| Collection: | The W G Burn Murdoch collection |
| | 2 Series form part of this Collection, for more details click here |
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| Parsons Code: | M |
| Creator | William Gordon Burn Murdoch |
| Collection Extent | 1 manuscript volume, 1 box of glass lantern slides, 2 paintings, 1 globe |
| History/Scope | W G Burn Murdoch (1862 to 1939) was a member of the RSGS from 1899 till his death. He served on the RSGS council and as a vice president. He had a wide range of interests including: writing, painting, bagpiping, exploring, hunting. Detailed information on WG Burn Murdoch is available at this URL: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/rsgs/ifa/highlight4.html. |
| Notes: | System of arrangement: the items in this colleciton have been arranged into series according to their material type. Finding aids: a preliminary checklist of extant paintings, drawings etc. by W G Burn Murdoch is available in Geoff Swinney's paper, "From the Arctic and Antarctic to 'the back parts of Mull': The Life and Career of William Gordon Burn Murdoch (1862-1939)" published in 2003 in the Scottish Geographical Journal volume 119(2). A list of lantern slide is available in the Lantern Slides table in the Photos Access database. |
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