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Royal Geographical Society

RGS OUT-LETTER BOOKS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 LB

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: RGS OUT-LETTER BOOKS

Date(s): 1836-1916

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: c 16 vols

Name of creator(s): Royal Geographical Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

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).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Out-letter books of the Royal Geographical Society, including manuscript copies of official letters, 1836-1893 and press copies of Secretaries' letters, 1863-1872 and 1877-1916. These files contain outgoing letters only, ingoing correspondence is held separately in the correspondence blocks.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chronologically.

Conditions governing access:

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.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Generated internally by the Royal Geographical Society.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

RGS Correspondence Blocks.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Geographers | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Geographical exploration | Geography
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations

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Corporate names
Royal Geographical Society

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