IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 44
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: LANGLANDS, Bryan Wooleston (1928-1989)
Date(s): 1974-1975
Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
Extent: 1 file (34pp)
Name of creator(s): Langlands | Bryan Wooleston | 1928-1989 | geographer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Professor Bryan Wooleston Langlands (1928-1989) was Professor of Geography at the University of Ulster at Coleraine and was killed in the British Airways crash of BD092 at Kegsworth. He had spent much of his time in Uganda and accumulated a large library on various aspects of African historical geography.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Memorandum by Prof Bryan W Langlands of his experiences while at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1974-1975 including account of the arrest and trial of Denis Cecil Hills for treason, also other incidents relating to President Idi Amin and the British community in Uganda, and on University politics at Makerere.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
single item
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:
Not to be quoted without permission from the heirs of Professor Langlands.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
None
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given to the ICS by Professor Langlands.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The bulk of B W Langlands papers are held in the Department of Geography, University College Cork.
Publication note:
There is an obituary of B W Langlands in 'Irish Geography' 22 (1) 1989, 61-63).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001