MASON, Sir Kenneth (1887-1976)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 KMA |
Held at | : Royal Geographical Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm › |
Full title | : MASON, Sir Kenneth (1887-1976) |
Date(s) | : 1914-1940 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : One box with six files |
Name of creator(s) | : Mason | Sir | Kenneth | 1887-1976 | Knight | geographer | Lieutenant Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1887; military education at Cheltenham and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; joined the Royal Engineers; joined the Survey of India, 1909; served in First World War; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1911-1976; RGS Cuthbert Peek Grant 1926; RGS Founder's Medal 1927; Chair of Geography, Oxford University, 1932-1953; RGS Council member 1932-1942 and 1952-1954; Acting RGS President, 1937; died, 1976.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Kenneth Mason on the Himalayas including copy of his journal on the Shaksgam expedition, 1926; copy of letter from Mason to F V Thompson, Mussoorie about a stereo plotter used in India, 3 May 1914; correspondence, 1927-1940 on the Karakoram map; calculation of rectangular co-ordinates for Shaksgam stereographic survey by A R Hinks and cuttings from the Geographical Journal relating to the Himalayas, 1927-1935.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Accessible 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 to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist. (See also para 3.3.1. above.)
Finding aids:
Hand list.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Correspondence files 1921-1945.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 142, No. 3 (Nov., 1976), pp. 566-567.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
25th October, 2001. Oct 2008.
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