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1. Photo 517

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517
Title:
Copy prints of portraits and views in Burma. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Copy prints. Portraits of Lt Colonel L.E.L. Burne, Mr H.J. Mitchell and Burma Frontier Force staff, views of military posts and groups of Chins. Photographs accompanied by manuscript and typescript descriptions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1895-1930s
Extent:
10 items

2. Photo 517(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(1)
Title:
[Portrait of Lieut-Colonel L.E.L. Burne.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Accompanying notes read: 'Lt Colonel L.E.L. Burne, CBE, CIE, Indian Army (died 1943). Col Burne was Deputy Commissioner and Superintendant Chin Hills from 1908 to 1937 (with several breaks). He was a most successful Administrator with enormous influence among the Chi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 517(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(2)
Title:
[Portrait of H.J. Mitchell.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Accompanying notes read: 'Mr H.J. Mitchell, OBE, BFS (late). Mr Mitchell was the first and only Superintendant Naga Hills, Burma. He was the Burma authority on the Nagas, lying East of the Patkoi Range. Mr Mitchell had been the Political Officer in charge of 6 expedi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 517(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(3)
Title:
[Headquarters Staff, Chin Hills battalion, Burma Frontier Force, Falam.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of officers. Accompanying notes read: 'Officers sitting left to right (officer with cross belt) Major Love, 8 Gurkha Rifles (first officer to be killed in 1941 against the Japanese); Naik C[?] Pau Chin; Major A.C. Moore, 4/8 Punjab Regt; Subedar Major Chandu Ba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 517(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(4)
Title:
Haka post and station, Chin Hills Dist, Burma, 1935. Haka post was beseiged by the Chins in 1918 Rebellion, captured by the Japanese in 1943 and recaptured 1944. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view. A copy negative accompanies the print. Subjects = frontier posts; military (general); military facilities
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 517(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(5)
Title:
Thsonglong post (1937-38) on the Burma-China Border, Southern Wa states, where then and now most of the world's crop of opium poppy is grown. Now known as the "Golden Triangle". Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography General view of post. A copy negative accompanies the print. Subjects = frontier posts; military (general); military facilities Location = Burma; Myanmar; Shan; Thsonglong
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1937-1938
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 517(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(6)
Title:
[Chin group]. Back row standing: Kim Suang, headman of Suangpi; Kim Suan, Elder of Bwenman; (extreme right) Man Lon "The famous Sakling chief". Front row sitting: Paw Khai, Bwenman chief; Thuk Ngo, elder of Bwenman. Photographer: Newland, Arthur George Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Chins (ehtnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 517(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(7)
Title:
[Chin group]. Standing on left: Kim Suang, Headman of Suangpi. Sitting: the famous Siyin fighting chief "Man Long of Sakling". Photographer: Newland, Arthur George Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Chins (ehtnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 517(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(8)
Title:
[Chin group]. Standing, from left: Lian Mo, Chief of the Mie Tract; Sui Ling, Chief of Haka Kalun. Sitting: Boi Ling, Elder of Haka Kalun. Photographer: Newland, Arthur George Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Chins (ehtnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 517(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 517(9)
Title:
[Chin group]. On right: Lal Luai, Klang Klang chief. On left: Hrang Dun of Haka Kathar village. Photographer: Newland, Arthur George Edward
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Subjects = Chins (ehtnic group); ethnic groups
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1895
Extent:
1 item