Custodial history: The founder of the Dutta family of Hatkhola is often traced back to Purushottam Dutta. He was originally from Bally. Later he moved to Andul. Purushottam Dutta had three sons, Ramsharan, Gobindasharan and Harisharan. Ramsharan stayed back in Andul. Gobindasharan moved to Garh ...
This collection contains digitised samples of the records from thirteen tea and tobacco plantations in Nyasaland (Malawi), during the colonial period. The original material is currently located at the National Archives of Malawi. Extent and format of original material: 13 files. This collectio...
The file contains important information of the Estate which is located in Kasungu such as the agreement for the right of occupancy which was made on 24 September 1940 between the lands officer on behalf of the government and Arther Falconer Barron, the land in question was 94 acres witha yearly ...
The file contains Memorandum and Articles of Assocation, information about further improvement of the estate. It also has a sketch of the boundaries of the estate which shows that it was about 20 acres and it had guest house, garage and dwelling houses. The file also contains general corresponde...
Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
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Boyden Observatory - named for the American engineer Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879) - was established as a southern station of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College (popularly known as Harvard College Observatory) in 1890, at Arequipa in Peru. In 1927 it was relocated to South Africa, 26 ...
255 photographic glass plate negatives (gelatin dry plates), stored in 23 original plate boxes, haphazardly arranged. All appear to be original plates, mostly exposed in the early 1930s. About half (127) show buildings, telescopes, instruments and people at Boyden Observatory, South Africa, most...