Catalogue description The Routledge Collection.

This record is held by Royal Geographical Society

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Reference: WSR
Title: The Routledge Collection.
Description:

Collection of notebooks, papers, sketches, maps, photographs, slides and correspondence from expedition to Easter Island, 1913-16; extensive notes of writings of earlier visitors to the island; log books of the expedition yacht Mana, 20 Feb. 1913 to 31 July 1916; Notes and correspondence concerning Jamaica and the expedition to cross the John Crow Mountains, 1920-33

Date: 1913-1933
Related material:

Library MSS. Stewart, James R. Vocabulary of Easter Island, entered on cards. Four albums of news cuttings relating to books by W. Scoresby Routledge and Katherine Routledge.

Held by: Royal Geographical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Routledge, William Scoresby, 1859-1939, ethnographer

Physical description: Eight 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:
  • Easter Island
  • Jamaica
Unpublished finding aids:

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

Administrative / biographical background:

See: CD-Rom, Who Was Who, 1897-1996, A & C Black Ltd. FRGS 1900-39.

Link to NRA Record:

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