Identity area
Reference code
WCT/6/2
Title
Travel journal
Date(s)
- 1821-1822 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 volumes Journal
Context area
Name of creator
(1816-1866)
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Journal of a visit to Shetland, Faro and Denmark, May 1821-April 1822. Includes sketches of landmarks and geological features, with ephemera and correspondence pasted in. Also includes a typed transcript of the diary by J F West, with indexes and transcripts of an article by WCT "On the Minerology of the Faroe Islands" from the "Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh", Vol IX, 1823, pps 461-464, and an article by J F West "A Tourist to Shetland in 1821"
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open to the public
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former Reference
WCT 249