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- 1904-1939 (Creation)
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1 box and 2 files
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Arnold Danvers Power was a publisher with Hutchinsons and the London manager for Sir Isaac Pitman, he became a partner in W.H. Smith in 1911. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1918-1959.
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GB 0402 ADP 1904-1939 Collection level 1 box and 2 files Power , Arnold Danvers , 1875-1959 , publisher
Arnold Danvers Power was a publisher with Hutchinsons and the London manager for Sir Isaac Pitman, he became a partner in W.H. Smith in 1911. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1918-1959.
Bequeathed to the RGS, 1959.
Papers of Arnold Danvers Power, 1904-1939, chiefly comprising a series of typescript illustrated travel notebooks arranged into sections as follows:
'Lagos and back', 1921-1922, 'Nigeria and Cameroons', 1934-1935, northern Nigeria, 1929-1930, 'west coast ports and southern Nigeria', 1932-1933.
Australia, Canada and the USA, 1904, USA, Philippines and Ceylon, 1910-1911 and Tangier and Algiers, 1912.
Spanish Main, 1925-1926, Palestine, 1927, Argentine, 1927
Uganda, 1928-1929, Amazon, 1923, Scandanavia, 1929; Cape Town, 1922-1923 and Algeria and Tunisia, 1924-1925.
British Guinea, 1930; Polar regions, 1931; Angola and Cape Town, 1931-1932; Adriatic Cruise, 1932; West Indies, 1934; 'Nigeria and Cameroons', 1934-1935.
Australasia and Dutch east Indies, 1935-1936; Jamaica and British Honduras, 1936-1937.
Southern Rhodesia, East Africa, Basutoland and South West Africa, 1938-1939 and Chilie and Peru, 1937-1938.
Also comprising duplicate copies of these notebooks without illustratuions; typescript notes describing travels in North and South Africa and Palestine; letters to Lillian and Florence Power, 1912 and 1922-1923 and printed and typescript copies of travel articles, 1930s.
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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 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.
English
Card index and hand list available in the Foyle Reading Room.
Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
5th July, 2001. Aug 2008. Papua New Guinea Amazon Basin South Africa Cape Town USA North America Canada Norway Middle East Palestine South America Chile South Asia Sri Lanka Morocco Tangier Algeria Algiers North Africa Tunisia Europe Western Europe Northern Europe Sweden Zimbabwe Oceania Australia South East Asia Philippines East Africa Uganda Southern Africa Lesotho Power , Arnold Danvers , 1875-1959 , publisher Literature Literary forms and genres Travel writing Travel Travel abroad Angola Peru Indonesia Jamaica Caribbean Argentina Belize Central America Nigeria West Africa Africa Spain Cameroon Central Africa West Indies Antarctica Arctic
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Bequeathed to the RGS, 1959.
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Scope and content
Papers of Arnold Danvers Power, 1904-1939, chiefly comprising a series of typescript illustrated travel notebooks arranged into sections as follows:
'Lagos and back', 1921-1922, 'Nigeria and Cameroons', 1934-1935, northern Nigeria, 1929-1930, 'west coast ports and southern Nigeria', 1932-1933.
Australia, Canada and the USA, 1904, USA, Philippines and Ceylon, 1910-1911 and Tangier and Algiers, 1912.
Spanish Main, 1925-1926, Palestine, 1927, Argentine, 1927
Uganda, 1928-1929, Amazon, 1923, Scandanavia, 1929; Cape Town, 1922-1923 and Algeria and Tunisia, 1924-1925.
British Guinea, 1930; Polar regions, 1931; Angola and Cape Town, 1931-1932; Adriatic Cruise, 1932; West Indies, 1934; 'Nigeria and Cameroons', 1934-1935.
Australasia and Dutch east Indies, 1935-1936; Jamaica and British Honduras, 1936-1937.
Southern Rhodesia, East Africa, Basutoland and South West Africa, 1938-1939 and Chilie and Peru, 1937-1938.
Also comprising duplicate copies of these notebooks without illustratuions; typescript notes describing travels in North and South Africa and Palestine; letters to Lillian and Florence Power, 1912 and 1922-1923 and printed and typescript copies of travel articles, 1930s.
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As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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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.
Language of material
- English
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- Latin
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English
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Card index and hand list available in the Foyle Reading Room.
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ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
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- English