HOLLAND, George Sidney (1909-1994)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 GHO |
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 | : HOLLAND, George Sidney (1909-1994) |
Date(s) | : c 1950's-1960's |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 1 large box with 2 files |
Name of creator(s) | : Holland | George Sidney | 1909-1994 | Royal Geographical Society chief draughtsman |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1909; educated Chiswick School of Art; Joined the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Drawing Office staff, 1926; Allied Photo Interpretation Unit, RAF, Second World War; RGS chief draughtsman, 1955-1974; RGS Gill Memorial award, 1959; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1971-1994; retired, 1974; died 1994.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of George Holland including cartographer's notebooks and correspondence with Brian Moser, 1962, about a map of the Rio Piraparana.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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.
Sources: Obit: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 160, No. 3 (Nov., 1994), p. 360.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
19 November 2001; Oct 2008.
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