IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GEW
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WILSON, Guy Edward Harrington (1883-1963)
Date(s): 1902-1941
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 boxes and a suitcase of rolled maps
Name of creator(s): Wilson | Guy Edward Harrington | 1883-1963 | Captain
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1883; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1914-1963; qualified as a surveyor, 1911; Second in Command of the Boundary Commission set up by the Bolivian Government to establish the boundary between Bolivia, Peru and Brazil, 1912; took command of the Commission, 1914; government service in Tanzania, 1920; government service in Uganda, his surveys included the Western Ugandan Railway and the Wilson Dam; died 1963.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Guy Wilson, 1902-1941, including a short account of the campaigns in East Africa, Part I 'The war in German East Africa noe Tanganyika territory', 1914-1918, Part II 'The Abyssinian campaign of 1940-1941', with two sketch maps; press cuttings; maps; correspondence c 1902-1950s; personal papers including records of service; printed material; photograph and notes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
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, subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Box list available in the Foyle reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from the family, 1992.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index and JRGS. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit.: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 129, No. 3 (Sep., 1963), pp. 384.
Date(s) of descriptions: 22 November 2000; May 2008