McCARTHY, James

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 JMC
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	: McCARTHY, James
Date(s)	: [1880-1901]
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 1 oversize box and 4 files
Name of creator(s)	: McCarthy | James | fl 1880-1901 | surveyor

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Survey of India, -1880; Director General of the Siamese Government surveys, [1880]-1901; Royal Geographical Society Instructor, 1901-; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1883-.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of James McCarthy, [1880-1901], including sketch plan of Bangkok; photograph album of Thailand; photograph of McCarthy at the court of Siam; notes and personal photographs.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

As outlined 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 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:

Received from the family, 1988.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

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

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

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