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BEAZELEY, Col George Adam (1870-1961)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 GAB

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: BEAZELEY, Col George Adam (1870-1961)

Date(s): 1900-1952

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: One box and one oversized item.

Name of creator(s): Beazeley | George Adam | 1870-1961 | Colonel

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Educated Harrow and RMA Woolwich. Commissioned in Royal Engineers, 1890. Survey of India 1897-1925. Served in the Somaliland Field Force (1903-1904) and in Mesopotamia (1916-1918). Retired 1925 and worked with Sudan Air Survey 1929-1930. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1919-1929.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Col George Adam Beazeley with photographs and maps interspersed throughout including papers relating to Kashmir; papers entitled "My experiences", 1900-1901 and "My Somaliland Diary".

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Items have not undergone any arrangement beyond the internal structure of the files.

Conditions governing access:

Open by appointment only, subject to completion of application form. Non-Fellows require a letter of reference.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Material appears to be in reasonable condition, though some pages have damaged edges.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

None expected

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the RGS by his daughter Mrs JR Cooper in 1981.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RGS correspondence blocks 1911-1920, 1921-1930 Beazeley, G. A. Journal Mss. Middle East 1920 and Miscellaneous 1918-1919 Beazeley, G. A.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Prepared by David Tatham, Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids and Who was Who. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions: 17 October 2000; Nov 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Army personnel | Armed forces | State security
Colonial countries | Political systems
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Maps | Visual materials
Photographs | Visual materials
Travel abroad | Travel
International relations
Military organizations
Primary documents

Personal names
Beazeley | George Adam | 1870-1961 | Colonel

Corporate names

Places
India | South Asia
Kashmir | South Asia
Pakistan | South Asia
Somalia | East Africa