IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GGR
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: GRENFELL, Rev George (1849-1906)
Date(s): 1886-1903
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: One large box, two files
Name of creator(s): Grenfell | George | 1849-1906 | missionary
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1849; educated, King Edwards School, Birmingham; missionary work for the Baptist Missionary Society, Kamerun, 1878; transferred to the Congo; founded the station in Manyanga, 1882; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1882-1906; explored the Congo river; Royal Geographical Society Patrons medal, 1887; died, 1906.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Rev George Grenfell including two letters to the Rev Lawson Forfeitt from Birmingham 9 Aug 1901 and from Lualaba river, 24 May 1903 and two notebooks containing sketches for a map of the Congo, its tributaries and Lake Leopold, 1886-1888.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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 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.
Finding aids:
Card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives Correspondence files, 1878-1904 (12 letters addressed to the Society).
Publication note:
The map of the Congo was published by the RGS in 10 sections, 1902.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1906), pp. 406-407.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 17th January, 2002. Oct 2008.