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Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward, (1886-1974), Knight, Knight Geologist

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Surname: Priestley
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Raymond Edward
Gender: Male
Date: 1886-1974
Title: Knight
Biography: ODNB link for Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886-1974) Knight Geologist
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275561 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P143841 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1953-1955: Royal Commission on the Civil Service (Priestley Commission): Minutes, Reports and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
T 182
2
1907-72: corresp, journals and papers
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MSS 193, 196, 198, 280, 298, 504, 510, 1065, 1097, 1179
See Guide 1982
3
1908-12: natural history notes
Wellcome Collection
MS 3996
4
1935-38, 1958, 1974: letters, diaries etc
University of Melbourne Archives
See Guide 1983 p184
5
1920-60: corresp and papers
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
See information from website
6
addnl papers
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
1997/10
See Research Libraries Bulletin, No 6, Autumn 1998
7
1946-58: corresp
The National Archives
BW 90
8
corresp with Thomas Bodkin
Trinity College Dublin
MSS 6910-7079
NRA 24102
9
1938-1953: diaries (15) with photographs, newscuttings and some corresp inserted
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
US38
See Annual Return 2007
10
1911: biological jottings made from his Terra Nova diary
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MS 2320
See Annual Return 2021