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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 Language English Subject Pearl industry and trade

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3718

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3718
Title:
Coll 30/8 'Persian Gulf - Pearling: Various Enquiries Concerning'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding pearl diving in the Persian Gulf, primarily in Bahrain. The majority of this correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains correspondence from a number of external parties interested in gaining access to the Persian Gulf pearl ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1929-8 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (164 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3865

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3865
Title:
Coll 30/131 'Persian Gulf. Pearling. American process for the manufacture of cultured pearls'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials and an American malacologist named Clarence F Hoy. The correspondence concerns a proposal by Hoy to introduce a method for the manufacture of cultured pearls somewhere in the British Empire, with Bahrain mentioned as a possible location...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1936-1 Oct 1936
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

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