REEVES, Edward Ayearst (1862-1945)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 EAR
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	: REEVES, Edward Ayearst (1862-1945)
Date(s)	: 1909-1930
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 1 box, 2 files
Name of creator(s)	: Reeves | Edward Ayearst | 1862-1945 | instructor in surveying and map curator

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1862; instructor in surveying and map curator at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1878-1933; Fellow of the RGS, 1900-1945; Victoria Medal, RGS, 1928; died, 1945.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Edward Ayearst Reeves, 1909-1930, including notes on Robert E Peary's report and observations from his expedition to the North Pole, 1919, 'On terrestrial magnetism', letters, maps, and observations (of which some are copies of Peary's and others unidentified), 1909 and memoirs of Reeves' time at the Royal Geographical Society, 1930.

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:

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Geographical Review, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul., 1946), pp. 501-501.

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

Date(s) of descriptions:
5 July 2001; Jul 2008