GB 0402 WSR - ROUTLEDGE, William Scoresby (1859-1939) and ROUTLEDGE, Katherine Maria (1866-1835)

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GB 0402 WSR 1913-1933 Collection level 8 boxes Routledge , William Scoresby , 1859-1939 , ethnographer

Routledge , Katherine Maria , 1866-1835 , née Pease , archaeologist

Katherine Maria Routledge was born 1866; graduated from Somerville Hall, 1895; taught courses through the Extension Division and at Darlington Training College; after the Second Boer War, she traveled to South Africa with a committee to investigate the resettlement of single working women from England to South Africa; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1900-1939; married William Scoresby Routledge, 1906; died, 1935.

William Scoresby Routledge was born in 1859; married Katherine Maria Pease, 1906; died, 1939.

The Routledges went to live among the Kikuyu people of British East Africa (now Kenya) and jointly published With A Prehistoric People (1910); they organised an expedition to Easter Island, 1910, affiliated with the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the British Museum and the Royal Geographical Society; the expedition, on the schooner MANA, departed, 1913 and arrived 1914; they left Easter Island, 1915.

The albums of press cuttings and the index cards were presented to the RGS by James R Stewart, 1961. The remainder of the collection was left in the RGS by William Routledge, 1929.

Papers of William and Katherine Routledge from their expedition to Easter Island, 1913-1916 together with some papers concerning Jamaica, including notebooks, papers, sketches, maps, photographs, slides and correspondence; extensive notes of writings of earlier visitors to the island; log books of the expedition yacht MANA, 20 Feb 1913-31 Jul 1916; burgee of the MANA; lists of yacht's stores, expenses etc.; draft of Katherine Routledge's book, The Mystery of Easter Island; tracings of rock carvings, sketch plans, lantern slides, photographs, correspondence and notes from Easter Island; albums of press cuttings, chiefly reviews of The Mystery of Easter Island and With a Prehistoric People; index cards with a vocabulary of Mangarevanotes and correspondence concerning Jamaica and the expedition to cross the John Crow Mountains, 1920-1933.

Accessible 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

Detailed lists in the Foyle Reading Room and detailed catalogue on A2A.

Microfilms of the collection are in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Camberra and its member libraies; the Easter Island Research Unit and the Chilie and Auckland Public Library.

Prepared by Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: See CD-Rom, Who Was Who, 1897-1996, A and C Black Ltd.

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

29 March, 2001. Jul 2008. Routledge , Katherine Maria , 1866-1835 , née Pease , archaeologist Geomorphology Topography Land forms Islands Archaeology Geographical exploration Geography Geographical data Lexicography Vocabularies Easter Island Routledge , William Scoresby , 1859-1939 , ethnographer Valparaíso region Chile South America Jamaica Caribbean

The albums of press cuttings and the index cards were presented to the RGS by James R Stewart, 1961. The remainder of the collection was left in the RGS by William Routledge, 1929.

Papers of William and Katherine Routledge from their expedition to Easter Island, 1913-1916 together with some papers concerning Jamaica, including notebooks, papers, sketches, maps, photographs, slides and correspondence; extensive notes of writings of earlier visitors to the island; log books of the expedition yacht MANA, 20 Feb 1913-31 Jul 1916; burgee of the MANA; lists of yacht's stores, expenses etc.; draft of Katherine Routledge's book, The Mystery of Easter Island; tracings of rock carvings, sketch plans, lantern slides, photographs, correspondence and notes from Easter Island; albums of press cuttings, chiefly reviews of The Mystery of Easter Island and With a Prehistoric People; index cards with a vocabulary of Mangarevanotes and correspondence concerning Jamaica and the expedition to cross the John Crow Mountains, 1920-1933.

Accessible 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

• Latin

English

Detailed lists in the Foyle Reading Room and detailed catalogue on A2A.

Microfilms of the collection are in the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Camberra and its member libraies; the Easter Island Research Unit and the Chilie and Auckland Public Library.

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

• English