IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 VLC
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: CAMERON, V L (1844-1894)
Date(s): 1872-1886
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Cameron | Verney Lovett | 1844-1894 | African explorer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Verney Lovett Cameron was born in 1844. A naval Lieutenant, Cameron was selected by the Royal Geographical Society to lead an expedition to find David Livingstone in 1872; Livingstone had died when Cameron reached central Africa; Cameron then crossed tropical Africa from east to west, the first European to do so; awarded the CB by Queen Victoria and the Gold Medal of the RGS. Cameron was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society 1876-1894 and died in 1894.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers Verney Lovett Cameron, 1872-1886, relate to the Livingstone Relief Expedition of 1873 and notably include: account books from 1872; correspondence about the preparation and progress of the Expedition, 1873-1875; a diary for October - December 1874; correspondence on funding the exhibition 1873-1881.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in seven series.
Conditions governing access:
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.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscripts and notebooks in fair condition.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977 and a detailed catalogue is available online at Access to Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
None expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The 1874 diary was donated to the RGS in 1945.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Geog. Journal mss. Central and East Africa 1874, 1875,1876; West Africa 1882.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids and Who was Who, edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Date(s) of descriptions: 24 October 2000 and modified May 2008.