Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1831-1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
41 maps
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was founded in London in 1826 as a nonprofit publication house to publish information to people who could not obtain formal teaching. Shortly after the group’s founding, a Map Committee was formed. Led by Captain Francis Beaufort, the esteemed Hydrographer of the Navy and expert in nautical charting, the mapping project of the SDUK began producing atlases arranged by country and region.
Repository
Archival history
The item was transferred from Kodaikanal Observatory to IIA Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The documents were acquired from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Baldwin and Cradock 47 Paternoster publishes the maps under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. It contains maps of the Islands of the Atlantic, The Antilles, British Island in the West Indies, the Empire of Japan and City plans of Dublin, Athen, Milan, Madrid, Liverpool, Moscow, Genoa etc.,
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The documents were transferred to the IIA archives and have been preserved
Accruals
Further accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
Arranged roughly by physical object type
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign IIA Archival access agreement
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by IIA Archives
Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
Language and script notes
All documents are in English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Documents are in good condition
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The originals were located in the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Existence and location of copies
The original files are transferred to Bangalore campus, then processed and archived
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Place access points
Name access points
- Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Subject)
- Baldwin and Cradock (Subject)
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Archival description is based on ISAD(G), second edition.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
English
Script(s)
Latin
Sources
Archivist's note
Processed by IIA Archives