Manuscript archive

The Manuscript archive (PDF) collection consists of:

• Material arising out of the conduct of Society business
• Manuscripts relating to persons or subjects of special interest

Individual special collections may not be fully comprehensive but do complement those in other establishments.

The document collection includes a few papers from before the Society's foundation in 1830.

The collection is particularly useful to:

• Biographers of nineteenth and early twentieth century travellers and geographers
• Research into the development of geographical knowledge and the historical development of geography