Notebook and diary containing handwritten notes on places visited in South India
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One notebook titled "Hampi notes" and one 1975 pocket diary. The diary contains notes on Tirukalukundram, Pondicherry, Tanjore, Darasuram, Somnathpur and Halebid Jain Basti.
Legendary Voyages: Passage to Malabar aboard the M.S. Lindblad Polaris, 1984
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Correspondence and tour details for the tour run by Salen Linblad Cruising, 16 February to 19 March 1984, with Penelope Chetwode as guest lecturer. Includes Penelope Chetwode's notebook; brochures for voyages aboard the M.S. Lindblad Polaris 'Passage to Malabar' and 'Spice Islands of the Celeb...
Papers relating to Nicholas K Roerich (1874-1947), Russian artist, writer and mystic
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Includes a booklet on Nicholas Roerich in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of his birth, October 9, 1964, published by the Nicholas Roerich Museum, and picture postcards of his work.
Papers on the rope sliding ceremony (Bhunda) at Nirmand and Sholi
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The folder contains handwritten notes, newspaper cuttings, and an image of a rope-swinging ceremony possibly from south India. The folder also contains photocopies of Penelope Chetwode's description of the rope sliding ceremony (Bhunda) at Nirmand and Sholi copied from her notebooks (Mss Eur F...
Notebooks of handwritten notes and sketches of a tour to India
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Two notebooks and a printed itinerary for the tour by Penelope Chetwode and Sheldon Nash, 15 November to 18 December 1976 organised by Cox & Kings Limited. One notebook is on the tour to India, November to December 1976, containing rough notes and sketches on Mandi State, Nirmand, Orchha, Del...