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Kenneth Cumberland collection of National Development Council Physical Environment Committee reports.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-270

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a box of reports received by Professor Kenneth Cumberland from the the Physical Environment Committee of the National Development Council between 1968 and 1970.

Dates

  • 1968 - 1970

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted

Biographical / Historical

Kenneth Brailey Cumberland (1913-2011) Professor of Geography at The University of Auckland from 1946 to 1978. Cumberland established the Department of Geography at Auckland in 1946 having come to New Zealand from Yorkshire in 1938 to teach at Canterbury University College. Recipient of the CBE for his services to geography Cumberland was the first geographer to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He was Vice-President of the International Geographical Union, founding editor of the New Zealand Geographer (1945-54) and presenter of the television series Landmarks.

Extent

0.1 metres (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Kenneth Cumberland per Geography Library ca 1982.

Related Materials

Related material can be found in MSS & Archives 2013/4: Kenneth Cumberland papers and MSS & Archives 2013/5: Kenneth Cumberland further papers.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections, University of Auckland Repository

Contact:
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Private Bag 92019
Auckland 1142 New Zealand