Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RB-current RB/7
Title
Correspondence concerning the Acquisition of the Richard Burton Archive
Date(s)
- 1915-1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
27 files
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The correspondence can broadly be divided into several categories:
- Correspondence concerning Eckenstein's acquisition of material
- Correspondence concerning possible sale of material by Eckenstein
- Correspondence concerning acquisition of the material by the Royal Asiatic Society
- Correspondence concerning the acquisition of the hat and stick
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
current
RB/7
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Burton , Sir Richard Francis . ( 1821-1890 ) Knight, Explorer and Diplomat (Subject)
- Ingpen , Roger Edric . ( 1867-1936 ) Publisher (Subject)
- Eckenstein , Oscar . ( 1859-1921 ) Mountaineer, Explorer, Pioneer of Bouldering (Subject)
- Loyd , Lewis Christopher . ( died 1947 ) historian (Subject)
- Penzer , Norman Mosley . ( 1892-1960 ) Oriental Scholar, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (Subject)
- Passant , E J . ( Historian, Author ) (Subject)
- Attlee , Martin Richard . ( 1927–1991 ) 2nd Earl Attlee Merchant seaman, Politician (Subject)
- Hoysted , Desmond Murree Fitzgerald . ( 1874-1945 ) Colonel British Army, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society (Subject)