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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur C380

1. Mss Eur C380

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380
Title:
Memoirs, letters and photograph albums of Maj Donald Samuel Foster (1923-1997), Indian Army 1941-49, Colonial Service 1950-66, British overseas aid programme 1968-78, seconded to the Diplomatic Service at New Delhi 1971
Scope & Content:
`The Sunlit Silences. An Experience of India' and `Letters from Lebanon': memoirs by Major Donald Samuel Foster (1923-1997), Indian Army 1942-49, of his life as a soldier in India, the Middle East and Sumatra during the 1940s; and later as a diplomat; with photograph albums and related papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1970
Extent:
6 items

2. Mss Eur C380/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
The Sunlit Silences: An Experience of India by Donald Foster Dated as: no date
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur C380/2

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Mss Eur C380/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of The Sunlit Silences by Donald Foster (a slightly different version) Dated as: no date
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur C380/3

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Mss Eur C380/3
Title:
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph album of Donald Foster at Bangalore Officer Training School, Sialkot, Damascus, Djenderess, Sidon and Tehran
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1944
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur C380/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380/4
Title:
Scope & Content:
Photograph album entitled The Sunlit Silences: A memoir of Indian Service 1942-1972 by Donald Foster, illustrating chpts 8-15
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1972
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur C380/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380/5
Title:
Scope & Content:
Black and white photograph album of Donald Foster in Tehran, Khorramshar, Persia, Cairo, Sialkot, Kashmir and Sumatra
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1947
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur C380/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C380/6
Title:
Scope & Content:
(i) Letters from Lebanon by Donald Foster, 1947-48 (ii) Reviews and letters concerning Donald Foster's book Landscape with Arab: Trends in Aden and South Arabia, 1967-70
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
Unspecified