RSGS Guide to Records

Listed by Candida Fenton

Founded in 1884, the RSGS is an educational charity the aims of which are to advance the science of Geography and create a greater understanding of the wider world. The originator of the idea for a national society of geography in Scotland was John George Bartholomew, of the Bartholomew map-making company in Edinburgh. Bartholomew felt that there was a low quality of map craftsmanship within Britain and a lack of geographical societies as compared with the rest of Europe, and set out to investigate the situation in other countries, particularly in Germany. As a result of this he began work in establishing a geographical society for Scotland. [Details]

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- Archival terms
Provenance - creators and former custodians
Series list and summary descriptions
Inventory listing by series
- Series 1 - Membership records
- Series 2 - Changes in membership records
- Series 3 - New membership records
- Series 4 - Aberdeen centre membership records
- Series 5 - Dundee centre membership records
- Series 6 - Dunfermline centre membership records
- Series 7 - Edinburgh centre membership records
- Series 8 - Glasgow centre membership records
- Series 9 - Life, Honorary, Corresponding, Supernumerary and Fellowship membership records
- Series 10 - Council minutes
- Series 11 - Dundee centre minutes
- Series 12 - Glasgow centre minutes
- Series 13 - Lecture committee minutes
- Series 14 - Scottish Geographical Magazine (SGM) committee minutes
- Series 15 - Place name committee minutes
- Series 16 - Cartographic committee minutes
- Series 17 - General business committee minutes
- Series 18 - Short-lived committees minutes
- Series 19 - Finance committee minutes
- Series 20 - Award Committee minutes
- Series 21 - Petty cash books
- Series 22 - Abstract of accounts
- Series 23 - Financial statements
- Series 24 - Records of financial income
- Series 25 - Records of income and expenditure
- Series 26 - Postages
- Series 27 - Ephemera
- Series 28 - Lecture programmes
- Series 29 - Portraits of Council
- Series 30 - Press cuttings
- Series 31 - Correspondence
- Series 32 - Library committee minutes
- Series 33 - Library committee book purchase recommendations
- Series 34 - New books
- Series 35 - Periodicals register
- Series 36 - Library holdings listings
- Series 37 - Record of loans by Glasgow members
- Series 38 - RSGS Newsletters
- Series 39 - Annual reports
- Series 40 - Letter books
- Series 41 - Record of awards
- Series 42 - Scottish Geographical Magazine reviews
- Series 43 - Scottish Geographical Magazine accounts and correspondence
- Series 44 - Scottish Geographical Magazine returns
- Series 45 - Scottish Geographical Magazine register
- Series 46 - Sederunt books and committee membership records
- Series 47 - Fund for Chair of Geography
- Series 48 - Constitution
- Series 49 - RSGS Centenary
- Series 50 - Visitors books
- Series 51 - Lecturers
- Series 52 - Livingstone Club
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These records are managed by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, all queries relating to access should be made to the Collections and Information Officer. Email: rsgs-imagesforall@strath.ac.uk.

Published by Images for All, Nov 2005
Listed by Candida Fenton
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Updated 10 January 2007

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