Catalogue description Everest Expeditions

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Details of EE
Reference: EE
Title: Everest Expeditions
Description:

These extensive files, 150+ boxes run, from 1921 to the present time; they encompass the work of the Committees that planned expeditions to Everest from the 1920s through to 1953; thereafter of the Mount Everest Foundation.
Date: 1921-1953
Held by: Royal Geographical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Joint Himalayan Committee

Mount Everest Committee

Mount Everest Foundation
Physical description: 150+ Boxes.
Restrictions on use:

Photocopying subject to the condition of each item and completion of an 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG.
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.
Subjects:
  • Himalayas
  • Everest Mount
  • Mount Everest
  • Nepal
  • Tibet
Unpublished finding aids:

RGS Archives existing card index system.
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