IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GHO
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: HOLLAND, George Sidney (1909-1994)
Date(s): c 1950's-1960's
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 large box with 2 files
Name of creator(s): Holland | George Sidney | 1909-1994 | Royal Geographical Society chief draughtsman
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1909; educated Chiswick School of Art; Joined the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Drawing Office staff, 1926; Allied Photo Interpretation Unit, RAF, Second World War; RGS chief draughtsman, 1955-1974; RGS Gill Memorial award, 1959; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1971-1994; retired, 1974; died 1994.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of George Holland including cartographer's notebooks and correspondence with Brian Moser, 1962, about a map of the Rio Piraparana.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Hand list and card index.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 160, No. 3 (Nov., 1994), p. 360.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions: 19 November 2001; Oct 2008.