Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1896-1918 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
8 cm of textual records
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Sir John Scott Keltie, 1840-1927, was born at Dundee, Scotland and studied at St. Andrews University. He worked in journalism and publishing, and from 1884 until his death he was associated with the Royal Geographical Society successively as Librarian, Editor, Secretary, and Vice-President. He was awarded many honors, including a knighthood in 1918. He was married and had one daughter. For further biographical details, see his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, 1922-1930 volume.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Purchased by the Riveredge Foundation from Winifred A. Myers Autographs, 1968.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Transferred from the Riveredge Foundation.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
The fonds consists of correspondence inward and outward, mostly concerning publication of manuscripts by geographers, travellers and adventurers.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
No restrictions on access.
Condiciones
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
The material is in English.
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descripción
An item-level inventory is in M 4843, file 296.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Notas
Title based on contents of records.
Notas
Consists of files 296-300 in M-4843 Riveredge collection