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1. Imago Mundi

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi
Title:
The Imago Mundi Archives
Scope & Content:
The Catalogue This catalogue was prepared by Stephen Freeth, contract archivist, in the period December 2008 to Autumn 2010. In so doing, he continued the work of an earlier contract archivist, Anna Greening, whose detailed work on the Bagrow papers in 2005-6 had been cut short by illness. The...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:
1939-2010
Extent:
255 orderable units

2. Imago Mundi MS 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 1
Title:
Letters, arranged by correspondent, mostly with authors and prospective authors of articles for Imago Mundi, and with 'Corresponding Editors', i.e. local collaborators. They relate to editorial requests and suggestions, learned discussions, amendments etc. They generally exclude proofs, though occasionally include original photographs. One or two correspondents have supplied offprints of their own local publications. Sometimes there is also correspondence with third parties (e.g. libraries, ...
Scope & Content:
1. WED Allen. 1952-7. 2. Roberto Almagià. 1947-55. 3. Ermanno Armao. 1949-57. 4. Franz Babinger. 1951-56. 5. Florio Banfi. 1948-57. 6. George H Beans. 1939 (1 item), and 1945-50. 7. George H Beans. 1951-7. 8. Walter Blumer. 1950-56. 9. Wilhelm Bonacker. 1947-57. 10. Maria Luisa Bonelli. 1949-54. ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1939-1957
Extent:
64 bundles in folders

3. Imago Mundi MS 1-11

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 1-11
Title:
Bagrow papers
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1939-c 1957
Extent:
c 77 items

4. Imago Mundi MS 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 2
Title:
Correspondence, as in MS 1, with miscellaneous persons.
Scope & Content:
1. A-I2. K-R3. S-W and unidentified. The correspondents comprise:- TJ Arne; M Avi-Yonah; H Bidder; B Biliński; Francesco Bonasera; Eyvind Bratt; Cottie A Burland; Monsieur [blank] Chabonier; Howard F Cline; G Corradini; LC Damais; Arthur Davies; Am[édée] Dermul; Georges Deulin; Aubrey Diller; var...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1946-1957
Extent:
3 bundles in folders. Arranged by correspondent.

5. Imago Mundi MS 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 6
Title:
Bibliotheken, Museum etc.' Correspondence, as in MS 1, with various libraries and museums.
Scope & Content:
Language(s): In English, French, German, Russian, Italian, Swedish and other languages.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1947-1957
Extent:
1 bundle in folder.

6. Imago Mundi MS 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 7
Title:
UNESCO correspondence: (1) proposal [unsuccessful] for an International Commission of UNESCO for Historical Studies of Cartography and navigation; (2) request [unsuccessful] for financial assistance for Imago Mundi; (3) comments by Bagrow on UNESCO's planned 'Scientific and Cultural History of Mankind'.
Scope & Content:
Correspondents are: Armando Cortesão; Johannes Keuning; Ricardo Levene; Hans von Mžik; C Northcote Parkinson; Jean Pelseneer; 'Dr Reparaz' [presumably Gonzalo de Reparaz Ruiz]; Pierre Sergescu; Henry R Wagner; Herr Wieder. Includes a day ticket to the United Nations General Assembly, Palais de ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1947-1951
Extent:
1 bundle in folder. Partly printed.

7. Imago Mundi MS 12

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 12
Title:
Correspondence of Edward Lynam, of the British Museum Map Room, with Leo Bagrow concerning Imago Mundi, and Bagrow's History of Cartography.
Scope & Content:
Lynam was Skelton's predecessor as Superintendent of the Map Room. These papers appear to have been acquired by Skelton after he became involved in Imago Mundi in 1949. Further Lynam papers, from his youth in the 1920s, are now amongst the Skelton papers in Newfoundland. Language(s): Partly in ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
1 folder containing 10 items

8. Imago Mundi MS 12-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 12-24
Title:
Skelton papers
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1939-1971
Extent:
c 23 items

9. Imago Mundi MS 17

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 17
Title:
Miscellaneous editorial papers apparently passed to him after Roukema's death in April 1960 and then retained. Some are labelled by Skelton, 'IM XVI and correspondence with contributors'. They include scripts, ?never published, by M Destombes, V Slessarev and unidentified ('LDT'), Dec 1959 and undated; a letter and related papers and photographs, ?never published, sent to Roukema by Heinrich Winter, Feb 1960 and undated; and correspondence from Fr Joseph Schütte SJ, first to Bagrow, then to R...
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Partly in French and German.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1957-1960
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

10. Imago Mundi MS 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 18
Title:
Correspondence, mostly legal and financial, concerning the continuation of Imago Mundi after the death of Capt Roukema in April 1960, and in particular: (1) the creation in December 1960 of an international Committee of Management for Imago Mundi, with Skelton as Secretary; (2) the publication of Imago Mundi XV, in March 1961; (3) the creation in May 1961 of a new company, Imago Mundi Limited, registered in London, to acquire the goodwill and all rights in Imago Mundi from Fru Bagrow; (4) t...
Scope & Content:
1. Apr 1960-Oct 19612. Nov 1961-Aug 1962. For the continuation, see MS 19. Language(s): A few items in French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
Apr 1960-Aug 1962
Extent:
2 bundles in folders