WALKER, General James T (1826-1896)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0402 JWA |
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 | : WALKER, General James T (1826-1896) |
Date(s) | : 1851-1895 |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Walker | James T | 1826-1896 | surveyor | General |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1826; Addiscombe, 1844; appointed to Bombay Engineers, 1846; military reconnaissance of the Trans-Indus region from Peshawar to Dera Ismail Khan, 1849-1853; assistant in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1853; Mahsud Waziri expedition, 1860; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1859-1896; Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1861-1883; Surveyor-General of India, 1869-1883; retired, 1883; RGS Council member, 1885; President of the Geographical Section of the British Association at Aberdeen; died, 1896.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence of Gen James T Walker, comprising two volumes of correspondence, 1876-1882, to Walker from correspondants in India and Europe with some draft letters from Walker, principally concerning the Survey of India and pendulum apparatus, correspondents include: G B Airey, David Gill, W J Heaviside, J Herschel, Fr. A Hirsch, Clements R Markham, T G Montgomerie, Lord Roberts, O von Stubendorf, Richard Strachey, H L Thuillier, and Colonel Henry Yule. Copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, from the records held in the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, transcribed by R Phillimore, 1964.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As outlined in the Scope and Content.
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 the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Foyle reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Immediate source of aquisition of the two bound volumes is unknown. The copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, were received from the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, 1964.
Allied Materials
Related material:
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1851-1860, 1871-1880, (both missing), 1881-1910.
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1896), pp 320-323.
Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
Date(s) of descriptions:
13 December 2000; May 2008.
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