AUSTEN, Leo (fl 1923-1938)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 ALE |
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 | : AUSTEN, Leo (fl 1923-1938) |
Date(s) | : 1923-1925 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 3 bound typescripts |
Name of creator(s) | : Austen | Leo | fl 1923-1938 | assistant resident magistrate of Papua |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Leo Austen was Assistant Resident Magistrate of the Western Division of Papua in the 1920s and served elsewhere in Papua during the 1930s. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1929-1938.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Leo Austen, 1923-1925, including volume describing the Tedi district of Papua and its people with coloured drawings; volume containing a vocabulary of the Iongom languages and volume containing a list of geological specimens with sketch map.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English.
System of arrangement:
No indexing, but each volume contains a coherent account of its subject.
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:
Presented by the author.
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence block 1921-1930, 1931-1940: Austen, L. Geographical Journal Vol. 62, pp.335-449.
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:
19 September 2000; Nov 2008.
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