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Mss Eur D189-191; D355-56; E100-101

Record Id:: 032-002272085
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002272085
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x00017f
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D189-191; D355-56; E100-101
Title:: Papers of Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1851-1911), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1873-1910, Census Commissioner for India 1899-1902, Hon Director of Ethnography for India from 1901, relating to caste and ethnography in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpur; also nine essays by girls of Poona Widows and Orphans Homes on treatment of Hindu widows and a few translations from Pali on the position of women.
Scope & Content:: Papers of Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1851-1911), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1873-1910, Census Commissioner for India 1899-1902, Hon Director of Ethnography for India from 1901, relating to caste and ethnography in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chota Nagpur; also nine essays by girls of Poona Widows and Orphans Homes on treatment of Hindu widows and a few translations from Pali on the position of women.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-002272085", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D189-191; D355-56; E100-101: Papers of Sir Herbert Hope Risley (1851-1911), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1873-1910, Census Commissioner for…" },{ "id" : "040-003475813", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur D189: Caste File. No. I" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475814", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur D190: Caste File. No. II" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475815", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur D191: Caste File. No. III" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475816", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur D355: The Law Givers of India on Women (Chapter II). Buddhist Canon." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475818", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur D356: Position of Widows. Part II. (Experiences of Widows and other Girls)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475819", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur E100: Circulars on Ethnographical Questions, 1898-1905." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003475820", "parent" : "032-002272085", "text" : "Mss Eur E101: Ethnographical Papers. Social Status of Castes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002272085
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Mss Eur D189 : Caste File. No. I
Mss Eur D190 : Caste File. No. II
Mss Eur D191 : Caste File. No. III
Mss Eur D355 : The Law Givers of India on Women (Chapter II). Buddhist Canon.
Mss Eur D356 : Position of Widows. Part II. (Experiences of Widows and other Girls).
Mss Eur E100 : Circulars on Ethnographical Questions, 1898-1905.
Mss Eur E101 : Ethnographical Papers. Social Status of Castes

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 7 volumes
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1886
End Date:: 1911
Date Range:: 1886-1911
Era:: CE
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Former Internal References:: K532-36; J734-35
Finding Aids:: For the full description, see G.R Kaye and E.H. Johnston, Catalogue of Manuscripts in European Languages (London: HMSO, 1937), no. K532-36; J 734-35
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Gait, Edward Albert, Knight, civil servant and colonial administrator, 1863-1950
Poona Widows and Orphans Home
Risley, Herbert Hope, Knight, administrator in India and anthropologist, 1851-1911