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Thomas Baines : an artist in the service of science in Southern Africa : paintings from the collections of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Natural History Museum, London / edited by Michael Stevenson
Thomas Baines : an artist in the service of science in Southern Africa : paintings from the collections of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Natural History Museum, London / edited by Michael Stevenson
Blaeu's The grand atlas of the 17th century world / [cartographic material] / introduction, captions, and selection of maps by John Goss ; foreword by Peter Clark
The Antarctic manual for the use of the expedition of 1901 / edited by George Murray ; with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham ; presented to the expedition and issued by the Royal Geographical Society
The North Atlantic telegraph via the Faeröe Isles, Iceland, and Greenland : proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain, January 28th and February 11th, 1861 : reports of the surveying expeditions etc., etc. : the Lord Ashburton, President
Author:
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Search this
Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London : delivered at the anniversary meeting on the 24th May, 1852 : preceded by observations on presenting the Royal medals of the year / by Sir R.I. Murchison ..
Author:
Murchison, Roderick Impey Sir 1792-1871 Search this
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8 x 10 in.)
Container:
Item M118
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1912 May 7
Scope and Contents note:
The document notes that at the last meeting of the Council of the Society on May 5th, Oates was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, having been proposed by Sir John Kirk and seconded by Dr. J.S. Keltie. With a marginal manuscript note by Caroline Oates (his mother): "Sent cheque for £ 45 on 7th. June, 1912, Thus Laurie is fellow for life C.A.O." Oates had in fact died two months earlier, in March 1912, than his election to the R.G.S., on his return from the South Pole with Robert Scott.
General note:
M118 is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list, of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
16 Pages (Manuscripts (document genre), 6 x 9.5 in.)
Container:
Item M170
Type:
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1890 July 3
Scope and Contents note:
List of attendees. Among the guests was H.H. Johnston. Text of all toasts and replies, including Stanley's.
General note:
Disbound. M170 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Four printed sketch maps of the route of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, produced for the Stanley Reception Meeting, Albert Hall
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
4 Maps (Historical maps, 29 x 21.5 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item NelMap001
Type:
Archival materials
Maps
Date:
1890 May 5
General note:
From the Nelson archival collection. NelMap001 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
