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961. WOOS

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS
Title:
War Office 'Original Surveys'
Scope & Content:
Field sheets and fair drawings with associated documentation, arising from surveys undertaken by British Army units. Primarily covering areas of British interest in Africa and the Middle East, the series also includes material relating to Jamaica, British Honduras, the Falkland Islands, St Helen...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1955
Extent:
2,100 map sheets and 3,500 pages of text, approximately

962. WOOS/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/4
Title:
'Anglo-Belgian Bdy. Commn. 1922-23-24 (Ruanda-Urundi)' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Field sheets, fair drawings, blue prints and a sheet index relating to a region extending to the south and west of Uganda Protectorate, and encompassing parts of Ruanda, Urundi, the Belgian Congo and Tanganyika. The War Office ledger lists the items in this file (A) to (F), with the sheet index ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1924
Extent:
20 map sheets

963. WOOS/6

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/6
Title:
'East Africa Protectorate' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
This file originally comprised various survey documents arranged by 32 sheet numbers in the range North A-36/L to South B-37/D. The material relating to just one of these numbers was present on transfer to the British Library.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 map sheet and 10 pages

964. WOOS/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/6/1
Title:
'E.A. Prot. & Uganda. [Sheets] North A-36/E&F [and] B-36/W&X. Turkana' - War Office ledger
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 map sheet and 10 pages

965. WOOS/7

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/7
Title:
'E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate] "Northern Frontier District" by G.F. Archer. District Commissioner 1909-12' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Map compilation and reproduction material relating to a region in the northern portion of East Africa Protectorate. The War Office ledger lists the items in this file as (a) to (h). Items (b) and (e), not present on transfer, are indicated as having been moved to the Trig Library in 1927
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1913
Extent:
7 map sheets and 5 pages

966. WOOS/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/7/1
Title:
Field sheets and a list of place-names
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1912
Extent:
4 map sheets and 2 pages

967. WOOS/7/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/7/1/4
Title:
A field sheet and a list of place names
Scope & Content:
Relates to the region between Marsabit and Lake Rudolph
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:
1 map sheet and 2 pages

968. WOOS/7/5

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/7/5
Title:
'East Africa Protectorate. Explorations and Surveys in the Northern Frontier District by G.F. Archer. 1909-12.' 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society'.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:

1 map sheet

969. WOOS/8

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/8
Title:
'E[ast]. Af[rica]. Prot[ectorate]. - Ger[man].E[ast]. Af[rica]. Boundary 1904-5' - War Office ledger. 'Lt Col. G.E. Smith. RE. Maj R.G. Bright C.M.G. Rifle Br. Lieut. T.T. Behrens R.E. Lieut. J. Leveson-Gower 3rd Bn. KAR' - War Office ledger. Sheets variously signed, 'H. Cox Sergt. R.E.', 'W. Macdonald 2nd. Corpl. R.E.', 'G. Strickland L.Cpl. R.E.'
Scope & Content:
Field sheets, fair tracings and notes created by the Anglo-German Boundary Commission. 2 diagrams listed in the War Office ledger, were not present on transfer. These are indicated as having been moved to the Trig Library in 1927
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1907
Extent:
44 map sheets and 13 pages of text

970. WOOS/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
WOOS/8/2
Title:
Field sheets
Scope & Content:
Show a survey route along the border between East Africa Protectorate and German East Africa, indicating hydrology, relief with contours and spot heights, vegetation, settlements and paths
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1907
Extent:
34 map sheets