GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP112 - FIELD, Maj Harry Gooding (1866-1946)

1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP112 1866-1946 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres Field , Harry Gooding , 1866-1946 , accountant

Born Harry Ernest Field, 1866; studied accounting at King's College London, [1884]-1887; emigrated to Canada, 1887; Chief Accountant for the United States Government, Isthmian (Panama) Canal Commission, 1905-1908; devised financial scheme for Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909; accountant, Tacoma and Roche Harbour Lime Co, 1910-1911; legally changed his name to Harry Gooding Field when he became a citizen of the United States of America, 1910; Financial Expert and Investigator, Territorial Government of Hawaii, 1914-1917; Executive Officer, Headquarters Selective Service Draft, US Army, Territory of Hawaii, Feb 1918; Maj and Staff Officer, Sep 1918; discharged from US Army, Nov 1920; devised a costing system for the Municipality of Singapore, 1921; contributed to the Malaya-Borneo exhibition, 1922; died 1946.

Received May 2004

Typescript copy of the memoirs of Harry Gooding Field entitled 'Adventures in Finance', 21 Oct 1942, detailing his accountancy career working in Canada, the United States, Malaysia and Singapore, with copies of birth, marriage and death certificate and other official documents relating to Harry Gooding Field.

Single ringbinder

Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London.

English

No additional finding aids in existence.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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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Received May 2004

Typescript copy of the memoirs of Harry Gooding Field entitled 'Adventures in Finance', 21 Oct 1942, detailing his accountancy career working in Canada, the United States, Malaysia and Singapore, with copies of birth, marriage and death certificate and other official documents relating to Harry Gooding Field.

Single ringbinder

Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London.

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English

No additional finding aids in existence.

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.

• anglais