ARCHER, William George (1907-1979): 'Civil justice in tribal India'
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1446 MS 10 and 11 |
Held at | : Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ › |
Full title | : ARCHER, William George (1907-1979): 'Civil justice in tribal India' |
Date(s) | : [c 1946] |
Level of description | : collection |
Extent | : 1 item |
Name of creator(s) | : Archer | William George | 1907-1979 | civil servant and historian |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1907; read history, Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Indian Civil Service, 1930; Deputy Commissioner of the Santal Parganas, 1942-1946; editor of Man in India, 1942-1949; Keeper of the Indian section of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1949; Royal Asiatic Society's Burton Memorial Medal, 1978; died, 1979.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Two copies of 'Civil justice in tribal India, with special reference to the Santal Parganas', by William George Archer, [c. 1946].
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown
Allied Materials
Related material:
Correspondence and papers of William George Archer, including diaries at British Library, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections (Ref: MSS Eur F 236).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Source: Burlington Magazine, Vol. 121, no 915, Jun 1979, p 380.
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:
Apr 2008
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