GB 0402 MPP - PRICE, Morgan Philips (1885-1973)

1 box, 5 files

GB 0402 MPP 1910-1954 Collection level 1 box, 5 files Price , Morgan Philips , 1885-1973 , politician

Born, 1885; visited Russia representing the family timber firm, 1908; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1909-1973; scientific expedition to central Siberia as a botanist and geologist, 1910-1914; Russian correspondent for the Manchester Guardian during the First World War; travelled in and wrote on Russia, Germany, Turkey and Persia; entered Parliament, 1929 and served in the House of Commons for almost 30 years; Honorary Fellow of the RGS, 1972; died, 1973.

Donated to the RGS by Mrs Tania Rose, daughter of M P Price, 19 Jul 1990, together with 5 vols of photographs which were placed in the RGS picture collection.

Papers of Morgan Philips Price, 1910-1954, including letters and transcripts of letters (where the original has been destroyed), corrected typescript for an unpublished book on Russian Central Asia and the typescript of two unpublished chapters of an autobiography, (subsequently published as My Three Revolutions, 1969) and photostats and press cutting of obituaries. The papers chiefly refer to an expedition to Russian Central Asia and Chinese Turkestan undertaken with Douglas Carruthers and J.H. Millar, 1910-1911, and his return journey home from Kuldja after separating from Carruthers and Millar.

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

Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Additional letters can be found in The Carruthers Collection: ADC/11, ADC/15, ADC/17, ADC/23.

My Three Revolutions, 1969

Prepared by Archives Volunteer, using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 140, No. 1 (Feb., 1974), pp. 178-178.

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

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Donated to the RGS by Mrs Tania Rose, daughter of M P Price, 19 Jul 1990, together with 5 vols of photographs which were placed in the RGS picture collection.

Papers of Morgan Philips Price, 1910-1954, including letters and transcripts of letters (where the original has been destroyed), corrected typescript for an unpublished book on Russian Central Asia and the typescript of two unpublished chapters of an autobiography, (subsequently published as My Three Revolutions, 1969) and photostats and press cutting of obituaries. The papers chiefly refer to an expedition to Russian Central Asia and Chinese Turkestan undertaken with Douglas Carruthers and J.H. Millar, 1910-1911, and his return journey home from Kuldja after separating from Carruthers and Millar.

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

• Latin

English

Additional letters can be found in The Carruthers Collection: ADC/11, ADC/15, ADC/17, ADC/23.

Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.

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

• English