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.