WILDING, Edward H (1875-1939)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0402 EWI
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	: WILDING, Edward H (1875-1939)
Date(s)	: 1926-1929
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 4 boxes and 1 boxfile
Name of creator(s)	: Wilding | Edward H | 1875-1939 | naval architect

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1875; naval architect in the employment of Harland and Wolff, builders of the Titanic, and gave evidence in the inquiry into its loss, 1912; CBE, 1920; consulting naval architect, Argentine Navigation Company, 1926; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1926-1933; died, 1939.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Diaries of Edward Wilding, 1926-1929, comprising diary in four volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards, etc, of voyage to South America and a journey to Corriented and Posada on the River Parana and its tributaries, 1926 and diary in five volumes, illustrated with photographs, postcards etc, of a voyage to South America and a journey up the River Parana and in northern and western Argentina, 1929.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Spanish

System of arrangement:

Four boxes and a box file containing the diaries.

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

Finding aids:

Handlist available in the RGS reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Map Room, Oct 1975.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RGS Archives: Correspondence Block: Wilding, E H, 1921-1930.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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:
29 November 2000; May 2008.