, 1878; letter of thanks for election as an Honorary Corresponding Member to H W Bates of the Royal Geographical Society, 2 Feb 1880; list in Arabic of the Princes of Harar; log book (Dutton's logarithmic tables) and authentication of Gordon's camel saddle.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Arabic
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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:
Mss are fragile
Finding aids:
Hand list and card index.
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
None expected
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the RGS
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Journal Mss Africa: Nile, 1876, 1877 - published. RGS correspondence blocks; 1851-1860, 1871-1880, 1911-1920.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2008