COTTON, William Bensley (fl 1921-1944)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 SSC/26
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	: COTTON, William Bensley (fl 1921-1944)
Date(s)	: 1930-1931
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 1 large box and 2 files
Name of creator(s)	: Cotton | William Bensley | fl 1921-1944

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Bensley Cotton was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1921-1944.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of William Bensley Cotton, 1930-1931, comprise a copy of a journal describing a journey through Sinkiang, 1914 and a journal of a hunting trip in the district between Gonda and Basti, north-east India, December 1911 to January 1912.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in 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 the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

A description can be found at www.a2a.org.uk and a card index is available in Foyle Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids and edited by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer.

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:
10^th January, 2002 and modified May 2008.