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Subject Gypsum

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3847
Title:
Coll 30/118 'Gypsum deposits in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the potential commercial exploitation by British firms of deposits of gypsum in the Persian Gulf. Gypsum was used as a cementing material and for the manufacture of plaster board. The main deposits were along the coast of Iran (referred to throughout as Persia), but the substan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-31 May 1945
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/892

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/892
Title:
'File No. 40/1 ENQUIRIES BY STRICK & CO. RE: GYPSUM DEPOSITS IN PERSIAN GULF'
Scope & Content:
The file discusses a letter from Messrs Frank C Strick and Company to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Gordon Loch) regarding the possibility of sourcing gypsum from the Persian Gulf. The enquiry results in discussion between the India Office (Maurice J Clauson) and Foreign Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1935-30 Jan 1936
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

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