IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HHJ
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: JOHNSTON, Sir Harry Hamilton (1858-1927)
Date(s): 1887-1926
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 large box and 3 files
Name of creator(s): Johnston | Sir | Harry Hamilton | 1858-1927 | Knight | explorer and colonial administrator
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1858; Studied as an artist and zoologist; explored Central Africa 1882-1884; became British Consul in Cameroon and then Mozambique; British Commissioner for South Central Africa; KCB 1896; retired 1901; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1883-1927; RGS Founder's Medal 1904; Council Member and Vice President; died, 1927.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Harry Johnston including diary of an expedition, Rio del Ray, Cameroon, 1887, with four printed maps of the region attached; sketch and notebook, Nyasaland, 1893; sketch book, North Africa and photocopied correspondence of Johnston with members of his family, 1866-1926 and copies of six portrait photographs of Johnston.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
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 'application for copies' form. Permission to copy the copies of Johnston's corrrespondence must be sought from the owner. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Sketch books - some excisions.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received by RGS in 1928; photocopied material provided by the Department of Manuscripts, British Library.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Corr. Blocks, 1881-1910, 1911-1920, 1921-1930; letters to Sir John Scott Keltie, 1896-1923; Journal Mss: N and W Africa 1888 and 1905; The Nile 1917; East Africa 1883, 1885, 1890, 1895, 1901, 1902, 1913, 1919.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2008