IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 GSR
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: RITCHIE, Adm George S
Date(s): 1937-1959
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 3 vols
Name of creator(s): Ritchie | George S | fl 1937-1959 | hydrographer | Rear Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1954- ; The Back Grant 1954; hydrographer of the British Navy.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Workbooks containing hydrographic survey observations and calculations of George S Richie comprising Vol. 1: HMSS HERALD, JASON and FRANKLIN,1937-1939, China Sea; Vol. 2: HMSS FRANKLIN and ENDEAVOUR, 1939, 1942-1943, Labrador, North Africa; and Vol. 3: HMSS SCOTT, SHARPSHOOTER, OWEN, CHALLENGER, HMZS LACHLAN and HMS DALRYMPLE, 1943-1959, North Africa, Scotland, Malaya and the River Thames.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
By volume
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 completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Card index available in the Foyle Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2008