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The Tilman Collection.

Catalogue reference: HWT

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This record is about the The Tilman Collection. dating from 1919-1979.

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Reference
HWT
Title
The Tilman Collection.
Date
1919-1979
Description

Logs, notebooks, journals correspondence, etc relating to his travels by boat, also some material relating to his wartime service.

Arrangement

For detailed listing, contact the RGS-IBG Archivist

Held by
Royal Geographical Society
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Tilman, Harold William, 1898-1979, explorer and mountaineer</persname>
Physical description
36 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.

Immediate source of acquisition

24 boxes deposited by creator. 14 boxes deposited on permanent loan by creator's niece, Mrs P. Davis, in 1993

Unpublished finding aids
<p>RGS Archives existing card index system.</p>
Administrative / biographical background

FRGS 1935-1979 presumed lost at sea, Founder's Medal 1952. Obit: Geog. Jnl.1979 Vol. 145 pp 376/7.

Record URL
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The Tilman Collection.