ARGENTINA-CHILE BOUNDARY COMMISSION papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 ACB
Held at	: Royal Geographical Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm ›
Full title	: ARGENTINA-CHILE BOUNDARY COMMISSION papers
Date(s)	: 1902-1968
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: One box and five maps held separately.
Name of creator(s)	: Argentine-Chile Boundary Court of Arbitration.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In March 1965, at the requests of the Governments of Argentina and Chile, the British Government established a Boundary Court to determine the border between the two countries in a disputed area between Boundary Posts 16 and 17. L P Kirwan, the Secretary and Director of the RGS, was a member of the court and of the field mission. The court made its award on 24 November 1966.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Miscellaneous papers, largely photocopies relating to the Award of the Argentine-Chile Boundary Court of Arbitration, 1966: these include drafts of the report, submissions and other material from the two parties, photographs and maps of the disputed area. The sixth folder contains Sir L Kirwan's personal impressions of the field mission.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Spanish.

System of arrangement:

Documents in each folder are fully listed.

Conditions governing access:

Open by appointment only, subject to completion of application form. Non-Fellows require a letter of reference.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Sir L Kirwan handed over five files to the RGS archives in 1975 and a sixth in 1988.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by David Tatham, Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2.

Date(s) of descriptions:
11 September 2000; Nov 2008.