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The Baines Collection.

Catalogue reference: JTB

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This record is about the The Baines Collection. dating from 1857-1870.

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Reference
JTB
Title
The Baines Collection.
Date
1857-1870
Description

Manuscript descriptions of four-lithographs of South Africa. Photocopies of two letters to Thornton, one dated 1859. Typed list of 288 paintings owned by the RGS. Catalogue and booklet of exhibitions of 1975. Topographical notes of journey west from Zambesi. Diary May 1869-April 1870, missing since 1968. Geographical subject headings: 1) SOUTH AFRICA 2) AFRICA, CENTRAL 3) AUSTRALIA.

Arrangement

Items have been brought together from disparate sources over time and have not undergone any arrangement beyond the internal structure of the files.

Related material

<p>RGS Archives - Correspondence blocks 1851-60, 1861-70, 1871-80 and 1911-20, 1941-46: Baines, J.T. Journal Mss. Central Africa 1854, 1859, 1866; Australia 1857, 1858, Baines, J.T.</p>

Held by
Royal Geographical Society
Originals held at

JPL Bury is named as owner of the originals of the photocopied letters.

Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Baines, John Thomas, 1822-1875, artist</persname>
Physical description
Two folders - third file missing.
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

Diary 1869-70 donated by E Stanford 1912, now missing.

Physical condition
The material is in good condition.
Unpublished finding aids
<p>The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London:</p>
Administrative / biographical background

DNB Vol. II pp. 441-2. FRGS 1857-1875. Obit: Geog. Jnl. Vol. 20 p389.

Copies information

A copy of the (now) missing diary was given to the Government Achivist in Rhodesia in 1939 - see RGS Archives: correspondence block 1941-6.

Publication note(s)
<p>"The Northern Goldfields Diaries of Thomas Baines" London 1946 reprints Baines' diaries from 1869-72.</p>
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d8494dc7-9661-4864-8700-7ee11ed09b69/

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The Baines Collection.