IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GDM
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: McGRIGOR, George Duncan (1868-1953)
Date(s): 1898-1922
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 folder and 2 bound volumes
Name of creator(s): McGrigor | George Duncan | 1868-1953
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1868; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1898; died, 1953.
Publications: Field analysis of minerals for the prospector, mining engineer, traveller, and student (1915)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of George Duncan McGrigor relating to Newfoundland comprising a journal by McGrigor entitled 'Impressions of Newfoundland', 1898; bound typescript entitled 'Newfoundland - Facts and Fallacies', 1922 and nomenclature of botanical species found in Newfoundland.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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:
The material is in good condition.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the RGS by the author.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilmed copies available in the Public Archives of Canada and the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2.
Date(s) of descriptions: 25 September 2001; Oct 2008.