Collection GB 0402 GEW - WILSON, Guy Edward Harrington (1883-1963)

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0402 GEW

Titre

WILSON, Guy Edward Harrington (1883-1963)

Date(s)

  • 1902-1941 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

2 boxes and a suitcase of rolled maps

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Born 1883; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1914-1963; qualified as a surveyor, 1911; Second in Command of the Boundary Commission set up by the Bolivian Government to establish the boundary between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, 1912; took command of the Commission, 1914; government service in Tanzania, 1920; government service in Uganda, his surveys included the Western Ugandan Railway and the Wilson Dam; died 1963.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0402 GEW 1902-1941 collection 2 boxes and a suitcase of rolled maps Wilson , Guy Edward Harrington , 1883-1963 , Captain

Born 1883; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1914-1963; qualified as a surveyor, 1911; Second in Command of the Boundary Commission set up by the Bolivian Government to establish the boundary between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, 1912; took command of the Commission, 1914; government service in Tanzania, 1920; government service in Uganda, his surveys included the Western Ugandan Railway and the Wilson Dam; died 1963.

Received from the family, 1992.

Papers of Guy Wilson, 1902-1941, including a short account of the campaigns in East Africa, Part I 'The war in German East Africa noe Tanganyika territory', 1914-1918, Part II 'The Abyssinian campaign of 1940-1941', with two sketch maps; press cuttings; maps; correspondence c 1902-1950s; personal papers including records of service; printed material; photograph and notes.

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

English

Box list available in the Foyle reading room.

Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index and JRGS. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 129, No. 3 (Sep., 1963), pp. 384.

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

22 November 2000; May 2008 Africa African history Ancient civilizations Ancient history Bolivia Boundaries Channel Islands East Africa Egypt Egyptology Ethiopia Europe Historical periods International law Israel Middle East National history North Africa North America Red Sea Rights of states South America Tanzania Territorial rights Uganda UK USA Western Europe Wilson , Guy Edward Harrington , 1883-1963 , Captain Woolf , Leonard Sidney , 1880-1969 , editor, author and colonial civil servant London England

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Received from the family, 1992.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Papers of Guy Wilson, 1902-1941, including a short account of the campaigns in East Africa, Part I 'The war in German East Africa noe Tanganyika territory', 1914-1918, Part II 'The Abyssinian campaign of 1940-1941', with two sketch maps; press cuttings; maps; correspondence c 1902-1950s; personal papers including records of service; printed material; photograph and notes.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Original order.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

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 de reproduction

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

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Instruments de recherche

Box list available in the Foyle reading room.

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

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Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

Royal Geographical Society

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

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