GB 0402 EFN - NOEL, Emilia (d 1950)

5 boxes

GB 0402 EFN 1892-1937 Collection level 5 boxes Noel , Emilia Frances , [1868]-1950 , botanist

Educated Somerville College, Oxford and Swanley Horticultural College; travelled to Egypt, 1892; went to India including Kashmir; Women's War Service, 1914-1918; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1919-1950; visited the Canaries and West Africa, c 1938; also travelled in Europe, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, South East Asia and the Middle East; died, 1950.

Publications: Some Wild Flowers of Kashmir (1903)

Some Letters and Records of the Noel Family (1910)

Material bequeathed to the RGS in 1950 by the creator.

Notebooks of Emilia Noel, comprising 57 travel journals, 1892-1937, together with a manuscript volume of 'Indian Notes' and two small notebooks with named specimens of seaweeds and British mosses. Journals are quarto manuscript or typescript with many small watercolours, photographs, picture postcards, etc, within the text - they cover Noel's travels throughout the world.

None expected

The five boxes contain 57 journals listed in chronological order, each covering a particular journey.

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.

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Journals are in reasonable condition.

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

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science by Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie, Joy Dorothy.

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

07 August 2000; Aug 2008 Hebrides Central America Costa Rica Japan Myanmar USA Palestine Mexico New Zealand South East Asia Indonesia Lombok Morocco Tunisia Southern Africa Zimbabwe Middle East Turkey Greece Corsica Portugal Finland Kashmir Russia France Brittany UK England Italy Sardinia South America Guyana East Asia China Cyprus North America Canada Norway Czechoslovakia South Asia Sri Lanka Eastern Europe Hungary Europe Western Europe Northern Europe Sweden Oceania Australia North Africa Egypt Noel , Emilia Frances , [1868]-1950 , botanist Geography Geographical exploration Fine arts Painting Watercolour painting Botany Travel Travel abroad Scotland Bosnia and Hercegovina Jamaica Caribbean Poland Dominica Malaysia Sudan East Africa India Transvaal South Africa Algeria Malta Denmark Canary Islands West Africa Africa Spain Caucasian States Crimea London

Material bequeathed to the RGS in 1950 by the creator.

Notebooks of Emilia Noel, comprising 57 travel journals, 1892-1937, together with a manuscript volume of 'Indian Notes' and two small notebooks with named specimens of seaweeds and British mosses. Journals are quarto manuscript or typescript with many small watercolours, photographs, picture postcards, etc, within the text - they cover Noel's travels throughout the world.

None expected

The five boxes contain 57 journals listed in chronological order, each covering a particular journey.

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.

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

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English

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

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

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