sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 845 - New Zealand Volcanic Eruptions Report

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GB 0117 MS 845

Title

New Zealand Volcanic Eruptions Report

Date(s)

  • 1886 (Creation)

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sub-fonds

Extent and medium

1 volume

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GB 0117 MS 845 1886 Sub-fonds 1 volume Unknown

Donated by James Hector in two accessions.

Preliminary Report on, and photographs of, the event mounted and bound into one volume. Includes a letter from James Hector donating the report and photographs. Includes a second letter of 22 September 1886 with an additional 15 photographs with remarks on the back which have also been pasted in to the volume. The comments have been typed underneath the photographs.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

English

Cloth bound volume; printed report and 2 letters tipped in, and 21 photographs glued in.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Feb 2009. Hector , Sir , James , 1834-1907 , Knight , geologist Disasters Natural disasters Volcanic eruption New Zealand Oceania Disasters (by type)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by James Hector in two accessions.

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Scope and content

Preliminary Report on, and photographs of, the event mounted and bound into one volume. Includes a letter from James Hector donating the report and photographs. Includes a second letter of 22 September 1886 with an additional 15 photographs with remarks on the back which have also been pasted in to the volume. The comments have been typed underneath the photographs.

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Royal Society

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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.

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  • English

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