Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/6
Title
1937 - Desmond Patrick Costello
Date(s)
- 1936 - 1937 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1864-1952)
Biographical history
Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan was a colonial administrator in India. Maclagan wrote widely about the Punjab area and in 1906 he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, becoming, in 1910, Secretary to the Revenue Department of the… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The series contains administrative material, correspondence with and concerning the prize winners, a copy of the first prize essay, and newspaper cuttings.
System of arrangement
The material was divided thus:
- RAS UPE/6/1 - Administrative Correspondence
- RAS UPE/6/2 - Correspondence with Prize winners
- RAS UPE/6/3 - Essay
- RAS UPE/6/4 - Newspaper Cuttings
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
The Council Minutes for 14th January 1937, record the selection of the titles for the Universities Prize Essay. In the Minutes of 11 February 1937, it was recorded that students from universities within the British Empire should be allowed to compete. In… read more
Access points
Name access points
- McGill University Montreal, Canada (Subject)
- Costello Desmond Patrick 1912-1964 Linguist, diplomat (Subject)
- Bowman John (Subject)
- Ross Sir Edward Denison 1871-1940 Orientalist (Subject)
- Margoliouth David Samuel 1858-1940 Orientalist (Subject)