IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0402 HCW
Held at: Royal Geographical Society
Title: WOODS, Henry Charles (1881-1939)
Date(s): 1905-1928
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): Woods | Henry Charles | 1881-1939 | author and journalist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1881; educated at Harrow and Sandhurst; served in the Grenadier Guards; travelled extensively in the Balkans and Asia Minor as special correspondent for several newspapers; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society,1905-1939; died, 1939.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Diaries and notebooks of Henry Charles Woods, 1905-1928, recording political and economic affairs in the Near East, Balkans and Europe, 23 volumes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two box files 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 Archivist's discretion and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction possible.
Finding aids:
Handlist in Foyle reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks, 1911-1920, 1921-1930 and 1931-1940.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit. The Geographical Journal, Vol 93, no. 2, p. 184.
Date(s) of descriptions: 15 November 2000; May 2008