IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 71
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: SANDYS, Melvill Keverne Trelawny (b 1890)
Date(s): 1922-1933
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Sandys | Melvill Keverne Trelawny | b 1890 | civil servant in Ceylon
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Melvill Keverne Trelawny Sandys, b 1890; joined Ceylon Civil Service in 1919, after service in World War One; Office Assistant to Government Agent, NW Province, 1922-1925; District Judge, Anuradhapura, 1925; Police Magistrate, Kurunegala, 1926; Acting Agent, Hambantota, 1927; Acting District Judge, Tangalla, 1927; Assistant Government Agent, Uva 1927; Assistant Settlement Officer, 1929; Assistant Government Agent Kaltura Oct-Nov 1931; Mannar Nov 1931-Nov 1933, Trincomalee, Nov 1933-Nov 1935, District Judge, Baddle, 1936, Acting Government Agent, Northern Province, 1937, Chairman, Municipal Council, Kandy, Nov 1937.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript diaries of Melvill Keverne Trelawny Sandys as Assistant Government Agent in Mullaittivu (1922-1923) and Mannar, (1931-1933), Ceylon; subjects include visits to villages, court cases, land sales, settlement of disputes, public health, inspection of salvage operations after cyclone and tidal wave.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronological
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Catalogued to file level (see link to repository catalogue).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The ICS has several other collections relating to administration in Ceylon, including J R Granville Bantock (ICS 27); Edward Trevor Dyson (ICS 16) John Ferguson (ICS 86), M W Roberts (ICS 65), and T W Roberts (ICS 66).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001