Series RAS UPE/6 - 1937 - Desmond Patrick Costello

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

(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 theread more

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. Inread more

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