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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F694/1

1. Mss Eur F694/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F694/1/1
Title:
Red Diary
Scope & Content:
The diary includes records and information on Lieutenant-Colonel Burton's career, interest in Shikar (hunting) and work on conservationism in India and South Asia. The records and entries relating to his career in the British, and later Indian Army cover the period 1887-1923 and include informa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1934
Extent:
1 volume (808 pages)

2. Mss Eur F694/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F694/1/2
Title:
Black Diary
Scope & Content:
The diary includes detailed entries for hunting and fishing trips undertaken by Lieutenant-Colonel Burton from 1894-1948. For each trip there is a daily diary entry given details of location, route taken, geographic information, and animals seen and hunted. Some of the entries also include sketc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894-1948
Extent:
1 volume (895 pages)

3. Mss Eur F694/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F694/1/3
Title:
Loose Diary
Scope & Content:
The diary records a hunting trip taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Burton in Jeypur 1 January 1913 to 30 June 1913 and includes daily diary entries, the measurements and dimensions of the buffalo being hunted, sketches of the landscape and areas they were hunting in, and detailed expenditure lists for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1956
Extent:
1 volume (40 folios)

4. Mss Eur F694/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F694/1/4
Title:
New Zealand Diary
Scope & Content:
The diary records Lieutenant-Colonel Burton's trip to New Zealand 27 November 1936-29 May 1938 to explore the local wild life and fishing. The diary comprises daily entries of the along with sketches, photographs, press cuttings, articles and leaflets. The route to and from New Zealand include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1938
Extent:
1 volume (422 folios)

5. Mss Eur F694/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F694/1/5
Title:
Guide to the Diaries
Scope & Content:
Typed guides explaining how the diary entries are arranged and link across the red, black and loose diaries (Mss Eur F694/1/1-3). Three separate guides are included for the red, black and loose diaries.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
1 file (24 pages)

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