PERKINS, Hayes
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 HHP |
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 | : PERKINS, Hayes |
Date(s) | : 1904-1957 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Perkins | Hayes | fl 1904-1957 |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1937 onwards.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of H Hayes Perkins, 1904-1957, including an account of some of Perkins' periods of residence and travel in the Belgian Congo, South and East Africa entitled 'The African experiences of H Hayes Perkins, 1906-53'; three volumes of personal journals in North and South America, entitled 'Here and there', 1904-1936; typescript entitled 'Alaska and the Yukon, 50 years ago', 1956; pages from Perkins' diary entitled 'The diamond fields of Kasai', 1918-1920 and typescript of Perkins' last journeys across the Sahara, 1952 and South America, 1957.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the 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 completing 'application for copies' form. No reproduction without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Card index and hand list available in the Foyle Reading Room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from Frank W Preston, 1972.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids, Who's Who, CD-ROM. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
21 June 2001; Aug 2008.
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