IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 WHH
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: HOOPER, Lt William Harvey (d 1833)
Date(s): 1818-1825
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 box and 6 files
Name of creator(s): Hooper | William Harvey | d 1833 | ship's purser | Lieutenant
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lt William Harvey Hooper was ship's purser on HMS ALEXANDER, HMS HECLA and HMS FURY, 1818-1825. He died, 1833.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
William Harvey Hooper's journals as purser on HMS ALEXANDER, HMS HECLA, and HMS FURY, 1818-1825, and extracts from meteorological observations, on the John Ross and W E Parry expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological.
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 and card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
Microfilm copies in the Public Archives of Canada and the Eastern Arctic Scientific Resource Cenre Library.
Related material:
Royal Geographical Society Correspondence Blocks. Ref: RGS/CB6/1161.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 19th November, 2001. Oct 2008.