GB 0402 AHR - RICE, Dr Alexander Hamilton (1875-1956)

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GB 0402 AHR 1917-1928 Collection level 1 box Rice , Alexander Hamilton , 1875-1956 , explorer and geographer

Born, 1875; educated Harvard; MD, 1904; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1901-1956; RGS Patron's Medal, 1914; Vice-President of the RGS, 1930-1933; series of expeditions to South America, chiefly the North Western Amazon Basin; expedition to the tributaries of the Rio Negro, 1924-1925; died, 1956.

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Papers of Alexander Hamilton Rice, 1917-1928, comprising notes and observations by Rice including of the Rio Grande, Brazil, 1917 and 1919-1920; notes and correspondence about expeditions of 1924-1925 and 1926-1928; journals 1920-1921 from South American expeditions 'The Rio Negro, the Casquiare Canal and the upper Orinoco'; and journal entitled 'Some notes on the Brazilian Amazon and the Venezuela-Guyana expedition', 1925.

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 available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 122, No. 3 (Sep., 1956), pp. 405-405.

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

3 May 2001; Jul 2008 Rice , Alexander Hamilton , 1875-1956 , explorer and geographer Climatic zones Geography Tropical zones Geographical exploration Venezuela South America Amazon Basin Guyana Brazil

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Papers of Alexander Hamilton Rice, 1917-1928, comprising notes and observations by Rice including of the Rio Grande, Brazil, 1917 and 1919-1920; notes and correspondence about expeditions of 1924-1925 and 1926-1928; journals 1920-1921 from South American expeditions 'The Rio Negro, the Casquiare Canal and the upper Orinoco'; and journal entitled 'Some notes on the Brazilian Amazon and the Venezuela-Guyana expedition', 1925.

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.

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English

Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.

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

• anglais