MACKINTOSH, Capt Aeneas Lionel Acton (1879-1916)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 ALM |
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 | : MACKINTOSH, Capt Aeneas Lionel Acton (1879-1916) |
Date(s) | : 1908-1915 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 2 items |
Name of creator(s) | : Mackintosh | Aeneas Lionel Acton | 1879-1916 | Captain |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1881; educated, Bedford Modern School; entered the Merchant Navy; appointment on the P and O line, 1899; second officer on HMS NIMROD for the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909; commander of the HMS AURORA and the Ross Sea party, for Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic expedition, 1914-1916; died 1916.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh comprising copy in Mackintosh's hand of his journal of a sledge journey from SS AURORA laying relief depots for Shackleton's party on the Trans-Antarctic expedition, 25 Jan 1915-15 Apr 1915 and copy of a typescript diary by Mackintosh during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1 Jan 1908-4 Mar 1909.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the 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:
Hand list and card index.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The typescript diary was given to the RGS by the family, 1985.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3 (Mar., 1917), pp. 239-240.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
29 November 2001; Oct 2008.
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