Catalogue description The Thesiger Collection

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Details of WTH
Reference: WTH
Title: The Thesiger Collection
Description:

WTH/1 - Diary [containing a few entries for] 1934. N.B. REMOVED BY WILFRED THESIGER, 2 JUNE 1980.

WTH/2 - Diary [of a journey from Asmara to Jidda, 21 May to 18 July] 1947. N.B. REMOVED BY WILFRED THESIGER, 2 JUNE 1980.

WTH/3 - [Ms/ts] appendices to Thesiger’s paper ‘A new journey in Southern Arabia’ (paper published in: Geographical Journal, Vol. 108, No. 4/6 (Oct. - Dec., 1946), pp.129-145) and related correspondence. Re rocks, fossils, minerals. botanical specimens collected in Arabia, 1947. [SEE ALSO: WTH/7].

WTH/4 - Route notebook from Kachu to Jalalabad, Nuristan, 28 July to 4 September 1956.

WTH/5 - Folded A3 seating plan diagram for birthday dinner for Wilfred Thesiger. [n.d.]. ?Dinner held at RGS?

WTH/6 - Printed booklet: Edited transcript of ‘Heart of a nomad: Wilfred Thesiger in conversation with David Attenborough’. Channel 4, 1994.

WTH/7 - [Ms/ts] meteorological calculations for an appendix to Thesiger’s paper ‘A new journey in Southern Arabia’ (paper published in: Geographical Journal, Vol. 108, No. 4/6 (Oct. - Dec., 1946), pp.129-145). [SEE ALSO: WTH/3].

WTH/8/a-b - 2 ms. pocket notebooks, meteorological observations, etc., re Rub’ al Khali. [?1947].

WTH/9 - Foolscap hardback notebook with ms observations recorded during ‘Mr Thesiger’s second journey commencing 28 Jan. 1949’. [i.e. the Umm al Samim quicksands in Oman. See: Geographical Journal, Vol. 116, No. 4/6 (Oct. - Dec., 1950), pp. 137-168, at p.144 for published account].

WTH/10 - Ms notes of payments for camels and men. 7 leaves, 3 of which are foolscap headed paper from ‘The Residency, Mukalla, S. Arabia’. [n.d.].

WTH/11 - [Ms/ts] miscellaneous papers and correspondence originally in Society’s Drawing Office (maps were sent to the Map Room). Includes route reports, observations, etc. from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain; notes re Society’s Aneroid Barometer RGS No. 58; ‘Notes for Mr Thesiger on sextant observations’ [i.e. ts list of instructions]. [c.1946-9, some undated].

Note:

Miscellaneous papers including lists of fossils, rocks and minerals collected in Arabia in 1947. Route notebook from Kachu to Jalalabad, Nuristan, 28 July-4 Sept. 1956. Meteorological observations Rub al Khali, Arabia, 1947

Date: 1934-
Related material:

RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1931-40 and 1941-50.

Held by: Royal Geographical Society, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Thesiger, Sir, Wilfred Patrick, b 1910, diplomat

Physical description: One box, 10 files.
Restrictions on use:

Photocopying subject to the condition of each item and completion of an 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG.

Access conditions:

Access is via the Society's Foyle Reading Room and is free to Members and Fellows of the Society and to those in formal education (proof of educational status required e.g. a student/staff card or formal letter of introduction from your institution). For all other visitors a & #163;10 daily access fee applies. All visitors are required to provide personal i.d. such as a driving licence or passport.

Subjects:
  • Saudi Arabia
Unpublished finding aids:

The RGS Archives: a handlist / compiled by Christine Kelly. London: RGS, 1977.

Administrative / biographical background:

FRGS 1934. Founder's Medal 1948: "for contributions to the Geography of Southern Arabia and for his crossing of the Rub al Khali desert. See Who was Who.

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