IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1446 MS 10 and 11
Held at: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
Title: ARCHER, William George (1907-1979): 'Civil justice in tribal India'
Date(s): [c 1946]
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Archer | William George | 1907-1979 | civil servant and historian
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1907; read history, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Indian Civil Service, 1930; Deputy Commissioner of the Santal Parganas, 1942-1946; editor of Man in India, 1942-1949; Keeper of the Indian section of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1949; Royal Asiatic Society's Burton Memorial Medal, 1978; died, 1979.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Two copies of 'Civil justice in tribal India, with special reference to the Santal Parganas', by William George Archer, [c. 1946].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Physical characteristics:
70 leaves. 33 x 21 cm. Typescript; handwritten title-page and corrections. White paper boards with purple design, black cloth spine and corners.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Correspondence and papers of William George Archer, including diaries at British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections (Ref: MSS Eur F 236).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Source: Burlington Magazine, Vol. 121, no 915, Jun 1979, p 380.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008