IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 EAT
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: THORNTON, Ernest and Annie
Date(s): 1905-1908
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Thornton | Ernest | fl 1905-1910 | English official
Thornton | Annie | fl 1905-1910 | wife of Ernest
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ernest Thornton was an English Official posted in Kabul, Afghanistan, c 1905-1908. Annie Thornton was his wife.
Publications: Leaves from an Afghan Scrapbook: The Experiences of an English Official and His Wife in Kabul (London: John Murray, 1910).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Documents relating to Afghanistan comprising letter from Annie Thornton to the Amir of Afghanistan and his reply, 1 Dec 1905; regulations regarding the new leather work in Kabul from the Amir, 1 Aug 1905 and diary of Ernest Thornton, 1908, containing letters.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Arabic
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 an 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the RGS by Tim Pryor.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer, using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed. 2. Name authority NRA
Date(s) of descriptions: 31 Jan 2001; May 2008.