IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 LES
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: SHACKLETON, Lord Edward Arthur (1911-1994)
Date(s): [1979-1989]
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): Shackleton | Edward Arthur Alexander | 1911-1994 | Baron Shackleton of Burley | politician x Shackleton of Burley | Baron
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1911; educated at Radley College and then at Magdalen College, Oxford; arranged the 1932 Oxford expedition to Sarawak, serving as its surveyor; first known ascent of Borneo's Mount Mulu; led the Oxford expedition to Ellesmere Island, 1934-1935; lectured in Europe and America on his travels; joined the BBC as a talks producer in Ulster; RAF's Coastal Command as an intelligence officer and anti-U-boat planner, 1940; Labour MP, 1946-1955; director, 1955-1964 and 1973-1982 and deputy chairman, 1975-82, of the John Lewis Partnership; life peer, 1958; Minister for the RAF, 1964; sworn of the Privy Council in 1966 and became Deputy Leader of the House of Lords in 1967; leader of the House of Lords, Paymaster-General (taking over security from Lord Wigg), and Minister in Charge of the Civil Service, 1968; Leader of the Opposition in the Lords, 1970-1974; a director of Rio Tinto Zinc (deputy chairman, 1975-1982); chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) (Honorary Membership); Cuthbert Peek Award; RGS President 1971-1974; Special Gold Medal 1990; died, 1994.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Lord Edward Shackleton, including papers and correspondence relating to the following: 'In the Footsteps of Scott Expedition', 1985-1986; Monica Christenson and 90 degrees South, 1979-1986; Geographical Club minutes and other papers, 1980s; the British Geological Survey Open Day, 1988; Irish expedition to North East Greenland, 1987; Scott-Amundsen Anniversary South Pole Flight, 1987 (Paul Lynch); correspondence with Keith Black, 1979-1984; Royal Geographical Society Council and Committee Minutes and accompanying papers, 1980's and papers relating to the Kimberley Australia Project, 1988.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the 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 the discretion of the Archivist, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Lord Shackleton, 20 Feb 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Foreign Office corr. 1931-1940 letters of July 1934, Oct-Dec. 1937 refer to Shackleton Oxford University Ellesmere expedition 1934 Corr. 1931-40 Geographers in WW2.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2001; Jul 2008.