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Royal Geographical Society

REEVES, Edward Ayearst (1862-1945)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 EAR

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: REEVES, Edward Ayearst (1862-1945)

Date(s): 1909-1930

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 box, 2 files

Name of creator(s): Reeves | Edward Ayearst | 1862-1945 | instructor in surveying and map curator

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1862; instructor in surveying and map curator at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1878-1933; Fellow of the RGS, 1900-1945; Victoria Medal, RGS, 1928; died, 1945.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Edward Ayearst Reeves, 1909-1930, including notes on Robert E Peary's report and observations from his expedition to the North Pole, 1919, 'On terrestrial magnetism', letters, maps, and observations (of which some are copies of Peary's and others unidentified), 1909 and memoirs of Reeves' time at the Royal Geographical Society, 1930.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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:

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Geographical Review, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jul., 1946), pp. 501-501.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions: 5 July 2001; Jul 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Arctic regions | Polar regions | Climatic zones
Geographical data | Geography
Geographical exploration | Geography
Surveying

Personal names
Peary | Robert Edwin | 1856-1920 | American explorer
Reeves | Edward Ayearst | 1862-1945 | instructor in surveying and map curator

Corporate names
Royal Geographical Society

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Arctic