IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 KMA
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: MASON, Sir Kenneth (1887-1976)
Date(s): 1914-1940
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: One box with six files
Name of creator(s): Mason | Sir | Kenneth | 1887-1976 | Knight | geographer | Lieutenant Colonel
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1887; military education at Cheltenham and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; joined the Royal Engineers; joined the Survey of India, 1909; served in First World War; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1911-1976; RGS Cuthbert Peek Grant 1926; RGS Founder's Medal 1927; Chair of Geography, Oxford University, 1932-1953; RGS Council member 1932-1942 and 1952-1954; Acting RGS President, 1937; died, 1976.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Kenneth Mason on the Himalayas including copy of his journal on the Shaksgam expedition, 1926; copy of letter from Mason to F V Thompson, Mussoorie about a stereo plotter used in India, 3 May 1914; correspondence, 1927-1940 on the Karakoram map; calculation of rectangular co-ordinates for Shaksgam stereographic survey by A R Hinks and cuttings from the Geographical Journal relating to the Himalayas, 1927-1935.
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 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. (See also para 3.3.1. above.)
Finding aids:
Hand list.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Correspondence files 1921-1945.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 142, No. 3 (Nov., 1976), pp. 566-567.
Date(s) of descriptions: 25th October, 2001. Oct 2008.