MAY, Walter Waller (d 1896)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 WWM |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : MAY, Walter Waller (d 1896) |
Date(s) | : 1852-1854 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : May | Walter Waller | d 1896 | Arctic explorer | Commander |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Mate in the RESOLUTE under Captain Austin in the expedition of 1850-1851; first lieutenant of the ASSISTANCE in Sir E Belcher's expedition, [1852]-1854; retired captain, 1869; died, 1896.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Images by Walter Waller May including twelve lithographs from drawings made by May on board HMS ASSISTANCE on a Franklin Search Expedition, 1852 and a watercolour, 'Beechey Island' 1852.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in 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:
Hand list and card index.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The watercolour was bequeathed by C R Markham.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1896), pp. 324-324.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
25 October 2001; Oct 2008.
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