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Title
Date(s)
- 1930-1931 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 large box and 2 files
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Bensley Cotton was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1921-1944.
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Archival history
GB 0402 SSC/26 1930-1931 Collection level 1 large box and 2 files Cotton , William Bensley , fl 1921-1944
William Bensley Cotton was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1921-1944.
Papers of William Bensley Cotton, 1930-1931, comprise a copy of a journal describing a journey through Sinkiang, 1914 and a journal of a hunting trip in the district between Gonda and Basti, north-east India, December 1911 to January 1912.
Arranged in original order.
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
English
A description can be found at www.a2a.org.uk and a card index is available in Foyle Reading Room.
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
10th January, 2002 and modified May 2008. Asian history Indian history Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Nonfiction Travel writing Information sciences Communications media Publications Periodicals National history Cotton , William Bensley , fl 1921-1944 India South Asia Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu China East Asia
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Scope and content
Papers of William Bensley Cotton, 1930-1931, comprise a copy of a journal describing a journey through Sinkiang, 1914 and a journal of a hunting trip in the district between Gonda and Basti, north-east India, December 1911 to January 1912.
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Arranged in original order.
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Conditions governing access
Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
A description can be found at www.a2a.org.uk and a card index is available in Foyle Reading Room.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English