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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur D829 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Mss Eur D829

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829
Title:
Papers of Sir Eric Alexander Franklin (1910-1996), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1935-1947; Pakistan Administration Service 1949-1957; Chairman of the Terms of Service Commission, Government of Sudan 1958-1959; and United Nations adviser on Public Administration to the Governments of Jordan 1960-1963 and Nepal 1964-1966
Scope & Content:
Includes memoirs of his career, and printed reports on the administrations of Pakistan, Sudan, Jordan and Nepal
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1989
Extent:
13 boxes

2. Mss Eur D829/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1
Title:
Memoirs and photographs relating to the career of Sir Eric Alexander Franklin, Indian Civil Service, Burma 1935-1947; Pakistan Administration Service 1949-1957; Chairman of the Terms of Service Commission, Sudan 1958-1959; and United Nations adviser on Public Administration to the Governments of Jordan 1960-1963 and Nepal 1964-1966
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1989
Extent:

12 folders and 2 volumes

3. Mss Eur D829/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/1
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 1, 1935-1938
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
1 folder

4. Mss Eur D829/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/2
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 2, 1938-1939
Scope & Content:
Includes three photographs showing the kissing of a King Cobra taken by Colin Tooke, Indian Police, in Syriam, Lower Burma, in June 1938
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
1 folder

5. Mss Eur D829/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/3
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 3, 1939-1941
Scope & Content:
Includes four photographs showing the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon, 1939; the author in the judicial dress of an Additional District and sessions Judge, February 1941; the author and his wife after being greeted by Sir Archibald Cochrane, Governor of Burma, and Lady Cochrane, at a Garden P...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1979
Extent:
1 folder

6. Mss Eur D829/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/4
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 4, Akyab 1941-1942: My first District Charge
Scope & Content:
The appendix to this section (ff.43-52) consists of original correspondence between Franklin and Mr Justice Herbert Dunkley reporting on the events leading to Franklin's evacuation from Akyab
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
1 folder

7. Mss Eur D829/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/5
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 5, 1942-1945: My service in the Burma Secretariat in Simla
Scope & Content:
Includes the following photographs: The author with hired bicycle, his wife and their dogs in rickshaw on a Sunday morning jaunt outside Simla (page 43v) The author, his wife and their dogs relaxing with Major Larry Wade in the Simla Hills (page 44v) The party at Annandale soccer ground, Simla,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
1 folder

8. Mss Eur D829/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/6
Title:
Recollections of an ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 6, 1945-1947: The last two years
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982
Extent:
1 folder

9. Mss Eur D829/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/7
Title:
Recollections of an ex-ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 1: My early years in Pakistan, 1949-1953
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
1 folder

10. Mss Eur D829/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D829/1/8
Title:
Recollections of an ex-ICS officer by Sir Eric Franklin, C.B.E., section 2: The second half of my service in Pakistan, 1953-1957
Scope & Content:
Includes a Brithday card from Franklin's brother
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984
Extent:
1 folder