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Rounds, Philip Rigby


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380572

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: Rounds, Philip Rigby

Date(s): 1946-1948

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 volumes

Name of creator(s): Rounds | Philip Rigby | b 1921 | clergyman

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1921; travelled to Burma to work for the teak merchants McGregor & Co in Toungoo, 1946; returned to Britain, 1948; ordained deacon, 1952; ordained priest, 1953; Canon at Salisbury Cathedral, 1977.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript journals, Aug 1946-Sep 1948, of Philip Rounds, including the period while he worked for the teak merchants McGregor & Co in Toungoo, Burma (Myanmar), containing detailed daily entries including religious reflections, his preparations and journey to Burma, work and life there, and trip home via Africa, also including notes of letters sent and finances. Also includes miscellaneous inserted ephemera, some undated, including invitations, advertisements for hotels, and press cuttings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, some [Burmese]

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired from the creator in 1993.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82 (1983).

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Christians | Religious groups
Colonial countries | Political systems
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press
Private enterprises | Enterprises
Religious experience | Religion
Travel abroad | Travel
Wood | Forest products | Agricultural products
Primary documents

Personal names
Rounds | Philip Rigby | b 1921 | clergyman

Corporate names
McGregor & Co | teak merchants

Places
Toungoo | Bago | Myanmar | South East Asia
Africa