Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 06-01-1987 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
86 photos
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
The photos in this fond are collected from Directors office and are preserved in IIA library
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The documents were acquired from the Director's office of the main campus Bangalore
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The album contains photographs taken during the unveiling ceremony of the bicentennial plaque at IIA Bangalore campus on 06 January 1987. The bicentennial plaque was unveiled by Prof M. G. K. Menon, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to commemorate the bicentennial of the setting up an observatory at Madras by Wiliam Petrie in 1786 to which the Indian Institute of Astrophysics traces the origin.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Each Photograph is preserved inside the laminated sheet and combined as an album
Accruals
Further accruals are expected
System of arrangement
The photos in the fond are catagorised and arranged based on the the event
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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The photographs are in good condition
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The original of the photographs are located in IIA Archives
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The fond is arranged in the first part of album number P38
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Menon, M. G. K. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
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