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WOOS/34
- Record Id:
- 040-003391971
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053597204.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/34
- Title:
- 'British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1932.' Created by 'Lt. Col. Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Field traverse sheets covering British Somaliland - Ethiopia boundary and adjacent areas, and graphic index. Some sheets also include British Somaliland - French Somaliland boundary.
Note: The War Office ledger indicates transfer to the BL of only those items beneath the sub-heading 'Grazing Areas'. This includes two sets of names traces and large scale plans (1/2,000) of Harodiget and Bulale, all noted as 'crumbled 1974', which were not present on transfer.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-003391971 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/34 : 'British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission 1932.' Created by 'Lt. Col. Clifford, Capt. Godfrey-Faussett, Lt.… - Contains:
- WOOS/34/1 : 'Field Traverse Sheets. Scale 1/125,000' - War Office ledger
WOOS/34/2 : 'Field Traverse Sheet. Scale 1/100,000' - War Office ledger
WOOS/34/3 : Traverse "Hargeisa to Wada Wahale"
WOOS/34/4 : Index to Traverse Sheets
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOOS/34 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0021]/040-003391971
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 24 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 1932-1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Original Surveys. Somaliland Anglo-Ethiopian Bdy
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary Commission, 1931-1935
Clifford, Esmond Humphrey Miller, army officer, 1895-1970
Faussett, Bryan Trevor, army officer, 1896-1970
Taylor, Richard Harold Redvers, army officer and artist, 1900-1975 - Places:
- British Somaliland, Africa
Ethiopia, Africa
French Somaliland, Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the Boundary Commission's work and of the survey methodology is given at:
- E.H.M. Clifford, 'The British Somaliland - Ethiopia Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 87 (1936), 289-307.
- G.T. McCaw, 'Anglo-Ethiopian (Somaliland) Boundary Commission, 1932-35, Empire Survey Review, 4 (1937), 225-30 (p. 229)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- WOMAT/ADD/91