IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GAB
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: BEAZELEY, Col George Adam (1870-1961)
Date(s): 1900-1952
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: One box and one oversized item.
Name of creator(s): Beazeley | George Adam | 1870-1961 | Colonel
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Educated Harrow and RMA Woolwich. Commissioned in Royal Engineers, 1890. Survey of India 1897-1925. Served in the Somaliland Field Force (1903-1904) and in Mesopotamia (1916-1918). Retired 1925 and worked with Sudan Air Survey 1929-1930. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1919-1929.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Col George Adam Beazeley with photographs and maps interspersed throughout including papers relating to Kashmir; papers entitled "My experiences", 1900-1901 and "My Somaliland Diary".
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
Items have not undergone any arrangement beyond the internal structure of the files.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Material appears to be in reasonable condition, though some pages have damaged edges.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
None expected
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the RGS by his daughter Mrs JR Cooper in 1981.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
RGS correspondence blocks 1911-1920, 1921-1930 Beazeley, G. A. Journal Mss. Middle East 1920 and Miscellaneous 1918-1919 Beazeley, G. A.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Prepared by David Tatham, Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids and Who was Who. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 17 October 2000; Nov 2008.