GB 0402 FJS - STEVENSON, Frederik James (1835-1926)

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GB 0402 FJS 1863-1869 Collection level 1 box Stevenson , Frederick James , 1835-1926 , engineer and explorer

Born, 1835; educated, Montgreenan House School, Ayrshire; articled pupil to T E Blackwell, civil engineer, and assisted the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal; assistant engineer constructing a branch of the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada; expeditions to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky, Amazon, Monte Video, Argentine, Chile, Patagonian coast, Peru, Bolivia and West Indian Islands; returned to England, 1870; ran a camp for schoolboys, 1892-1914; died, 1926.

Bequeathed by the family, 1950.

Copies of diaries of Frederick James Stevenson, of his travels in North and South America, 1863-1869, comprising Vol. 1 USA and Havana, 1863-1867; Vols 2 and 3, eastern States of South America, 1867-1868; Vol. 4, Patagonia, 1868 and Vol. 5, Bolivia and Peru, 1868-1869.

Chronological

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 the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Originals are with the family.

Copies held in the Ann Arbor Museum Library, Michigan. Microfilmed by the Public Archives of Canada, Jul 1971.

A traveller of the Sixties: from the journals of F J Stevenson in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Patagonia, Chilie and Bolivia, 1867-69, ed Douglas Timins (1929). Held by the RGS Library.

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

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

8 March 2001; May 2008. Bolivia Stevenson , Frederick James , 1835-1926 , engineer and explorer Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Nonfiction Diaries Geography Geographical exploration Information sources Documents Primary documents South America Peru USA North America Havana Cuba Caribbean

Bequeathed by the family, 1950.

Copies of diaries of Frederick James Stevenson, of his travels in North and South America, 1863-1869, comprising Vol. 1 USA and Havana, 1863-1867; Vols 2 and 3, eastern States of South America, 1867-1868; Vol. 4, Patagonia, 1868 and Vol. 5, Bolivia and Peru, 1868-1869.

Chronological

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 the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Copies held in the Ann Arbor Museum Library, Michigan. Microfilmed by the Public Archives of Canada, Jul 1971.

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

• Engels