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Library Talk on Oscar Eckenstein (1859-1921) by D. Dean for the Royal Commonwealth Society, 3 November, 1959, Typed copy, 14 sheets.

Offprint from the Alpine Journal Vol. LXV, No. 300, May 1960, pp.62-79 of the article "Oscar Eckenstein, 1859-1921" by David Dean. With supplementary articles on "Eckenstein: The Man" and "Eckenstein: The Climber" by T.S. Blakeney and D.F.O. Dangar. Printed material with green soft cover.

The material within this collection comprises of correspondence and publications by and about Richard Francis Burton and his wife Isabel Burton (nee Arundell). There are also two photographs of Burton and artefacts.

Also included within this Collection are correspondence concerning the acquisition of the material by the RAS and some supplementary material regarding Oscar Eckenstein, its original collector.