Mead Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0369 MEA
Held at	: School of Slavonic and East European Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/archives/ ›
Full title	: Mead Collection
Date(s)	: 1969-1976
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 folder
Name of creator(s)	: Mead | William Richard | b 1915 | geographer
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Professor William Richard Mead (1915-) was Professor of Geography at University College London 1966-1981. He is now Professor Emeritus. He was chairman of SSEES Council 1978-1980. He has had a life long interest in Scandinavian countries, Finland in particular. He has written an number of books on Finland and on other Scandinavian countries. He has been chairman of the Anglo-Finnish Society since 1966.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of Prof William Richard Mead relating to Finland, 1969-1976

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and Finnish

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

SSEES Library also holds the papers of the Anglo-Finnish Society (Ref ANF).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions:
Revised Jan 2003