IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 FJS
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: STEVENSON, Frederik James (1835-1926)
Date(s): 1863-1869
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Stevenson | Frederick James | 1835-1926 | engineer and explorer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1835; educated, Montgreenan House School, Ayrshire; articled pupil to T E Blackwell, civil engineer, and assisted the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal; assistant engineer constructing a branch of the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada; expeditions to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky, Amazon, Monte Video, Argentine, Chile, Patagonian coast, Peru, Bolivia and West Indian Islands; returned to England, 1870; ran a camp for schoolboys, 1892-1914; died, 1926.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copies of diaries of Frederick James Stevenson, of his travels in North and South America, 1863-1869, comprising Vol. 1 USA and Havana, 1863-1867; Vols 2 and 3, eastern States of South America, 1867-1868; Vol. 4, Patagonia, 1868 and Vol. 5, Bolivia and Peru, 1868-1869.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological
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:
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bequeathed by the family, 1950.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Originals are with the family.
Existence and location of copies:
Copies held in the Ann Arbor Museum Library, Michigan. Microfilmed by the Public Archives of Canada, Jul 1971.
Publication note:
A traveller of the Sixties: from the journals of F J Stevenson in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Patagonia, Chilie and Bolivia, 1867-69, ed Douglas Timins (1929). Held by the RGS Library.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 March 2001; May 2008.