Roraima, Mount. South America. mountain. Longitude: -60.7333. Latitude: 5.2333.
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Reel-to-reel audio-tape and transcript of a BBC television programme, concerning a British mountaineering expedition to the Roraima plateau, South America in 1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6336/1-2
Dates:
1974.
Reel-to-reel audiotape and transcript of a BBC radio broadcast, 'A time to talk / Hamish McInnes'.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6067/1-2
Scope and Contents
Concerning mountaineering expedition to the Roraima plateau, South America.
Dates:
1974.
'The first ascent of Roraima', by Sir Everard im Thurn., 1884.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8695/236
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families.
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Printed material, including lectures, reports, poetry and minutes.
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19th century printed material, mostly of or relating to Professor James Lorimer.