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RICHARDS, Richard Routley Adams


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 RRR

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: RICHARDS, Richard Routley Adams

Date(s): 1864-1893

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 boxes: 13 files

Name of creator(s): Richards | Richard Routley Adams | fl 1872-1894 | sailor

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Richard Routley Adams Richards was Chief Paymaster on board HMS CHALLENGER. He was uncle of Herbert Arthur Richards, (1866-1957).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Richard Routley Adams Richards including diary on board HMS CHALLENGER, 1872-1876, Atlantic, Antarctic and Pacific oceans: seven volumes, illustrated with sketches; photographs including photographs taken during the voyage of the HMS CHALLENGER, notably Marion Island, Kerguelen Islands and Antarctic sea; four diaries, 1892-1894, Riviera and Carlsbad; and cartoons by Sub Lt Channer.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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 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:

The RGS Archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received from the family, 1917.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA

Date(s) of descriptions: 26 April 2001; Jul 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Antarctic exploration | Geographical exploration | Geography
Hydrographic surveying | Surveying
Oceanographic research | Oceanography

Personal names
Richards | Richard Routley Adams | fl 1872-1894 | sailor

Corporate names
HMS Challenger

Places
Atlantic Ocean | Oceans
Kerguelen Islands | Antarctica
Marion Island | Prince Edward Islands | South Africa | Southern Africa
Pacific Ocean | Oceans
Southern Ocean | Oceans