Series/Collection Details

Collection:  The George Cowan collection
Date: 1920
Parsons Code:M9
CreatorGeorge Cowan
Collection Extent2 photograph albums.
History/ScopeThis collection is made up of two photograph albums containing around 120 black and white prints of an expedition to Spitsbergen and Norway around 1920. This collection adds to other material in RSGS holdings relating to the activities of the "Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate" and includes image of W S Bruce and John Mathieson.
Notes:System of arrangement: the prints are maintained according to the original arrangement of the creator in photograph albums. Finding aids: there is no separate finding aid for the collection. Some of the slides are labelled or have captions.