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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 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 4
Title:
Correspondence, as in MS 1, with scholars researching Japanese maps.
Scope & Content:
Language(s): In English, German and Russian.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1948-1957
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Imago Mundi MS 13

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 13
Title:
Correspondence of Skelton as one of the two English 'Corresponding Editors' of Imago Mundi, with Leo Bagrow and others.
Scope & Content:
This correspondence covers the period up to Bagrow's death on 9 August 1957. For the continuation see MS 15. See also MS 20. The other English 'Corresponding Editor' was Eila Campbell. On 11 October 1957, after Bagrow's death, Skelton explained the role of the English Corresponding Editors thus...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1949-1957
Extent:
1 bundle in folder