GB 0402 CB1 - RGS CORRESPONDENCE BLOCK 1830-1833

1 box, 0.2 linear metres

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.

GB 0402 CB1 1830-1833 Collection level (sub-fonds) 1 box, 0.2 linear metres Royal Geographical Society

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).

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.

Transferred directly from the RGS Secretary to the Archives.

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.

This body of material is filed alphabetically by author or institution.

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 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.

Mainly English but with some letters in other European languages.

Almost all items are handwritten but some files may contain printed items.

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977. Also Access to Archives database at www.a2a.org.uk

Correspondence Blocks 2-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books.

Compiled by Sarah Strong, Archives Officer, using hard copy listings held in-house.

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.

May, 2008 Hamilton , William Richard , 1777-1859 , antiquary and diplomatist Bialloblotsky , Christoph Heinrich Friedrich , 1799-1868 , Methodist missionary and teacher Arrowsmith , John , 1780-1873 , geographer and mapmaker Back , Sir , George , 1796-1878 , Knight , Admiral and Arctic navigator Maconochie , Alexander , 1787-1860 , naval officer, geographer and penal reformer , Captain Marsden , William , 1754-1836 , orientalist and numismatist Richardson , Sir , John , 1787-1865 , Knight , physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer Learned societies Associations Organizations Schomburgk , Sir , Robert Hermann , 1804-1865 , Knight , botanist FitzRoy , Robert , 1805-1865 , Vice-Admiral Geographical exploration Geography Humboldt , Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr , von , 1769-1859 , naturalist and explorer Paris Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society

Transferred directly from the RGS Secretary to the Archives.

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.

This body of material is filed alphabetically by author or institution.

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 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.

• English

• Latin

Mainly English but with some letters in other European languages.

Correspondence Blocks 2-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books.

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977. Also Access to Archives database at www.a2a.org.uk

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.

• English