Identity area
Reference code
UR-SF 68
Title
The David Short Geography Collection
Date(s)
- c 1990-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
6 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
A former member of staff at the University of Dundee.
Repository
Archival history
Papers collected over the years in relation to various surveys and studies.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Research notes and other material belonging to David Short. Includes questionnaire on crime and its impact on rural Scotland, notes on and recordings of interviews, press cuttings and articles relating to crime, policing, rural planning and housing, migration and industrialisation. The records refer mainly to Scotland but there is also some material relating to Asia.
Accruals
Not expected
System of arrangement
Usually chronological within series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
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Description control area
Description identifier
UR-SF 68
Rules and/or conventions used
Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Status
Catalogued
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English