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McEWAN, W O


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 WME

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: McEWAN, W O

Date(s): 1884-1885

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 oversize box and 8 files

Name of creator(s): McEwan | W O | fl 1884-1885 | civil engineer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

W O McEwan was awarded the Royal Geographical Society Cuthbert Peek grant to travel to Lake Nyasa to take up the work of James Stewart of the 'Lake Junction road', 1884. Before leaving for Africa he took a course of instruction on Practical Astronomy at the Royal Geographical Society. He died sometime before 1888.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of W O McEwan, 1884-1885, including four field notebooks, Apr 1884 - May 1885, of a journy from Durban to Mozambique via the Zambezi river, Livingstonia and Karonga on Lake Nyasa and of a journey from Lake Nyasa to Lake Tanganyika; astronomical observations, on river Kwaka and at the African Lakes Corporation station at Maruru, British East Africa, May 1884; notes taken on route from Lake Nyasa to Lake Tanganyika, including particulars of the countries passed through, notes on an alternative route from Chirimadamusi to [Diumkorolo]; three sketch maps of British East Africa and aprinted map of 'Route survey Nyassa to Tanganyika by James Stewart, 1879' with red ink line of 'proposed variation' added.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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:

Card index

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, Vol. 10, No. 11 (Nov., 1888), pp. 745-748.

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

Date(s) of descriptions: 15th November, 2001. Oct 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
African history | National history
Field work | Research work
Geographical exploration | Geography
Astronomy

Personal names
McEwan | W O | fl 1884-1885 | civil engineer

Corporate names
African Lakes Corporation

Places
Durban | Province of Kwazulu-Natal | South Africa | Southern Africa
Kenya | East Africa
Malawi | Central Africa
Mozambique | Southern Africa
Nyasa, Lake | Africa
Tanganyika, Lake | Africa
Zambezi, River | Southern Africa