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Tape recording of interview, given 1983, by Dr John R Marr (b 1927), lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, on his experiences and impressions of India and Burma while serving in the British Army 1946-48.
Tape recording of interview, given 1983, by Dr Mildred Agnes Archer (b 1911), wife of William George Archer (1907-79), Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1931-47, on their lives in India and their interest in Indian popular painting, music and culture, and tribal peoples. [Transcript available].
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by L-Corp Leonard (b 1903), Lance-Corporal, King's Royal Rifle Corps, on his experiences in the British Army in India 1921-28.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Monica Clough on her life as a tea planter's daughter in Travancore in the 1920s and 1930s, and as the wife of a businessman in Calcutta in the 1940s.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Arthur Walter Pryde (b 1896), Indian Army 1917-23, Indian Police, Bombay and Sind 1923-47, on his military and police career in India.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Herbert Christopher Beaumont (b 1912), on his career in the Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1936-44 and in the Indian Political Service 1944-47.
Tape recording of speeches, given 2 Jun 1983, by Sir Frederick Dainton, Chairman of the British Library Board, and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, at a reception to mark the publication of the final volume of the `Transfer of Power in India' and the first volume of `Burma: the Struggle for Independence'.
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Tape recording of speeches, given 2 Jun 1983, by Sir Frederick Dainton, Chairman of the British Library Board, and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, at a reception to mark the publication of the final volume of the `Transfer of Power in India' and the first volume of `Burma: the Struggle for Ind...
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Lady Irene Mary Squire (b 1898), widow of Sir Giles Frederick Squire (1894-1959), Indian Political Service 1924-47, on her life in India as a teacher at the Mahbubia School, Hyderabad, and as the wife of an Indian Political Officer serving in Iran 1936-...
Tape recording of first interview, given 1984, by Maj Anthony Charles Ker Maunsell (b 1907), Indian Army 1927-34, Indian Political Service 1934-47, on his life and career in India.
Tape recordings, given 1980-82, by Leslie Cyril Frederick Robins (b 1907) of his memoirs as an officer of the Indian Police 1928-47, serving mainly in the United Provinces, and by his wife, Ena Robins, of her recollections of life in India.