BRUCE, C D (1862-1934)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 CDB
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	: BRUCE, C D (1862-1934)
Date(s)	: 1901-1907
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 2 bound volumes and 3 folders
Name of creator(s)	: Bruce | Clarence Dalrymple | 1862-1934 | Brigadier and traveller

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Clarence Dalrymple Bruce was born in 1862; joined the Army, 1882 and served in India, 1883-1889; wounded during service in China, 1898-1904; Commissioner of International Police Shanghai, 1907-1914 and commanded brigade of Scottish Division, 1915. Bruce received a CBE; was Fellow of Royal Geographical Society 1901-1934 and died in 1943.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, 1901-1907, comprise a diary of a journey across Asia in 1907; copies of an article for the London Evening Standard, 1902-1903; account of a ride from Peking to Lake Baikal; and two volumes of a route report from Tibet to Peking.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged as 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 Archivist's discretion, 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) and detailed catalogue online at Access to Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

2 volumes donated to RGS by author 1907. Other material presented by H D Bruce 1935.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS correspondence blocks 1881-1910 and 1911-1920: Bruce, C D. Journal mss. China 1907.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
24 October 2000 and modified May 2008.