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.