IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 SSC/26
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: COTTON, William Bensley (fl 1921-1944)
Date(s): 1930-1931
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 large box and 2 files
Name of creator(s): Cotton | William Bensley | fl 1921-1944
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Bensley Cotton was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1921-1944.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of William Bensley Cotton, 1930-1931, comprise a copy of a journal describing a journey through Sinkiang, 1914 and a journal of a hunting trip in the district between Gonda and Basti, north-east India, December 1911 to January 1912.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in original order.
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 the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
A description can be found at www.a2a.org.uk and a card index is available in Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: 10th January, 2002 and modified May 2008.