Identity Statement
| Title | Major RHW Hingston Collection |
| Archive Reference | IE BL/VC/RGWH |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/major-rhw-hingston-collection |
| Creation Dates | 1913-1930 |
| Level of Description | File (An organized unit of documents grouped together either for current use by the creator or in the process of archival arrangement, because they relate to the same subject, activity, or transaction. A file is usually the basic unit within a record series). |
| Extent Medium | 67 items |
Context
Creator(s): Hingston, Richard William George, 1887-1966
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Administrative History ↴
Major Richard William George Hingston MC FRGS (17 January 1887 – 5 August 1966) was an Irish physician, explorer and naturalist who worked in India with the Indian Medical Service. -
Archival History ↴
The collection was purchased at auction in 2016 on behalf of the archive by Crónán Ó Doibhlin, then Head of Research Collections. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Purchase
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Hingston, Richard William George, 1887-1966 ↴
Collection of postcards and photographs taken during Hingston’s deployment on the Indian Sub-Continent and during his role as the Expedition Doctor to the 1924 Mount Everest Expedition.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Accruals ↴
No Further Additions Expected -
Arrangement ↴
Minimal arrangement.
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Available by appointment with the Archives Service to holders of UCC Readers tickets. |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | Subject to University College Cork Special Collections and Archives’ Reading Room terms of membership and in accordance with copyright legislation. |
| Creation Dates | 1913-1930 |
| Level of Description | File (An organized unit of documents grouped together either for current use by the creator or in the process of archival arrangement, because they relate to the same subject, activity, or transaction. A file is usually the basic unit within a record series). |
| Extent Medium | 67 items |
| Material Language Script | English |
| Finding Aids | Descriptive List Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
There are no Allied Materials
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Emma Horgan |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
| Date of Descriptions | 2018 |