RGS CORRESPONDENCE BLOCK 1830-1833
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 CB1 |
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 | : RGS CORRESPONDENCE BLOCK 1830-1833 |
Date(s) | : 1830-1833 |
Level of description | : Collection level (sub-fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box, 0.2 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Royal Geographical Society |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) was founded in 1830 as the Royal Geographical Society of London. Its aim was the advancement of Geographical Science. The Society was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1859. In 1995 the RGS merged with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG) to create the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Royal Geographical Society Correspondence Block 1830-1833 consists of correspondence with the Society in the first four years after its foundation. The letters cover administrative matters as well as all aspects of Geography and exploration throughout the world. These files contain incoming letters only, replies are held separately in the out-letter books. Authors include John Arrowsmith, Sir George Back, Friedrich Bialloblotsky, Robert Fitzroy, William Richard Hamilton, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Alexander Maconochie, William Marsden, Paris Geographical Society, Dr John Richardson and Robert Hermann Schomburgk.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Mainly English but with some letters in other European languages.
System of arrangement:
This body of material is filed alphabetically by author or institution.
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 Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of Request for Copies form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist. Please note that in some cases copyright of the author or owner may need to be sought.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977. Also Access to Archives database at www.a2a.org.uk
Archival Information
Archival history:
Correspondence Block 1830-1833 is the earliest part of eleven sections of the RGS Correspondence Collection. In most cases the items were sent to the RGS directly by their authors and have remained with the Society ever since.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred directly from the RGS Secretary to the Archives.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Correspondence Blocks 2-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Strong, Archives Officer, using hard copy listings held in-house.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
May, 2008
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