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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Name Lorimer, David Lockhart Robertson, army officer, linguist, 1876-1962

1. Mss Eur D922

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D922
Title:
Papers of Lt (later Lt-Col) David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Emily Overend Lorimer
Scope & Content:
These papers are composed of two files as follows: D 922/1 (which is itself divided into two physical volumes): an account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by Lt (later Lt-Col) David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army (folios 1-262). Copies of letters sent by the linguist, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1898-1914
Extent:
2 files (668 folios)

2. Mss Eur D922/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D922/1
Title:
An Account of a Journey in Kashmir by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer and Letters from Emily Overend Lorimer to her Parents sent from Bahrain and Kerman
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two separate physical files as follows: 1) An account of a journey in Kashmir in 1898-99 written by David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer of the Indian Army. His account is entitled 'Three Months of Privilege Leave'. It contains his observations on the languages, peoples, trans...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1898-1914
Extent:

2 files (630 folios)

3. Mss Eur D1168

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Mss Eur D1168
Title:
Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1957
Extent:
9 files

4. Mss Eur E223

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Mss Eur E223
Title:
Copies of articles (some unpublished) and other scholarly papers and correspondence of Sir George Abraham Grierson (1851-1941), Indian Civil Service 1873-1903, Superintendent of the Linguistic Survey of India 1898-1902; orientalist
Scope & Content:
Grierson Collection: copies of articles (some unpublished) and other scholarly papers and correspondence of Sir George Abraham Grierson (1851-1941), Indian Civil Service 1873-1903, Superintendent of the Linguistic Survey of India 1898-1902; oriental scholar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1940
Extent:
340 items

5. Mss Eur F177

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F177
Title:
Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27
Scope & Content:
Lorimer Collection: papers of Emily Overend Lorimer (1881-1949), author, tutor in Germanic Philology at Somerville College Oxford 1907-10, editor `Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, comprising let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1949
Extent:
106 items