EVANS, R Charles (1918-1995)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 RCE |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : EVANS, R Charles (1918-1995) |
Date(s) | : 1953-1955 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 1 box and 4 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Evans | Sir | Robert Charles | 1918-1995 | Knight | surgeon and mountaineer |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1918; educated Shrewsbury School, 1931-1937; University College, Oxford; climbed in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the Alps; graduated in medicine, 1942; Royal Army Medical Corps before serving in India, Burma, Vietnam, and Borneo, Second World War; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1946-1995; surgical and neurosurgical registrar in Liverpool, 1947-1957; expeditions in the Himalayas; Deputy leader of the 1953 Everest expedition; led the Kangchenjunga expedition, 1955; expedition, to Annapurna IV, 1957; Principal of Bangor University, 1958-1984; died, 1995.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of R Charles Evans, 1953-1955, including observations on Everest expedition, 1953; angle book and camera record book, Everest expedition, 1953; field notebook from the New Zealand Alpine Club Himalayan expedition, 1954 and letter to Sir James Marshall-Cornwall, [1955].
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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:
Card index.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Everest, Summit of Achievements by Stephen Venables; Oxford DNB..
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
17January 2002; Nov 2008.
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