FAWCETT, Lt Col Percy Harrison (1867-1925)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 PHF |
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 | : FAWCETT, Lt Col Percy Harrison (1867-1925) |
Date(s) | : 1906-1988 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 4 boxes and 25 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Fawcett | Percy Harrison | 1867-[1925] | explorer | Lieutenant Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1867; educated at Newton School, Newton Abbott; Westminster School, 1881-1882; commission in the Royal Artillery, 1886; first posting to Trincomalee, in Ceylon, 1886; took a course of gunnery instruction at Shoeburyness, Essex, and was posted to Falmouth, Cornwall, 1890s; undercover officer sent to Morocco; undertook the War Office training on boundary survey and obtained a diploma; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1901-1930 (presumed deceased); Hong Kong, then to Ceylon, 1902; posted to Spike Island, co. Cork, 1903; chief Bolivian commissioner, leading a survey party from the falls of the Rio Madeira to the source of the Rio Acre, then down the Abuna, Bolivian boundary commission, 1906-1907; exploration of the unknown upper reaches of the Rio Heath, Bolivia-Peru boundary, 1908-; third boundary survey, Bolivia-Peru boundary, 1911; resigned from the Army; rejoined the Army in First World War, 158th brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, 1916-1919; expedition to Corumbá, on the border with Bolivia, 1920-1921; several journeys between the Rio São Francisco and the Atlantic coast before he re-equipped and set off alone into the interior; organised a final expedition to Brazil in 1925, the party vanished without trace.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of and relating to Percy Fawcett including 'The exploration of the Rio Aquiry', 1906-1907; letters to Reginald Pound, 1923 and to the editor of World Wide Magazine, 1923; report to the Royal Anthropological Institute, London, 15 Nov 1951, on some human remains brought from Brazil by Senor Chateaubriand and thought to be those of P. H. Fawcett; astronomical observations, Bolivia-Peru boundary and Bolivia-Brazil boundary, 1908-1910; 'The new frontier between Bolivia and Peru', 1910 and papers relating to the search for Col Fawcett.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
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 Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Detailed box list and card index.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Various sources.
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Archives Correspondence Blocks: All correspondence from Fawcett and his wife, and letters concerning the search for Fawcett are filed in one collection: from Corr. Block, 1881-1910: 15 letters 1906-10 and 15 letters from Nina Fawcett; from Corr. Block 1911-20: 64 letters and two memoranda and 18 letters from Nina Fawcett. Corr. Block 1921-30: 24 letters 1921-25 and 3 memoranda; from Scott Keltie correspondence 72 letters 1917-25.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery. Sources: Oxford DNB.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
7th June, 2001. Nov 2008.
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