Fonds WMW - Papers of Walter Melville Wace

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 WMW

Titre

Papers of Walter Melville Wace

Date(s)

  • [1918 - 1942] (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 folder

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Walter Melville Wace was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, before serving in the Bedfordshire Regiment in the First World War. He then became a manager of a rubber plantation in Johor, then part of British Malaya. During this time he compiled thisread more

Histoire archivistique

The custodial history is unknown.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

It is unknown when these Papers became part of the Society's Collections. The covering biographical note with the Vocabulary, might suggest that they were given after his death in 1942.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

"An English- Malayalam Vocabulary compiled by Melville Wace". 121 loose pages, typed, of an English to Malayalam vocabulary with extensive handwritten annotations. Also a front page with biographical details and bearing a Royal Asiatic Society stamp. Theread more

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.read more

Conditions de reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Langue des documents

  • anglais
  • mal

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Lieux

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-wmw

Note de l'archiviste

These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.