IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 RMS
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: SWAN, Robert M W (1858-1904)
Date(s): 1891-1894
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Swan | Robert M W | 1858-1904 | mining engineer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1858; educated, Glasgow University; mining expert, Spain, 1878; mining expert, Greece, 1879-1886; cartographic work on expedition to Mashonaland, 1891; Royal Geographical Society Murchison Grant, 1892; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1893-1904; expedition to South Africa, 1893-1895; examined the mining districts of Western Australia and Tasmania, 1896; examined the mining districts of Siam, 1898; mining work in the Malay peninsular, 1896-1904; died, 1904.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Robert M W Swan, 1891-1894, comprising meteorological observations, South Rhodesia, 1893 with covering letter 14 Jan 1894 and meteorological observations, Zimbabwe, 1891.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
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:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Correspondence Block 1881-1910 (Swan, Robert).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 5 (May, 1904), pp. 694-694
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 1st March, 2001. May 2008.