IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 EWH
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WHYMPER, Edward (1840-1911)
Date(s): 1871-1911
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Whymper | Edward | 1840-1911 | wood engraver and mountaineer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1840; wood engraver until 1860; produced a series of commissioned alpine scenery sketches, 1860; Alpine climber, 1861-1865, including the first ascent of the Matterhorn, 1865; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1865-1911; expeditions to Greenland to study Arctic travel and ice phenomena, 1867 and 1872; expedition to the Andes, 1880; expeditions in the Canadian Rockies, early 1900s; died 1911.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Edward Whymper, 1871-1911, including computations of heights in the Andes, 1880 and watercolour, 'View of Greenland'.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two paper files.
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 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:
Received by the RGS, Dec 1975.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks, 1871-1880, 1881-1910.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct., 1911), pp. 439-441
Date(s) of descriptions: 29 November 2000; May 2008.