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The Stanley Collection

Catalogue reference: HMS

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This record is about the The Stanley Collection dating from 1871-1936.

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Reference
HMS
Title
The Stanley Collection
Date
1871-1936
Description

The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other miscellaneous printed documents. Much of the material was presented to the Society by the Wellcome Foundation in 1936.

Related material

<p>RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1911-20 Letters from Lady Stanley and others about Stanley relics. Letters to J Scott Keltie, one letter from Stanley 27 October 1888.</p>

Held by
Royal Geographical Society
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Stanley, Sir, Henry Morton, 1841-1904, knight, African explorer</persname>
Physical description
Six 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.

Unpublished finding aids
<p>The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.</p>
Administrative / biographical background

FRGS(Honorary) from 1878-1904, Patron's Medal 1872. Obit Geog. Jour. Vol 24, 1904 pp103-06.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f92f10d1-62fe-47c8-80fc-4a83961134cc/

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The Stanley Collection