WALKER, General James T (1826-1896)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 JWA
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	: WALKER, General James T (1826-1896)
Date(s)	: 1851-1895
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Walker | James T | 1826-1896 | surveyor | General

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1826; Addiscombe, 1844; appointed to Bombay Engineers, 1846; military reconnaissance of the Trans-Indus region from Peshawar to Dera Ismail Khan, 1849-1853; assistant in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1853; Mahsud Waziri expedition, 1860; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1859-1896; Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1861-1883; Surveyor-General of India, 1869-1883; retired, 1883; RGS Council member, 1885; President of the Geographical Section of the British Association at Aberdeen; died, 1896.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of Gen James T Walker, comprising two volumes of correspondence, 1876-1882, to Walker from correspondants in India and Europe with some draft letters from Walker, principally concerning the Survey of India and pendulum apparatus, correspondents include: G B Airey, David Gill, W J Heaviside, J Herschel, Fr. A Hirsch, Clements R Markham, T G Montgomerie, Lord Roberts, O von Stubendorf, Richard Strachey, H L Thuillier, and Colonel Henry Yule. Copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, from the records held in the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, transcribed by R Phillimore, 1964.

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 the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

Collection level description available in the Foyle reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Immediate source of aquisition of the two bound volumes is unknown. The copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, were received from the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, 1964.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1851-1860, 1871-1880, (both missing), 1881-1910.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1896), pp 320-323.

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

Date(s) of descriptions:
13 December 2000; May 2008.