BEAVER, Prof Stanley Henry (1907-1984)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 SBE
Held at	: Royal Geographical Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm ›
Full title	: BEAVER, Prof Stanley Henry (1907-1984)
Date(s)	: 1930-1980
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 13 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Beaver | Stanley Henry | 1907-1984 | geographer

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Studied at University College London and appointed lecturer at the London School of Economics in 1929. Served in the Geographical Intelligence Division of the Admiralty during World War Two, specialising in railways and south east Europe. In 1950 became founding Professor of Geography at Keele. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1930-1984. Member of the Council of the Royal Geographical Society, 1943-1947. Received the Murchison Grant in 1962.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Prof Stanley Henry Beaver, 1930-1980, including papers on European railways; draft chapters for The British Isles; notes for Admiralty Handbooks on the Netherlands East Indies; papers on housing and planning and papers on British sand and gravel resources.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

Each box is devoted to a particular subject, but papers are not listed.

Conditions governing access:

Open by appointment only, subject to completion of application form. Non-Fellows require a letter of reference.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

The RGS archives: a handlist compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated by Mrs Beaver in 1985

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS Archives: Director's correspondence: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s: Beaver, H.S.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by David Tatham, Archives Volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Geog. Jnl. Obit. vol. 151 pp 305-6.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions:
23 October 2000; Nov 2008.