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WOOS/33
- Record Id:
- 040-003392226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053882437.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOS/33
- Title:
- 'Somaliland. Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission 1929-1930.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major Phipps & Lt. Taylor.' - War Office ledger
- Scope & Content:
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Field traverse sheets and photo mosaic covering the British Somaliland - Italian Somaliland boundary and adjacent areas, together with graphic indexes. Creation start date derived from earliest use of G.S.G.S. designation in WOOS/33/1.
'Ground control in Trig. Library. Air Photographs by R.A.F. Boundary surveyed from the prints in M.I.4. Maps drawn & vandyked as G.S. No. 3918, 1/50,000 - 18 sheets.' - War Office ledger. [Filed as Maps MOD GSGS 3918]
The following items listed in the War Office ledger were not present on transfer:
- Book of place names
- Block plots
- Calibration data
- Photographs
The War Office ledger records 2 Triangulation Diagrams and a Long & Lat Diagram as transferred 'To Trig. Library 8.12.31'; and 'All celluloid plots destroyed June 68'.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002897752
040-003392226 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOS : War Office 'Original Surveys'
WOOS/33 : 'Somaliland. Anglo-Italian Boundary Commission 1929-1930.' Created by 'Lt. Colonel J.H. Stafford, Major Phipps & Lt.… - Contains:
- WOOS/33/1 : 'Index to Field sheets etc.' - War Office ledger
WOOS/33/2 : 'British Field sheets' - War Office ledger
WOOS/33/3 : 'Indexes to Photo-runs' - War Office ledger
WOOS/33/4 : 'Indexes to Block plots and Master grids' - War Office ledger
WOOS/33/5 : 'Master Grids' - War Office ledger
WOOS/33/6 : 'Halin Mosaic' - War Office ledger
Click here to View / search full list of parts of WOOS/33 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0003]/036-002897752[0020]/040-003392226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 68 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1909
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- [1909]-1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Original Surveys. Somaliland Anglo-Italian Bdy
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anglo-Italian Somaliland Boundary Commission, 1929-1930
Phipps, John Faviell, army officer, 1894-1964
Stafford, John Howard, army officer, fl 1918-1966
Taylor, Richard Harold Redvers, army officer and artist, 1900-1975 - Places:
- British Somaliland, Africa
Italian Somaliland, Africa - Related Material:
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A description of the Boundary Commission's work and of the survey methodology is given at:
- J.H. Stafford and C.L. Collenette, 'The Anglo-Italian Somaliland Boundary', The Geographical Journal, 78 (1931), 102-121.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- WOMAT/ADD/86
WOMAT/ADD/87
WOMAT/ADD/88