GB 0402 WTH - THESIGER, Wilfred (1910-2003)

1 box, 10 files

GB 0402 WTH 1946-1994 Collection level 1 box, 10 files Thesiger , Sir , Wilfred Patrick , 1910-2003 , Knight , diplomat and author

Born, 1910; educated, Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; Honarary Attache of Duke of Gloucester's Mission to Abyssinia, for Haile Selassie's coronation, 1930; Explored Danakil country of Abyssinia and the Aussa Sultanate, 1933-1934; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1934; awarded Back Grant from the RGS, 1935; Sudan Political Service, Darfur and the Upper Nile, 1935-1940; Served in Ethiopia, Syria and Western Desert with Sudan Defence Force and Special Air Service; worked in Arabia with the Desert Locusts Research Organisation, 1945; explored Southern Arabia, twice crossing the Empty Quarter, 1945-1949; RGS Founder's Medal, 1948; returned to England in the 1990s; died, 2003.

Publications: Arabian Sands (1959)
The Marsh Arabs (1964)

Unknown. Channel 4 transcript received, 1994.

Papers of Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, 1946-1994, including lists of fossils, rocks and minerals collected in Arabia, 1947; copies of letters from Thesiger to various correspondents; route notebook from Kachu to Jalalabad, Nuristan, 28 Jul-4 Sep 1956; meteorological observations Rub al Khali, Arabia, 1947; tabulated traverse by draftsman for the 1949 expedition from Muwaiqih; loose notes and notebooks, 1947-1948; seating plan for Thesiger's 80th birthday dinner at the Royal Geographical Society, 6 Jun 1990; transcript of an interview with Thesiger for a Channel 4 television documentary, Heart of a Nomad, Aug 1994; appendices to an article by Thesiger, 'A New Journey in Southern Arabia' published in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 108, No. 4/6 (Oct-Dec, 1946), pp 129-145 and envelope containing notes of payments for camels and servants, South Arabia.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Accessible 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

Hand list available in the Foyle Reading Room.

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1931-1940 and 1941-1950. Newspaper files 26(d); cuttings of 1934-1935 Geographers in WW", Box 2; letters from Thesiger to F J R Rodd, (ref: RODD, F J R 14/1 and 14/3).

Thesiger's 25,000 negatives are in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.

Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Who's Who

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

15th February, 2001. May 2008. Television documentaries Palaeontology Fossils Meteorological data Geography Geographical exploration Geological data Geology Thesiger , Sir , Wilfred Patrick , 1910-2003 , Knight , diplomat and author Royal Geographical Society Rub' al Khali Middle East Gulf States Television programmes Television Broadcasting Meteorology

Unknown. Channel 4 transcript received, 1994.

Papers of Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, 1946-1994, including lists of fossils, rocks and minerals collected in Arabia, 1947; copies of letters from Thesiger to various correspondents; route notebook from Kachu to Jalalabad, Nuristan, 28 Jul-4 Sep 1956; meteorological observations Rub al Khali, Arabia, 1947; tabulated traverse by draftsman for the 1949 expedition from Muwaiqih; loose notes and notebooks, 1947-1948; seating plan for Thesiger's 80th birthday dinner at the Royal Geographical Society, 6 Jun 1990; transcript of an interview with Thesiger for a Channel 4 television documentary, Heart of a Nomad, Aug 1994; appendices to an article by Thesiger, 'A New Journey in Southern Arabia' published in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 108, No. 4/6 (Oct-Dec, 1946), pp 129-145 and envelope containing notes of payments for camels and servants, South Arabia.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Accessible 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

• Latin

English

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1931-1940 and 1941-1950. Newspaper files 26(d); cuttings of 1934-1935 Geographers in WW", Box 2; letters from Thesiger to F J R Rodd, (ref: RODD, F J R 14/1 and 14/3).

Hand list available in the Foyle Reading Room.

Thesiger's 25,000 negatives are in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford.

ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

• English