IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GHE
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: HENDERSON, Lt Col George (1836-1929)
Date(s): 1866-1887
Level of description: Collection level (fonds)
Extent: 1 box and 3 files
Name of creator(s): Henderson | George | 1836-1929 | Lt Col
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1836; Professor of Surgery at Lahore University; Superintendant of Central Jail, Lahore; medical officer and scientist, political mission to Yarkand under Sir Douglas Forsyth, 1870; Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Professor of Botany, Calcutta University; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1871-1929, made a Life Fellow in 1871; died, 1929.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Surgeon Major George Henderson's visitors' books from the Dak bungalows at Bhagtanwala 1866-1885 and at Bhera 1872-1887.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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 the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Hand list and card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by George Henderson, 1919.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Michael Cronin, Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Aug., 1929), p. 196.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 19th November, 2001. Oct 2008.