GB 0402 CAF - FISHER, Prof Charles Alfred (1916-1982)

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Reference code

GB 0402 CAF

Title

FISHER, Prof Charles Alfred (1916-1982)

Date(s)

  • 1954-1980 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

3 folders

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born, 1916; wartime service in the Royal Engineers; lectured at University College Wales and Leicester; Professor of Geography at Sheffield and London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1941-1983; RGS Victoria Medal, 1974; died, 1982.

Archival history

GB 0402 CAF 1954-1980 Collection Level 3 folders Fisher , Charles Alfred , 1916-1982 , Professor of Geography

Born, 1916; wartime service in the Royal Engineers; lectured at University College Wales and Leicester; Professor of Geography at Sheffield and London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1941-1983; RGS Victoria Medal, 1974; died, 1982.

Papers came to the RGS with slides for picture collection, probably in 1989.

Papers of Professor Charles Alfred Fisher, 1954-1980, including lecture notes on South East Asia including the overseas Chinese, the Mekong River and his visit to Burma in 1974; Foreign Office Research Department paper entitled 'UK Interests in SE Asia', 1964; and six personal letters on academic subjects, 1954-1980.

None expected

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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 Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

typescripts with hand-written drafts.

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

Revised 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.

Nov 2008 Geography education Geography Asian history National history South Asian diaspora Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Science education Fisher , Charles Alfred , 1916-1982 , Professor of Geography Foreign Office China East Asia Myanmar South East Asia Migration

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Papers came to the RGS with slides for picture collection, probably in 1989.

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Scope and content

Papers of Professor Charles Alfred Fisher, 1954-1980, including lecture notes on South East Asia including the overseas Chinese, the Mekong River and his visit to Burma in 1974; Foreign Office Research Department paper entitled 'UK Interests in SE Asia', 1964; and six personal letters on academic subjects, 1954-1980.

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Accruals

None expected

System of arrangement

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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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 Archivist's discretion, 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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

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Institution identifier

Royal Geographical Society

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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