Catalogue description RGS Small Special Collections

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Details of SSC
Reference: SSC
Title: RGS Small Special Collections
Description:

The collection consists of files, each with a small number of subfiles or items in a multiplicity of formats including manuscript, photographs, maps, etc.
Date: 1830-
Arrangement:

Alphabetically by donor or other significant corporate or personal name
Related material:

RGS Archives - special or named collections; RGS Library Manuscripts; RGS Correspondence Collection
Held by: Royal Geographical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Royal Geographical Society
Physical description: 136 files
Physical condition: various
Access conditions:

Access is via the Society's Foyle Reading Room and is free to Members and Fellows of the Society and to those in formal education (proof of educational status required e.g. a student/staff card or formal letter of introduction from your institution). For all other visitors a & #163;10 daily access fee applies. All visitors are required to provide personal i.d. such as a driving licence or passport.
Immediate source of acquisition:

Directly from donors
Accruals:

Occasional
Unpublished finding aids:

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

The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) was founded in 1830 as the Royal Geographical Society of London. Its aim was the advancement of Geographical Science. The Society was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1859. In 1995 the RGS merged with the Institute of British Geographers (IBG) to create the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). The Society has received donations of papers of relevance to its world wide interests throughout its history.

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