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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F116 Language Not applicable Name Butler, Spencer Harcourt, Knight, Governor of Burma, 1869-1938

1. Mss Eur F116/16(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F116/16(1)
Title:
Family party of Sir Harcourt Butler on horseback in front of Government House, Maymyo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Snapshot of group on horseback in front of Government House, Maymyo; enclosed in a letter of 19 September 1925 from Sir Harcourt Butler to his mother. [Gelatin silver print, 95x70mm]. Subjects = Butler (Sir Harcourt) Collection; government houses; governors; horse ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 item

2. Mss Eur F116/83(1)

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Mss Eur F116/83(1)
Title:
Prints 2-81: Sir Harcourt Butler's Durbar at Maingkwan, Kachin State. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
77 prints recording Sir Harcourt Butler's visit to the Hukawng Valley in January 1925 in connection with the abolition of slavery among the Kachin and Shan tribespeople and human sacrifice practised by the Nagas. The views include a series of photographs of the durbar held by Butler at Maingkwan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 item

3. Mss Eur F116/101(1)

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Mss Eur F116/101(1)
Title:
[Portrait of Sir Harcourt Butler as child.] Photographer: Hills and Saunders
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing carte-de-visite portrait of Sir Harcourt Butler (1869-1938) as a child. He is photographed leaning against a table holding a cricket bat. [Albumen print, 60x93mm]. Subjects =
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

4. Mss Eur F116/101(8)

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Mss Eur F116/101(8)
Title:
[Sir Harcourt Butler with Victor Gamble and Archibald Batty, United Provinces.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Sir Harcourt Butler, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, standing in ceremonial uniform with Archibald Batty, his ADC, and Victor Gamble, his Private Secretary. [Gelatin silver print, 81x132mm]. Subjects = governors; uniforms
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1919-1922
Extent:
1 item

5. Mss Eur F116/101(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F116/101(26)
Title:
On [?]Agril's Siamese mine trolley. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
European group seated on open railway trolleys at an unidentified mine. Sir Harcourt Butler at right. [Gelatine silver print]. Subjects = governors; mines; railway trolleys
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1925
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur F116/101(27)

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Mss Eur F116/101(27)
Title:
[Prints 27-28: Hunting camp scenes, Burma.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Two prints (one captioned 'A luncheon bower') showing the covered eated area in a hunting camp. Sir Harcourt Butler, gun in hand, stands in the foreground in print 27. [Gelatin silver prints]. Subjects = camps; hunting
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur F116/101(30)

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Mss Eur F116/101(30)
Title:
Unveiling War Memorial [Rangoon]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of ceremony in progress, with the Governor Sir Harcourt Butler about to pull the rope to unveil the monument. [Gelatin silver print, 128x71mm]. Subjects = monuments and memorials; official events; unveiling ceremonies; war memorials Location = Burma; M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

8. Mss Eur F116/101(31)

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Mss Eur F116/101(31)
Title:
[Prints 31-43: Miscellaneous views relating to Sir Harcourt Butler's visit to the Hukawng Valley.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events A series of prints relating to Sir Harcourt Butler's visit to the Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, in January 1925, to negotiate with the Kachin headman regarding the liberation of slaves and to investigate human sacrifice among the Nagas. It also includes some views of th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jan 1925
Extent:
1 item

9. Mss Eur F116/101(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F116/101(44)
Title:
[Sir Harcourt Butler being greeted at an unknown location, Burma.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Butler is seen standing on steps leading down to a tank or lake, with Burmese men kneeling to greet him. [Silver printing-out paper, 100x77mm]. Subjects = governors
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item

10. Mss Eur F116/101(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F116/101(47)
Title:
[Prints 47-48: Sir Harcourt Butler at miscellaneous official events, Rangoon.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Two prints, the first showing Butler, in academic robes, seated in a group on a raised platform. The second print, captioned 'self and casket', shows a garlanded Butler examining a silver casket. [Gelatin silver prints]. Subjects = governors; official events Locati...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 item