GREENLAND, EAST

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 EGR
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	: GREENLAND, EAST
Date(s)	: 1932
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 29 files
Name of creator(s)	: Permanent Court of International Justice | The Hague

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In the early 1930s, the Norwegians claimed an area on the East Greenland coast (called Eirik Raudes Land by the Norwegians) as Norwegian territory. The Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norway in 1933 and they subsequently abandoned their claims.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript reports relating to the case at the Permanent Court of International Justice on the legal status of East Greenland, Nov-Dec 1932.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and French

System of arrangement:

Chronological.

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:

Hand list and card index.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

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

Date(s) of descriptions:
17 January 2002; Oct 2008.