GRENFELL, Rev George (1849-1906)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 GGR
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	: GRENFELL, Rev George (1849-1906)
Date(s)	: 1886-1903
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: One large box, two files
Name of creator(s)	: Grenfell | George | 1849-1906 | missionary

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1849; educated, King Edwards School, Birmingham; missionary work for the Baptist Missionary Society, Kamerun, 1878; transferred to the Congo; founded the station in Manyanga, 1882; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1882-1906; explored the Congo river; Royal Geographical Society Patrons medal, 1887; died, 1906.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Rev George Grenfell including two letters to the Rev Lawson Forfeitt from Birmingham 9 Aug 1901 and from Lualaba river, 24 May 1903 and two notebooks containing sketches for a map of the Congo, its tributaries and Lake Leopold, 1886-1888.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in the 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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS Archives Correspondence files, 1878-1904 (12 letters addressed to the Society).

Publication note:

The map of the Congo was published by the RGS in 10 sections, 1902.

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1906), pp. 406-407.

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

Date(s) of descriptions:
17^th January, 2002. Oct 2008.