IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 LMS
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WEATHERLEY, Poulett
Date(s): 1881-1987
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Weatherley | Poulett | fl 1891-1917 | explorer and big-game hunter
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Poulett Weatherley was an explorer and big-game hunter who travelled extensively in Mweru and Luapula, Zambia, 1895 and 1900. He was the first European to circumnavigate and survey Lake Bangweulu, Zambia, 1896. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society 1891-1917.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Poulett Weatherley's diaries of journeys through Lake Bangweulu region: Vol. 1 Oct 1889-Jan 1899; Vol. 2 Jun-Jul 1898 and Jan - Mar 1899 and 16 watercolours and pencil sketches of central Africa.
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:
Hand list of watercolours available in the Foyle reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from Map Room, Oct 1975.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Block 1881-1910 Weatherley, Poulett.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Modified by Sarah Drewery.
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: May 2008