In addition to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) digital archive access, Cambridge University members have temporary access to the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Anthropological Institute digital archives via the Wiley Online Archives platform.
- Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) archive
- Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland archive
Access is available until 16th March 2021.
Please send your feedback via the online form.
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) archive
Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) was founded in 1830. The learned Society promotes the advancement of geographical science in all its aspects. The Society’s archive contains vast collections of documents, maps, photographs, expedition reports, manuscript materials and books, and span 500 years of geography, travel and exploration. The RGS holds one of the largest private map collections in the world. It includes one million sheets of maps and charts, 3000 atlases, 40 globes (as gores or mounted on stands) and 1000 gazetteers. The earliest printed cartographic item dates back to 1485.
The Archive includes Maps, Atlases, Charts and Plans; Expedition Reports; Fieldnotes, Correspondence and Diaries; Grey Literature; Photographs, Artwork and Illustrations; Journal Manuscripts; Photographs; Proceedings, Lectures, and Ephemera. The collection spans a wide variety of interdisciplinary research areas, and supports educational needs in Anthropology, Area Studies; Cartography and Visualizations, Colonial, Post-Colonial & Decolonisation Studies; Development Studies; Environmental Degradation; Historical & Cultural Geography; Historical Sociology; Human Geography; Identity, Gender & Ethnic Studies; Geology; International Relations; Trade and Commerce, and Law and Policy relating to Colonization.
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland archive
The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is the world’s longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in its broadest and most inclusive sense.
This archive includes maps, photographs and manuscripts.
Electronic Collection Management 
It would be helpful if you provided login instructions and clearer guidelines about HOW to gain access to the archive. The links above takes us to paywall/login page that demands a user id and password. The new user has no idea how to advance from there.
Can anybody use archive? Or only those who already have access to Wiley?
How do public users get past the login page?
Fantastic that you are making this archive available, but your nice gesture seems moot if interested folks can’t advance past login page. Right now it’s an exercise in frustration.
Please provide instructions.
You will be prompted for your Raven log in details when you click on the links in the post. Raven access to eresources from off-campus is available for all current staff and students at the University of Cambridge. If you are having any problems with your Raven login please contact raven@lib.cam.ac.uk