BEAZELEY, Col George Adam (1870-1961)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 GAB |
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 | : BEAZELEY, Col George Adam (1870-1961) |
Date(s) | : 1900-1952 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : One box and one oversized item. |
Name of creator(s) | : Beazeley | George Adam | 1870-1961 | Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Educated Harrow and RMA Woolwich. Commissioned in Royal Engineers, 1890. Survey of India 1897-1925. Served in the Somaliland Field Force (1903-1904) and in Mesopotamia (1916-1918). Retired 1925 and worked with Sudan Air Survey 1929-1930. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1919-1929.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Col George Adam Beazeley with photographs and maps interspersed throughout including papers relating to Kashmir; papers entitled "My experiences", 1900-1901 and "My Somaliland Diary".
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English.
System of arrangement:
Items have not undergone any arrangement beyond the internal structure of the files.
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 to the RGS by his daughter Mrs JR Cooper in 1981.
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS correspondence blocks 1911-1920, 1921-1930 Beazeley, G. A. Journal Mss. Middle East 1920 and Miscellaneous 1918-1919 Beazeley, G. A.
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 and Who was Who. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
17 October 2000; Nov 2008.
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