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Mss Eur C258
- Record Id:
- 032-002265592
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002265592
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x00012f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C258
- Title:
- La Touche Collection
- Scope & Content:
- La Touche Collection: letters comprising mainly correspondence between Thomas Henry Digges La Touche (b 1855), Geological Survey of India 1881-1910, his wife Anna (`Nancy'), and their families in England, Ireland and India; mostly on family matters but also referring to La Touche's work including survey expeditions to India and Burma.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
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Dated as: Sep-Oct 1893 & 1895" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265607", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/14: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265608", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/15: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265609", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/16: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265610", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/17: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265611", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/18: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265612", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/19: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265613", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/20: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265614", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/21: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265615", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/22: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265616", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/23: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265617", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/24: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265618", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/25: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265619", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/26: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265620", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/27: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265621", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/28: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265622", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/29: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265623", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/30: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265624", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/31: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265625", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/32: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265626", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/33: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265627", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/34: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265628", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/35: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265629", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/36: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265630", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/37: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265631", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/38: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna. Dated as: Sep-Dec 1906 & Jan 1907" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265632", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/39: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265633", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/40: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265634", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/41: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265635", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/42: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265636", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/43: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265637", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/44: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265638", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/45: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna. Dated as: Nov-Dec 1909 Jan-Feb 1910" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265639", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/46: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his wife, Anna." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265640", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/47: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his family and friends." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265641", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/48: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his children." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265642", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/49: Letters to Thomas La Touche and his wife from their children." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265643", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/50: Letters to Thomas La Touche and his wife from their children. Dated as: Jul-Dec 1905 Jan-Mar 1906" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265644", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/51: Letters to Thomas La Touche and his wife from their children." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265645", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/52: Letters to Thomas La Touche and his wife from their children. Dated as: 1907, 1909-1911" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265646", "parent" : "036-002265593", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/53: Miscellaneous family correspondence. Dated as: 1890, 1900-01" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002265647", "parent" : "032-002265592", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/54-55: Papers relating to his career in the Geological Survey" },{ "id" : "040-002265648", "parent" : "036-002265647", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/54: Letters to Thomas La Touche from his colleagues C.L. Griesbach, Director of the Geological Survey 1894-19, and R.D. Oldham. Dated as:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265649", "parent" : "036-002265647", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/55: Miscellaneous papers including watercolours painted by La Touche, lithographed sketches published in the Geological Survey's Memoirs…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002265650", "parent" : "032-002265592", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/56-92: Papers of Anna (Nancy) La Touche nee Handy" },{ "id" : "040-002265651", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/56: Letters to Anna Handy from her family and friends." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265652", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/57: Letters to Anna Handy from members of the La Touche family concerning her wedding." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265653", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/58: Letters to Anna Handy from Thomas La Touche." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265654", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/59: Letters to Anna Handy from Thomas La Touche" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265655", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/60: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas. Dated as: Apr 1892 & Dec 1894-Jul 1895" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265656", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/61: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas. Dated as: Jan-Mar 1896 May-Jun 1896" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265657", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/62: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265658", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/63: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas. Dated as: Jul-Dec 1897 Mar-Nov 1898" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265659", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/64: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265660", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/65: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265661", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/66: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." },{ "id" : "041-003243019", "parent" : "040-002265661", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/66(1): Gokteik gorge. Site of railway bridge. Photographer: La Touche, Thomas Henry Digges" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003243020", "parent" : "040-002265661", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/66(2): Rest house, Zebingyi, 19th Dec '99. Photographer: La Touche, Thomas Henry Digges" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003243021", "parent" : "040-002265661", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/66(3): Camp at Singaing. Photographer: La Touche, Thomas Henry Digges" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265662", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/67: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265663", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/68: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265664", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/69: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." },{ "id" : "041-003243022", "parent" : "040-002265664", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/69(1): Family group in front of an unidentfied house, possibly in Hertfordshire or Shropshire. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265665", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/70: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265666", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/71: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265667", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/72: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265668", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/73: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265669", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/74: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265670", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/75: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265671", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/76: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265672", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/77: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265673", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/78: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265674", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/79: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265675", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/80: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265676", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/81: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265677", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/82: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265678", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/83: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265679", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/84: Letters to Anna La Touche from her husband Thomas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265680", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/85: Letters to Anna La Touche from her mother, Isabella Handy." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265681", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/86: Letters to Anna La Touche from her sister, Mrs Edith Darrah." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265682", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/87: Letters to Anna La Touche from members of the Handy family." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265683", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/88: Letters to Anna La Touche from her sisters, Emily and Izzie Handy. Dated as: 1898 & undated" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265684", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/89: Letter to Anna La Touche from an acquaintance in India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265685", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/90: Letters to Anna La Touche from family and friends. Dated as: Christmas 1904" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265686", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/91: Postcard to Anna La Touche from a friend." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265687", "parent" : "036-002265650", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/92: Miscellaneous Family Papers. Dated as: 1895-1905 & undated" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002265688", "parent" : "032-002265592", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/93-94: Papers of Norman Digges La Touche" },{ "id" : "040-002265689", "parent" : "036-002265688", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/93: Letters from Norman La Touche to his family. Dated as: 1883 & 1886" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002265690", "parent" : "036-002265688", "text" : "Mss Eur C258/94: Miscellaneous genealogical material." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002265592
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur C258/1-53 : Papers of Thomas Henry Digges La Touche, Geological Survey of India 1881-1910
Mss Eur C258/54-55 : Papers relating to his career in the Geological Survey
Mss Eur C258/56-92 : Papers of Anna (Nancy) La Touche nee Handy
Mss Eur C258/93-94 : Papers of Norman Digges La Touche
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- 032-002265592
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 94 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1910
- Date Range:
- 1882-1910
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Mr M C D La Touche, 02 October 1974
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Geological Survey of India, 1851-
Griesbach, Charles Ludolf
Handy, Family
La Touche, Family
La Touche, Thomas Henry Digges, Geologist, ? 1856-1938
Oldham, Richard Dixon, Subject of Mss Eur C258
Survey of India, India, 1767- - Places:
- Dalhousie, Punjab
India, Asia
Mussooree, United Provinces