PHILLIPS, Richard Cobden
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 RCP |
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 | : PHILLIPS, Richard Cobden |
Date(s) | : 1883-1885 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 2 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Phillips | Richard Cobden | 1846-1912 | trader |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Richard Cobden Phillips was a trader on the Congo river.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Richard Cobden Phillips, including Phillips' letter book recording out-letters from Ponto da Lehna and Banana Congo, Sep 1883-Oct 1885, including to his family on personal matters and to the Standard on political and social conditions; eighteen sepia photographic prints of scenes along the Congo river including of Henry Morton Stanley and party; two certificates of corresponding membership from the Bremen and Hamburg Geographical Societies, 1883.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
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 completing 'application for copies' form. No reproduction without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist. Publication requires the consent of the depositor.
Finding aids:
Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Miss M J Schwabe on long loan, 1982.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids, Who's Who, CD-ROM. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
21st June, 2001. Jul 2008.
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