IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HGW
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WATKINS, Henry George 'Gino' (1907-1932)
Date(s): 1921-1995
Level of description: collection
Extent: 3 files
Name of creator(s): Watkins | Henry George | 1907-1932 | Arctic explorer x Watkins | Gino
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1907; educated Lancing College, Cambridge University; expedition to Edge Island (Edgøya), 1927; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1927-1932; RGS Cuthbert Peek Grant, 1928; expedition to Labrador, 1928-1929; British Arctic air route expedition, 1930-1931; RGS Founder's Medal, 1932; expedition to Greenland, 1932, where he died.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Henry George 'Gino' Watkins, 1921-1995, including notebooks containing astronomical observations, Labrador, 1928; press cuttings, transcript articles, copies of Royal Geographical Society correspondence with The Times and reports concerning Watkins and the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1930; papers relating to a commemorative plaque in Dumbleton Church and plans of 'Gino's lost kayak' by C Ranshaw and J Brand, 1964.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Unarranged
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 Archivist's discretion and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Handlist available in the RGS reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Chiefly unknown. Papers relating to the commemorative plaque were given by the family, 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Correspondence Blocks 1921-1930, 1931-1940, Watkins, H Gino.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Modified by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), pp. 273-280; Dictionary of National Biography.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 6 December 2000; May 2008.