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91. Imago Mundi MS 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 9
Title:
Manuscript text (unfinished and incomplete) by Dr George E Nunn entitled 'The World in which Columbus Dreamed', compiled c1954; with correspondence between A Elgin Heinz and Bagrow, 1955.
Scope & Content:
'The World in which Columbus Dreamed' was intended by Nunn to summarise his lifetime's research. The manuscript was left incomplete at his death in 1954, breaking off abruptly at page 238. Some pages are no more than rough drafts. Two days before his death, Nunn had asked A Elgin Heinz to finis...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1955
Extent:
1 bundle

92. Imago Mundi MS 103

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 103
Title:
J12. International Society for the History of Cartography (proposed).' Discussion paper by Tony Campbell, Oct 1993, about whether there should be a more formal body to promote the International Conferences in the History of Cartography; with related papers.
Scope & Content:
This discussion paper revisited the debate at the 1985 Ottawa conference on the organisation of future conferences. (See MS 71.) The related papers include the Rules of the existing International Society for the History of Cartography, 21 Sept 1971; copy correspondence 1985-6 between Brian Harley...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1995
Extent:
1 original bundle in file cover, in folder

93. Imago Mundi MS 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 3
Title:
Correspondence, as in MS 1, with scholars in, or researching maps of, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Thailand.
Scope & Content:
Language(s): In English and Russian.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1948-1957
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

94. Imago Mundi MS 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 33
Title:
Typescript of [unpublished] article by Giuseppe Caraci, 'The Date of the Castiglione Planisphere', with corrections by RA Skelton.
Scope & Content:
The bundle contains the top copy and a carbon of the typescript, both corrected by Skelton, together with the original longhand script of the second part of the text ('The Gomez Voyage').
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1958
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

95. 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

96. Imago Mundi MS 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 47
Title:
Correspondence, as an English 'Corresponding Editor' of Imago Mundi, with Leo Bagrow and various contributors, 1947-58; with one item of 1945.
Scope & Content:
Most papers relate to the years 1948 and 1949. There are a few letters from RA Skelton from 1950 onwards. For the role of the two English 'Corresponding Editors' (the other one was Skelton), see MS 13. Bagrow's papers, specifically MS 1/11, dovetail with these. Language(s): Partly in German.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1945-1958
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

97. Imago Mundi MS 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 106
Title:
Miscellaneous papers of Peter Barber relating to Imago Mundi, comprising Board minutes and agendas, notes of meetings and correspondence.
Scope & Content:
Peter Barber was a colleague of Tony Campbell in the British Library Map Room, and succeeded him as Map Librarian. He became a Director of Imago Mundi Limited in November 1994, and Company Secretary in November 1996. These papers were discovered in the Map Room filing, and have been included here...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993-2001
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

98. Imago Mundi MS 93

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 93
Title:
Unfinished index of Imago Mundi volumes 1-30, by Alison Quinn.
Scope & Content:
1. A-J (pages 1-258)2. K-Z (pages 259-521). Work on this index was abandoned in 1991, and these volumes were passed to Tony Campbell by David Quinn in July 1994 (see note at front of volume 1). For the background, see MS 57.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991
Extent:
2 volumes

99. Imago Mundi MS 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Imago Mundi MS 20
Title:
Correspondence with Leo Bagrow, and his agent N Sinelnikoff (of Orion Booksellers, 26 Brondesbury Park, London NW6), concerning the offer for sale by Bagrow of his map collection.
Scope & Content:
Many of these letters also relate to Imago Mundi business. Likewise, further mention of the proposed sale of Bagrow's maps can be found in MS 13.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1955
Extent:
1 bundle in folder

100. 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

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