Rounds, Philip Rigby
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380572 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full 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 & 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.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired from the creator in 1993.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
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
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