IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HMG
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: MEYER-GRIFFITH, H Walter G (d 1915)
Date(s): 1914-1915
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 2 folders
Name of creator(s): Griffith | H Walter G | Meyer- | d 1915 | army officer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Served in the South African War and later qualified as military interpreter in French; taught geography in London and from 1910-1913 at Glenalmond; ADC to Governor of Sierre Leone 1914; killed in action in Cameroon, 1915; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1907-1915.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Maj H W C Meyer-Griffith, 1914-1915, including 22 sketches of campaign in the Cameroons, May 1915; Diary of an army officer [probably Meyer-Griffith] accompanying the column in the Cameroons, Nov 1914- May 1915 and press cuttings from the Scottish Chronicle describing Meyer-Griffith's death, 1915.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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 Archivist's discretion, and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Ms diary in fair condition; sketches in pencil.
Finding aids:
The RGS archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
None expected
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Some of Meyer-Griffith's sketches were published in The Graphic, 1915. These are not the sketches held by the RGS.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: 15 August 2001; Oct 2008.