HOOPER, Lt William Harvey (d 1833)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 WHH
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	: 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 & 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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

Allied Materials

Related material:

Royal Geographical Society Correspondence Blocks. Ref: RGS/CB6/1161.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

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

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