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Mss Eur D1111
- Record Id:
- 032-002276343
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002276343
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x00018e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D1111
- Title:
- Papers of John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service, Madras
- Scope & Content:
- Griffiths Collection: letters and papers of John Coldwell Griffiths (b 1913), chiefly relating to his life in the Indian Civil Service, Madras 1937-48; also memoir, dated 1985, on his career in India and from 1951 to 1982 as an administrator and judge in Malaya, Singapore, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Malawi and Hong Kong.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002276343", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111: Papers of John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service, Madras" },{ "id" : "036-002276344", "parent" : "032-002276343", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/1-6: Service papers" },{ "id" : "040-002276345", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/1: Papers relating to examination for entry into I.C.S. and year as probationer." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276346", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/2: Papers relating mainly to pay, income tax and other financial matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276347", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/3: Receipts." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276348", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/4: Papers relating to postings, leave, etc, and particularly to the question of future employment after the termination of the Secretary…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276349", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/5: Papers relating to Provident Fund, Griffiths's retirement from the Service, his annuity, passage home, and related matters. Dated as:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276350", "parent" : "036-002276344", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/6: Annual Reports, minutes of Annual General Meetings (incomplete series), and other papers issued by the I.C.S. (Retired) Association." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002276351", "parent" : "032-002276343", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/7-27: John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service: papers chiefly reflecting life and career as a District Officer in Madras" },{ "id" : "040-002276352", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/7: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276353", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/8: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276354", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/9: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276355", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/10: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276356", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/11: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276357", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/12: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276358", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/13: Letters from Griffiths to his mother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276359", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/14: Letters from Griffiths to his father." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276360", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/15: Letters from Griffiths to his parents jointly and sometimes also including his brother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276361", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/16: Letters from Griffiths to his parents jointly and sometimes also including his brother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276362", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/17: Letters from Griffiths to his parents jointly and sometimes also including his brother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276363", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/18: Letters from Griffiths to his brother, R. Cerdin Griffiths. Dated as: 1937-40; 1946" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276364", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/19: Letters from Mrs Joyce Griffiths, wife of J.C. Griffiths, to her parents-in-law; two miscellaneous letters to Mrs Griffiths…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276365", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/20: Letters to Griffiths from various persons. Dated as: 1943; 1948-52; 1963" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276366", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/21: Official papers: report on Suramangalam village (probably made in 1938 while under training); report of enquiry into floods in Salem…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276367", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/22: Map of Malabar District for the use of Touring Officers. 1': 4 miles (1926)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276368", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/23: Programme of tour of Sir A. Nye, Governor of Madras, and Lady Nye, in Malabar District; letters received by Griffiths as Collector,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276369", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/24: Welcome to Rotary (explanatory booklet for new members); rules of the Wellington Gymkhana Club, Coonor; rules of the Coonor Club.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276370", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/25(a); 25(b): Photographs illustrating Griffiths's life as a District Officer in Salem, Hosur, Calicut and Chittoor, Madras." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276371", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/26(a); 26(b): Memoir recounting his career in the Indian Civil Service 1937-48, and in the administrative and judicial services of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276372", "parent" : "036-002276351", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/27: Calicut 15 Aug 1947': reflections on the transfer of power in India and on the process of decolonization generally" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002276373", "parent" : "032-002276343", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/28-(c): John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service, Madras: diaries" },{ "id" : "040-002276374", "parent" : "036-002276373", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/28: Official diary kept while under training as an Assistant Collector, Salem District, with notes by A.F.W. Dixon, Collector." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002276375", "parent" : "036-002276373", "text" : "Mss Eur D1111/29(a)-(c): Personal diaries describing his duties and leisure activities Dated as: Feb 1938-Aug 1941; Feb 1943-Jan 1944" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002276343
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur D1111/1-6 : Service papers
Mss Eur D1111/7-27 : John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service: papers chiefly reflecting life and career as a District Officer in Madras
Mss Eur D1111/28-(c) : John Coldwell Griffiths, Indian Civil Service, Madras: diaries
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- 032-002276343
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D1111
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 29 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1987
- Date Range:
- 1936-1987
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Mr J C Griffiths, 09 October 1985 and ; and subsequently 1985-1989
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Commonwealth of Nations
Dixon, Arthur Frederic William, rower and colonial administrator, 1892-1948
Griffiths, John Coldwell, colonial civil servant and judge, fl 1913-1999
Gymkhana Club
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947
Indian Police, Special Police, Malabar
Indian Police, c 1865-
Justice, Administration of - Places:
- Africa, Africa
Hong Kong, China
India, Asia
Laccadive Islands, India
Madras, India
Malabar, India
Malappuram, Madras
Malawi, Africa
Malaya, Malaysia
Minicoy Island, Laccadive Islands
Salem, Madras
Singapore, Asia
Suramangalam, Madras
Zambia, Africa
Zambia, Africa
Zimbabwe, Africa