GB 0402 CB3 - RGS CORRESPONDENCE BLOCK 1841-1850

10 boxes

In most cases the items were sent to the RGS directly by their authors and have remained with the Society ever since.

GB 0402 CB3 1841-1850 Collection level (sub-fonds) 10 boxes 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).

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, 1841-1850, consists of correspondence with the Society covering 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 the Admiralty, John Arrowsmith, Sir George Back, William Ainsworth, Sir Francis Beaufort, Charles Tilstone Beke, the Bombay Geographical Society, William D Cooley, G W Earl, the Foreign Office, William John Hamilton, Sir William Hooker, A K Johaston, the Linneaen Society, Roderick Impey Murchison, John Murray, Ordnance Survey, Mansfield Parkyns, Adm William Henry Smyth, Rev George Cecil Renouard, John Washington and James Wyld.

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 1-2 and 4-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books.

Compiled by Sarah Drewery 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.

Nov 2008. Admiralty Bombay Geographical Society Wyld , James , 1812-1887 , geographer Murchison , Sir , Roderick Impey , 1792-1871 , 1st Baronet , geologist Hamilton , William John , 1805-1867 , geologist Hooker , Sir , William Jackson , 1785-1865 , Knight , botanist Cooley , William Desborough , d 1883 , geographer Beke , Charles Tilstone , 1800-1874 , explorer Back , Sir , George , 1796-1878 , Knight , Admiral and Arctic navigator Beaufort , Sir , Francis , 1774-1857 , Knight , Rear Admiral , hydrographer Arrowsmith , John , 1780-1873 , geographer and mapmaker Ainsworth , William Francis , 1807-1896 , geographer and geologist Smyth , William Henry , 1788-1865 , scientist and antiquary , Admiral Parkyns , Mansfield , 1823-1894 , traveller and author Renouard , George Cecil , 1780-1867 , orientalist classical scholar and historian Washington , John , 1800-1863 , hydrographer , Rear Admiral Geography Geographical exploration Foreign Office Linnean Society Ordnance Survey

Transferred directly from the RGS Secretary to the Archives.

Royal Geographical Society Correspondence Block, 1841-1850, consists of correspondence with the Society covering 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 the Admiralty, John Arrowsmith, Sir George Back, William Ainsworth, Sir Francis Beaufort, Charles Tilstone Beke, the Bombay Geographical Society, William D Cooley, G W Earl, the Foreign Office, William John Hamilton, Sir William Hooker, A K Johaston, the Linneaen Society, Roderick Impey Murchison, John Murray, Ordnance Survey, Mansfield Parkyns, Adm William Henry Smyth, Rev George Cecil Renouard, John Washington and James Wyld.

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 1-2 and 4-11, 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