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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F649

1. Mss Eur F649

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649
Title:
Papers of the Ker Family
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the papers of Charles Murray Ker (1906-1989) relating to his career in the Indian Civil Service 1929-1947. It also contains letters from William Pollock Ker (1864-1945), British Consular official in China 1888-1926, and his wife Lucy Christina Murray Ker (b 1868), and incl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1976
Extent:
1 box

2. Mss Eur F649/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/1
Title:
Letters from Charles Murray Ker in India to his family
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932-1946
Extent:
1 folder

3. Mss Eur F649/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/2
Title:
Official papers regarding Charles Murray Ker's service in India
Scope & Content:
Includes: A message from the Secretary of State for India to Civil Employees of Government of India, May 1945. A letter of reference on Ker's service by Sir Maurice Hallett, 9th August 1947 (ff.4-6). Official papers regarding the withdrawal of the Secretary of State's control over the Indian Civi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1947
Extent:
1 folder

4. Mss Eur F649/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/3
Title:
Unfinished memoir by Charles Murray Ker of his career in the Indian Civil Service
Scope & Content:
Ker began writing his memoir in 1976 in response to a request from Joan Lancaster, former Keeper of the India Office Library and Records
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976
Extent:
1 folder

5. Mss Eur F649/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/4
Title:
Private letters from Peking [Beijing] and Tientsin from William Pollock Ker and his wife Lucy Christina Murray Ker to their family in the UK
Scope & Content:
The letters describe their experiences during the Boxer Rebellion and the siege of the Foreign Legation Quarter in Peking
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 folder

6. Mss Eur F649/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/5
Title:
Letters to Lucy Christina Murray Ker
Scope & Content:
Also includes a letter to William Pollock Ker dated 20 May 1900, and letters from Lucy Ker to her family (dated 27 August 1900) and to Chester Fox, War Seal Foundation (dated 30 January 1917)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1954
Extent:
1 folder

7. Mss Eur F649/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/6
Title:
Handwritten draft manuscript by Lucy Christina Murray Kerr titled "Li Hung Chang" [Li Hongzhang]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952
Extent:
1 folder

8. Mss Eur F649/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/7
Title:
Handwritten draft pages of Lucy Christina Murray Ker's memoir
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954
Extent:
1 folder

9. Mss Eur F649/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/8
Title:
Handwritten draft pages of Lucy Christina Murray Ker's memoir
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956
Extent:
1 folder

10. Mss Eur F649/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F649/9
Title:
Miscellaneous papers of Lucy Christina Murray Ker
Scope & Content:
The folder contains papers relating to the China Society and the Universities' China Committee in London, 1944 (ff.2-12); text of a talk about the British Empire (ff.13-16); text of a talk given on Tientsin Memorial Day, June 1925 (ff.17-23); handwritten pages, possible drafts of Lucy Ker's memoi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1954
Extent:
1 folder