IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 EWI
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WILDING, Edward H (1875-1939)
Date(s): 1926-1929
Level of description: collection
Extent: 4 boxes and 1 boxfile
Name of creator(s): Wilding | Edward H | 1875-1939 | naval architect
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1875; naval architect in the employment of Harland and Wolff, builders of the Titanic, and gave evidence in the inquiry into its loss, 1912; CBE, 1920; consulting naval architect, Argentine Navigation Company, 1926; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1926-1933; died, 1939.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Diaries of Edward Wilding, 1926-1929, comprising diary in four volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards, etc, of voyage to South America and a journey to Corriented and Posada on the River Parana and its tributaries, 1926 and diary in five volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards etc, of a voyage to South America and a journey up the River Parana and in northern and western Argentina, 1929.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Spanish
System of arrangement:
Four boxes and a box file containing the diaries.
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, subject to the completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Handlist available in the RGS reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Map Room, Oct 1975.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives: Correspondence Block: Wilding, E H, 1921-1930.
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: 29 November 2000; May 2008.