IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HRM
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: MILL, Hugh Robert (1861-1950)
Date(s): 1847-1945
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 5 boxes
Name of creator(s): Mill | Hugh Robert | 1861-1950 | geographer and meteorologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1861; educated: Edinburgh University; worked on the Challenger reports; lecturer in geography; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1891-1950; Librarian of the RGS, 1892-1900; Director of the British Rainfall Organisation, 1900-1919; assisted in the organisation of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904; RGS Victoria Medal, 1915; Member of the Council of the RGS, 1927-1937; Vice-President of the RGS, 1927-1932; founder member of the Geographical Association and President, 1930-1933; died, 1950.
Publications: Realm of Nature (1891)
The record of the Royal Geographical Society, 1830-1930, (1930)
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Hugh Robert Mill including manuscript and printed papers relating to Antarctic whaling expeditions; collection of approximately 200 letters to Mill from officers of the Royal Geographical Society chiefly concerning the affairs of the RGS, 1847-1944; collection of approximately 800 letters to Mill from geographers, travellers cartographers and others, 1833-1944; 'Daily Doings', two volumes, 1861-1919 and 1920-1945, which briefly record the events of each day, contain lists of Mill's published works and the appointments he held, and are indexed by personal and place names.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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 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.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available in the Foyle reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in several accessions: the letters were donated by L J Jay who received them from Laura Mill, in 1976, 1977 and 1985. 'Daily doings' was given to the RGS by Dr Charles Renton, 1986.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 115, No. 4/6 (Apr. - Jun., 1950), pp. 266-267.
Date(s) of descriptions: 24 May 2001; Oct 2008.