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Royal Geographical Society

HOWARD, Maj Charles A N


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 CAH

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: HOWARD, Maj Charles A N

Date(s): 1904-1939

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Howard | Charles A N | fl 1904-1966 | Major

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1935-1966.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Maj Charles A N Howard, including illustrated notebook entilted 'Northern Nigeria jottings, 1904-05'; series of notes for the 'Travel Lantern Lectures' given in the 1930's including 'The dead cities of north Africa', 'Through Tunisia with notebook and camera in 1926', 'Algeria, 1925-26', 'Across French north Africa, second class, 1925-26', 'Sea Mediterranean to Simplon, 1938', 'The Italian Lake, 1939' and 'round African coasts, 1936' and notebook of slide notes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

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:

Hand list and card index.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by Michael Cronin, Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

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

Date(s) of descriptions: 19 November 2001; Oct 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Lectures (teaching method) | Teaching methods
Travel abroad | Travel
Travel writing | Nonfiction
Literary forms and genres

Personal names
Howard | Charles A N | fl 1904-1966 | Major

Corporate names

Places
Algeria | North Africa
Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Mediterranean Sea | Seas
Nigeria | West Africa | Africa
Tunisia | North Africa