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BURGESS, Leonard T (fl 1932)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 5

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: BURGESS, Leonard T (fl 1932)

Date(s): 1932

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 volume (232p)

Name of creator(s): Burgess | Leonard T | fl 1932 | Irrigation Department, Ceylon

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Leonard T Burgess was a member of the Irrigation Department, Ceylon. No other biographical details are available.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript of unpublished work: 'Ancient and Modern History of Irrigation in Ceylon: Being a collection of notes from various sources relative to the ancient and modern irrigation works of Ceylon', with photographs, by Leonard T Burgess, of the Irrigation Department, Ceylon, 1932

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single volume

Conditions governing access:

Open although advance notice should be given.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the ICS Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish original material should be made to the Information Resources Manager.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

None

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The source of accquisition by ICS is not known.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The ICS holds copies of articles by staff of the Colombo Observatory on climatology in Ceylon, 1912-1958 (ICS 39)

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project

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: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Resources management | Resources development
Water conservation | Water resources management

Personal names
Burgess | Leonard T | fl 1932 | Irrigation Department, Ceylon

Corporate names
Ceylon Irrigation Department

Places
Sri Lanka | South Asia
Ceylon x Sri Lanka