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Royal Geographical Society

WILDING, Edward H (1875-1939)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 EWI

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: WILDING, Edward H (1875-1939)

Date(s): 1926-1929

Level of description: collection

Extent: 4 boxes and 1 boxfile

Name of creator(s): Wilding | Edward H | 1875-1939 | naval architect

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1875; naval architect in the employment of Harland and Wolff, builders of the Titanic, and gave evidence in the inquiry into its loss, 1912; CBE, 1920; consulting naval architect, Argentine Navigation Company, 1926; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1926-1933; died, 1939.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Diaries of Edward Wilding, 1926-1929, comprising diary in four volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards, etc, of voyage to South America and a journey to Corriented and Posada on the River Parana and its tributaries, 1926 and diary in five volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards etc, of a voyage to South America and a journey up the River Parana and in northern and western Argentina, 1929.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Spanish

System of arrangement:

Four boxes and a box file containing the diaries.

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, subject to the 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:

Transferred from the Map Room, Oct 1975.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

RGS Archives: Correspondence Block: Wilding, E H, 1921-1930.

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: 29 November 2000; May 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction
Geographical exploration | Geography
Inland waterways | Waterways | Transport infrastructure
Rivers | Surface water | Water resources
Primary documents

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Argentina | South America