Diary of work as Assistant Conservator of Forests in Paphos and Kykko Forests, Cyprus, 1922-1925; alphabetical list of forests in Cyprus, 1922; papers relating to work in the Colonial Forest Service, 1930s-1940s, consisting of memoranda, reports and notes on soil erosion and conservation in Palestine, with associated printed material.
Dates
- Creation: [1922-1948]
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Medit. s. 23].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Medit. s. 23
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 4064
Biographical / Historical
Gilbert Noel Sale (b 1897) worked as Assistant Conservator, Forests, Cyprus from 1922, Director (later Conservator), Mauritius from 1928, Conservator, Palestine from 1936 and Trinidad from 1946. He was a member of the committee of enquiry into the economic state of Rodriguez, 1929 and Chairman, the Palestine Soil Conservation Board, 1940-1946.
Other Finding Aids
Listed as no. 751 in Manuscript Collections in Rhodes House Library Oxford, Accessions 1978-1994 (Oxford, Bodleian Library, 1996).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were deposited at the library by Sale's daughter, Mrs. G. Stone on 31st March 1981.
Subject
- Title
- Papers of Gilbert Noel Sale
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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