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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F594 Level [40] File

271. Mss Eur F594/10/31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/31
Title:
Notebooks relating to China
Scope & Content:
Notebooks in the hand of Arthur Moore Bennett, relating to researches made in China. Consists of: A-Z ring binder, containing notes on a variety of subjects, including language, archaeological and cultural remains such as temples and gates, topography etc. Includes maps of area around Peking, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 folder (4 items)

272. Mss Eur F594/10/32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/32
Title:
Correspondence and invoices relating to the building of the Medea
Scope & Content:
File of letters, invoices, receipts and other papers, in English and Chinese, relating to the building of Moore Bennett's yacht Medea. Includes information on the fitting out of the ship, stores etc. Also includes correspondence regarding possible litigation over the contract between Moore Benne...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1930-1931
Extent:
1 folder

273. Mss Eur F594/10/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/33
Title:
Notebook relating to the Medea
Scope & Content:
Exercise book entitled 'List of goods on Medea 1940 March'. Contains Moore Bennett's notes on the contents of the Medea when it was pirated in Mar 1940. Also brief notes on the period 10 Mar to 20 Apr 1940.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 folder (1 item)

274. Mss Eur F594/10/34

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/34
Title:
Writings of Arthur Moore Bennett
Scope & Content:
Content warning: The papers of Arthur Moore Bennett (1877-1950) contain his personal views and opinions, with explicit language and terminology which today are deemed unacceptable and offensive and may cause upset. File containing various articles and part memoirs written by Arthur Moore Bennet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 folder (211 folios)

275. Mss Eur F594/10/35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/10/35
Title:
Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous material belonging to Arthur Moore Bennett. Consists of: Detailed typescript inventory of Moore Bennett's house in Peking, c1920s. Typescript description of estate, possible in Cyprus. Undated. Notebook containing rough architectural sketches in pencil. Undated. Unused coloured...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920s-1954
Extent:
1 folder

276. Mss Eur F594/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/11/1
Title:
Press cuttings
Scope & Content:
Press cuttings, reviews, clippings and correspondence associated with reviews, relating to Hakluyt Society publications. Includes material supplied by press clippings bureau.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932-1949
Extent:
1 folder (100 folios)

277. Mss Eur F594/11/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/11/2
Title:
Illustrations for publications
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph of memorial tablet to Richard Hakluyt. Proofs of images from Danish Arctic Explorations (1897) [Series I part II nos. 96 & 97] and A New Account of East India and Persia vol. III (1915) [Series II vol. 39]. Two black and white photographs of HMS Dolphin at Matav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-c 1960
Extent:
1 folder

278. Mss Eur F594/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F594/11/3
Title:
Sir William Foster's cravats and cravat fastener
Scope & Content:
Two maroon cravats, a navy blue cravat. and a cravat fastener or band worn by Sir William Foster at Hakluyt Society meetings. Items were also worn by Lady Foster, and bequeathed to the Hakluyt Society after her death. Also includes three letters dated 1969 and 1984 relating to the bequest.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1928-1984
Extent:
1 folder (7 items)

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