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Royal Geographical Society

MACFADYEN, Dr William Archibald


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 WMA

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: MACFADYEN, Dr William Archibald

Date(s): 1920-1948

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 boxes and 27 files

Name of creator(s): MacFadyen | William Archibald | d 1985 | geologist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Archibald MacFadyen was in the employ of several petroleum companies and of the Iraqi government, 1921-1939; served in the Army, 1939-1945; went to British Somaliland in the employ of the General Survey, 1946; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1927-1985; died, 1985.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Geological and route notebooks of William Archibald MacFadyen, 1920-1948, including pre war notebooks in Egypt, Farsan Island, Romania, British Somaliland; Iraq and Syria, notebooks made during World War Two in North Africa, Sicily, Corsica and Italy and notebooks made in post war British Somaliland for the General Survey.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chiefly chronological.

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:

Deposited by MacFadyen, 1982.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by an 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
Geographical exploration | Geography
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Geology

Personal names
MacFadyen | William Archibald | d 1985 | geologist

Corporate names
British Armed Forces

Places
Corsica | France | Western Europe | Europe
Egypt | North Africa
Iraq | Middle East
Romania | Eastern Europe
Saudi Arabia | Gulf States | Middle East
Sicily | Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Somalia | East Africa
Syrian AR | Middle East