Professor Stanley Jones, Professor of Geography, University of Dundee

• Reference:GB 254 UR-SF 7
• Dates of Creation:1967-1975
• Name of Creator:
  Professor Stanley Jones
• Physical Description:
  0.25 linear metres.

• Scope and Content

  Research notes on various topics including Dundee and Newtyle Railway 1825-1940, California 1849 and 1936-1939, Balmerino - notes for the 3rd Statistical Account, the 1841 Census of Dundee, catalogue of maps and plans of Dundee c1678-1900 and miscellaneous manuscript notes on geography; slides of images of the USA.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Stanley Jones spent his formative years studying geography and anthropology at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, under Fleure, and then at University of California, Berkeley, under Sauer. He came to the then University College, Dundee, from the University of Bristol in 1946, and was effectively the founder of the Geography Department in Queen's College, Dundee. In 1968 he was appointed to the founding Chair of Geography at the University of Dundee, and during the early 1970s he became the first Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies. He retained his interest in cultural geography throughout his career, and, following his retirement in 1975, continued his research into the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  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.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were deposited by Mrs Jones in 1991 (AccM/275) and via the Department of Geography (2002/14).

• Note

  Stanley Jones spent his formative years studying geography and anthropology at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, under Fleure, and then at University of California, Berkeley, under Sauer. He came to the then University College, Dundee, from the University of Bristol in 1946, and was effectively the founder of the Geography Department in Queen's College, Dundee. In 1968 he was appointed to the founding Chair of Geography at the University of Dundee, and during the early 1970s he became the first Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies. He retained his interest in cultural geography throughout his career, and, following his retirement in 1975, continued his research into the Dundee and Newtyle Railway.

  This collection was previously catalogued as Recs C/7

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper and glass.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Keren Guthrie September 2008

• Conditions Governing Use

  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.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Related Material

  MS 105/II Dundee and Newtyle Railway Co

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  UR-SF 7