IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 SSC/15
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: CAWLEY, Alan (fl 1930s)
Date(s): 1938 - 1954
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 3 folders
Name of creator(s): Cawley | Alan | fl 1930s | geological surveyor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Alan Cawley was a Geological Surveyor in the Department of Lands and Mines, Tanganika in late 1930s and became a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1936-1949.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Alan Cawley, comprise survey notes on his ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1938; notes on measuring altitude and a typescript report by P Wilkinson on the vulanicity of the mountain, 1954.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
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 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:
In fair condition: typescript and Ms.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly (London, RGS, 1977).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
None expected
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated by Mrs B H Cawley (widow), 1938.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: 8 August 2001 and May 2008.