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1. Photo 117

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117
Title:
Sir Maurice Hallett Collection.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 23 albums (Photo 117/1-23), mainly recording official engagements and visits of Sir Maurice Hallett, Indian Civil Service.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930s-1940s
Extent:
Unspecified

2. Photo 117/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/12
Title:
Hallett Collection: Floods in Benares District. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Post-bound 'Lighthouse' album, 195x265mm, containing prints mounted with corner mounts. Each print has a handwritten caption and date. The collection records the damage caused by floods on the River Barna, Benares District.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep1943
Extent:
20 items

3. Photo 117/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/14
Title:
Hallett Collection: Floods in Benares District. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black lacquer-work album, 150x200mm, with a decorative Japanese design inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The album contains prints mounted with corner mounts and each print has a typed caption. The inside front cover has a caption which reads: 'The havocs caused due to flood in the River Barna' and b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep1943
Extent:
18 items

4. Photo 117/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/20
Title:
Hallett Collection: Air raid precaution demonstration. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Photograph album measuring 263x360mm, with Japanese scene embossed on front cover, and with uncaptioned prints loosely mounted one or two to a page with corner mounts. With tissue interleaving between pages. The albums records an official visit by Sir Maurice Hallett to an unidentified location ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 117/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/10
Title:
Hallett Collection: 'Nayar Dam Project'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Black buckram photograph album measuring 285x390mm, with title as above stamped in gold in bottom right-hand corner and prints mounted to a page. Prints 1-4 are uncaptioned, prints 5-8 have handwritten captions beneath each photograph. Inserted in the album is the Report of Committee to consider...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1944
Extent:
8 items

6. Photo 117/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/17
Title:
Hallett Collection: 'Coke Ovens, Jamshedpur, July 1939'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Fabric-covered post-bound album, 230x324mm, secured with a leather strap and buckle. The album contains mounted prints with letterpress captions and the title is handwritten on a white label attached to the front cover. The front free endpaper carries the following dedication: 'Respectfully pres...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
July1939
Extent:
9 items

7. Photo 117/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/7
Title:
Hallett Collection: '[Album] Presented to Lady Hallett by the District War Commitee, Dehra Dun, April 22, 1941'. Photographer(s): Goyal Photo Co
Scope & Content:
Red spiral-bound album, 342x277mm, containing mounted prints with typed captions. The title and date are stamped in gold on the front cover. The album records events organised by the District War Commitee including military displays and various fund-raising activities.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1940-1941
Extent:
45 items

8. Photo 117/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/9
Title:
Hallett Collection: 'Kalagarh Bridge on Mussoorie Diversion Road 1945'. Photographer(s): Unknown
Scope & Content:
Blue buckram photograph album measuring 260x365mm with title as above stamped in god in top left-hand corner. Prints (except print 5) have typewcript captions pasted beneath each photograph. A typescript note pasted onto the inside front cover reads as follows: 'Kalagarh Bridge. This book contai...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
5 items

9. Photo 117/18

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/18
Title:
Hallett Collection: 'Photographs taken on the occasion of the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Merchants' Chamber of UP, Cawnpore...'. Photographer(s): Seth and Company, B.M.
Scope & Content:
Black post-bound album, 240x317mm, containing uncaptioned mounted prints. The title-page reads as follows: ''Photographs taken on the occasion of the tenth Annual General Meeting of the Merchants' Chamber of UP, Cawnpore, at which His Excellency Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett, KCSI, CIE, ICS, Gover...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
10Feb1942
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 117/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 117/11
Title:
Hallett Collection: Visits to Tamkuhi Raj, Gorakhpur. Photographer(s): Vishwakarma, M.L.
Scope & Content:
Black buckram photograph album measuring 270x400mm, with engraved silver plaque stapled to front cover with inscription reading: 'H.E. Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I., I.C.S. Governor of the United Provinces of Agra & Oudh, from Raja Indrajit Pratap Bahadur Sahi, C.I.E., Tamk...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
12 items