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Royal Geographical Society

STIGAND, Capt A G


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 ACS

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: STIGAND, Capt A G

Date(s): 1911-1923

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): Stigand | A G | fl 1910-1950 | colonial administrator | Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Captain A G Stigand was Resident Magistrate of Toteng, Ngamiland, administrator of the Batawana Reserve and the head of the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police in the region, 1910-1923. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1910-1950 (resigned).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of A G Stigand, 1911-1923, including notes on Ngamiland, 1911 and letters accompanying an article by Stigand entitled 'Ngamiland' published in The Geographical Journal, Vol. 62, No. 6 (Dec, 1923), pp. 401-419.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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 the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

RGS Correspondence Blocks: 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1941-1950. Stigand, Capt A G Annual Awards corr. 1921-30 (1923).

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: 8 March 2001; May 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
African history | National history

Personal names
Stigand | A G | fl 1910-1950 | colonial administrator | Captain

Corporate names

Places
Ngamiland | Botswana | Southern Africa