GB 0402 CB9 - RGS CORRESPONDENCE BLOCK 1921-1930

61 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 CB9 1921-1930 Collection level (sub-fonds) 61 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, 1921-1930, 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 Alpine Club, Charles Frederick Arden-Close, John Baddeley, Brig R A Bagnold, Dr John Ball, Louis Charles Bernacchi, Brig Gen Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, Commader Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sir Douglas Carruthers, Gertrude Caton-Thompson, Maj Robert Ernest Cheesman, Augustine Courtauld, Sir Percy Cox, Frank Debenham, George Miller Dyott, Lincoln Ellsworth, Filippi de Filippo, Rosita Forbes, Sir George Fordham, Sir Douglas William Freshfield, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, William Joseph Harding King, Dr Tom George Longstaff, Halford J Mackinder, Sir Douglas Mawson, Dr Hugh Robert Mill, Fridtjof Nansen, Mrs Wilhelmina Ness, Edward Felix Norton, Noel Ewart Odell, Harry St John Philby, A Hamilton Rice, Hugh Ruttledge, Frank S Smythe, Michael A Spender, Prof James Alfred Steers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Sir Mark Aurel Stein, Sir Percy M Sykes, Prof Eva G R Taylor, Bertram Thomas, Frank Kingdon Ward, James Mann Wordie, Sir Francis Younghusband and Henry Gino Watkins.

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.

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

Correspondence Blocks 1-8 and 10-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books, Director's correspondence.

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 Longstaff , Tom George , 1875-1964 , mountaineer and ornithologist Spender , Michael A , 1907-1945 , scientist and explorer Smythe , Francis Sydney , 1900-1949 , author and mountaineer Ruttledge , Hugh , 1884-1961 , mountaineer Rice , Alexander Hamilton , 1875-1956 , explorer and geographer Philby , Harry St John Bridger , 1885-1960 , explorer and Orientalist Odell , Noel Ewart , 1890-1987 , geologist Norton , Edward Felix , 1884-1954 , Lieutenant General Nansen , Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg , 1861-1930 , Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat Mill , Hugh Robert , 1861-1950 , geographer and meteorologist Mawson , Sir , Douglas , 1882-1958 , Knight , geologist and Antarctic explorer Mackinder , Sir , Halford John , 1861-1947 , Knight , geographer and politician King , William Joseph Harding , 1869-1933 , explorer Johnston , Sir , Harry Hamilton , 1858-1927 , Knight , explorer and colonial administrator Freshfield , Douglas William , 1845-1934 , mountaineer and geographer Fordham , Sir , Herbert George , 1854-1929 , Knight , writer on cartography Forbes , Joan Rosita , 1893-1967 , traveller and author x Sitt Khadija x McGrath , Joan Rosita Ellsworth , Lincoln , 1880-1951 , explorer Filippi , Filippo , De , 1869-1938 , zoologist and explorer x De Filippi Dyott , George Miller , 1883-1972 , aviator and explorer Debenham , Frank , 1883-1965 , geographer Cox , Sir , Percy Zachariah , 1864-1937 , Knight , Major General , Colonial Administrator and Diplomat Courtauld , Augustine , 1904-1959 , Arctic Explorer Cheesman , Robert Ernest , 1878-1962 , Major , explorer and naturalist Thompson , Gertrude Caton- , 1888-1985 , anthropologist and egyptologist Carruthers , Alexander Douglas Mitchell , 1882-1962 , explorer and naturalist Byrd , Richard Evelyn , 1888-1957 , Antarctic explorer Bruce , Clarence Dalrymple , 1862-1934 , brigadier and traveller Bernacchi , Louis Charles , 1876-1942 , scientist and explorer Close , Sir , Charles Frederick Arden- , 1865-1952 , Knight , Geographer Associations Organizations Learned societies Geographical exploration Geography Baddeley , John Frederick , 1854-1940 , journalist and traveller Steers , Professor , James Alfred , 1899-1987 , coastal geomorphologist Stefansson , Vilhjalmur , 1879-1962 , explorer and ethnologist Stein , Sir , Marc Aurel , 1862-1943 , Knight , archaeologist and explorer Sykes , Sir , Percy Molesworth , 1867-1945 , Knight , diplomatist and author Taylor , Eva Germaine Rimington , 1879-1966 , geographer and historian of science Thomas , Bertram Sidney , 1892-1950 , diplomat, explorer and author Ward , Francis Kingdon , 1885-1958 , botanist and explorer x Ward , Frank , Kingdon- x Kingdon-Ward , Frank Wordie , Sir , James Mann , 1889-1962 , Knight , geologist and mountaineer Younghusband , Sir , Francis Edward , 1863-1942 , Knight , soldier Watkins , Henry George , 1907-1932 , Arctic explorer Royal Geographical Society Alpine Club

Transferred directly from the RGS Secretary to the Archives.

Royal Geographical Society Correspondence Block, 1921-1930, 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 Alpine Club, Charles Frederick Arden-Close, John Baddeley, Brig R A Bagnold, Dr John Ball, Louis Charles Bernacchi, Brig Gen Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, Commader Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sir Douglas Carruthers, Gertrude Caton-Thompson, Maj Robert Ernest Cheesman, Augustine Courtauld, Sir Percy Cox, Frank Debenham, George Miller Dyott, Lincoln Ellsworth, Filippi de Filippo, Rosita Forbes, Sir George Fordham, Sir Douglas William Freshfield, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, William Joseph Harding King, Dr Tom George Longstaff, Halford J Mackinder, Sir Douglas Mawson, Dr Hugh Robert Mill, Fridtjof Nansen, Mrs Wilhelmina Ness, Edward Felix Norton, Noel Ewart Odell, Harry St John Philby, A Hamilton Rice, Hugh Ruttledge, Frank S Smythe, Michael A Spender, Prof James Alfred Steers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Sir Mark Aurel Stein, Sir Percy M Sykes, Prof Eva G R Taylor, Bertram Thomas, Frank Kingdon Ward, James Mann Wordie, Sir Francis Younghusband and Henry Gino Watkins.

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 1-8 and 10-11, RGS Administrative Papers, Out-Letter Books, Director's correspondence.

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