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- 1880-1929 (Creation)
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2 sketchbooks
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Born, 1843; commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1862, he joined the Survey of India in 1865 and surveyed much of the North West frontier and Afghanistan; appointed to the Russian/Afghan boundary commisision in 1884 and later to the Pamir and the Perso/Baluch commissions; he settled the Argentine/Chile border dispute in 1902; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1868; Founders Medal, RGS, 1887; President of the RGS, 1917-1919; died, 1929.
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GB 0402 THH 1880-1929 Collection level 2 sketchbooks Holdich , Sir , Thomas Hungerford , 1843-1929 , Knight , surveyor , Colonel
Born, 1843; commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1862, he joined the Survey of India in 1865 and surveyed much of the North West frontier and Afghanistan; appointed to the Russian/Afghan boundary commisision in 1884 and later to the Pamir and the Perso/Baluch commissions; he settled the Argentine/Chile border dispute in 1902; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1868; Founders Medal, RGS, 1887; President of the RGS, 1917-1919; died, 1929.
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Sketches and watercolours of Col Sir Thomas Holdich, 1880-1902, including notebook of sketches and watercolours made while a member of the Afghan Boundary Commission, 1885 and of Afghanistan, Persia and India, 1880-1896 and sketch book containing seven sketches of Patagonia, 1902.
As outlined in the 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
Sketches are pencil or carbon, good condition.
Hand list and card index.
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
Mounted watercolours and sketches by Holdich are held by the RGS picture library; Correspondence blocks, 1871-1930; Journal Ms Central Africa 1901, Mss Miscellaneous 1899, 1919; Journal Mss 1879, Nos. 1 and 2, 1881, 1885, 1901, Nos. 1 and 2; numerous references in RGS correspondence blocks.
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids and Mill's Record of the RGS (1930). Revised by Sarah Drewery.
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
15 August 2001; Oct 2008. South Asia Afghanistan Middle East Iran, Islamic Republic India South America Patagonia Holdich , Sir , Thomas Hungerford , 1843-1929 , Knight , surveyor , Colonel Visual materials Illustrations Sketches Fine arts Painting Watercolour painting
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Sketches and watercolours of Col Sir Thomas Holdich, 1880-1902, including notebook of sketches and watercolours made while a member of the Afghan Boundary Commission, 1885 and of Afghanistan, Persia and India, 1880-1896 and sketch book containing seven sketches of Patagonia, 1902.
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As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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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.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Mounted watercolours and sketches by Holdich are held by the RGS picture library; Correspondence blocks, 1871-1930; Journal Ms Central Africa 1901, Mss Miscellaneous 1899, 1919; Journal Mss 1879, Nos. 1 and 2, 1881, 1885, 1901, Nos. 1 and 2; numerous references in RGS correspondence blocks.
Finding aids
Hand list and card index.
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
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ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
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- English