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Mss Eur D1197
- Record Id:
- 032-002276785
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002276785
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x0003b2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D1197
- Title:
- Elinor Tollinton papers.
- Scope & Content:
- Memoir by Mrs Elinor Tollinton (b 1909), recounting her parents' involvement in India, her childhood there and marriage to Hugh Phillips Tollinton (b 1904), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929, Indian Political Service 1934-47 serving chiefly in North-West Frontier Province; also photograph album, dated 1897-1949, of her parents Arthur Ralph Astbury (b 1880), Public Works Dept, Punjab 1900-35, and Friede Astbury (b 1884).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002276785", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197: Elinor Tollinton papers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003244308", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(1): Kakool village, near Abbottabad, 1901. Prospective source of extensions to the water supply of the cantonment and civil station of…" },{ "id" : "040-003244309", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(2): Renala. Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, garlanded, in the back of the Governor's Daimler. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244310", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(3): Hayab, syce, leading Romeo at Kakool. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244311", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(4): Clocktower, Lyallpur, 1902. The clocktower was the centre of a radiating pattern of streets. The plan of the town was conceived by…" },{ "id" : "040-003244312", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(4b): Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begs, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of the…" },{ "id" : "040-003244313", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(5a): 1903. The tonga terminus at Simla, afterwards incorpated in the railway terminus. Above is Winterfield, office of the Executive…" },{ "id" : "040-003244314", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(5b): First passenger train 9th Nov 1903. 26th Dec 1903 heavy snowfall. Kalka-Simla Railway. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244315", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(6a): Group of condemned houses, Lower Bazaar, Simla, 1903. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244316", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(6b): Group of condemned houses, Lower Bazaar, Simla, 1903. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244317", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(7): Destruction by fire of main building of Bishop Cotton School, Simla. Taken from Winterfield, 7th May 1905, 6 p.m. Photographer:…" },{ "id" : "040-003244318", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(8): Solon Brewery Ry. Station on K.S.R. line. Crossing of up and down train and taking waters. The first passenger train to run on the…" },{ "id" : "040-003244319", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(9): Tara-Devi Ry. Station. Up train, plague inspection. Plague inspection at Tara Devi was undertaken to keep the disease from getting…" },{ "id" : "040-003244320", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(10): Tunnel on K.S. Ry. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244321", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(11): Golden Temple, Amritsar. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244322", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(12a): Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244323", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(12b): Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244324", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(13a): Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244325", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(13b): Parapet designed by B.M. Sullivan for Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244326", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(14a): Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begg, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of the…" },{ "id" : "040-003244327", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(14b): Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begg, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of the…" },{ "id" : "040-003244328", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(15a): Colonel R.S. Maclagan, at entrance to Sanjouli Tunnel. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244329", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(15b): Major Birdwood at Snowdon [Simla]. (Lord Birdwood). Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244330", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(15c): Ruth Ibbetson, d. of Sir Denzil Ibbetson. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244331", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(15d): Lilian Astbury. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244332", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(16): Secretariat building erected in 1897 on the site previously occupied by the Government of India Public Works Secretariat which was…" },{ "id" : "040-003244333", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(17): [Secretariat Building, Simla, under construction.] Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244334", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(18a): Wazir Khan's Mosque, Lahore. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244335", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(18b): The School of Art, Lahore, where Lockwood Kipling, father of Rudyard, was Principal. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244336", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(19a): Library and Municipal Office, The Mall, Simla. The walls are built of quartzite from the Government quarry at Sanjouli, a first…" },{ "id" : "040-003244337", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(19b): The Punjab University Hall, Lahore. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244338", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(20): Prints 20a-c: Bad slip on H.T. road near Sanjouli Tunnel in winter 1910-11. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244339", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(21a): Large slip on H.T. road between Phagu and Theog. Old diversion made during repairs to road. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244340", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(21b): Insanitary plot at Theog village just above spring from which water is drawn for dak bungalow when the proper spring runs dry.…" },{ "id" : "040-003244341", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(22a): Prints 22a-23c: Snapshots of the Hindustan-Tibet road. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244342", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(24): Walker Hospital stone quarry [?Sanjouli]. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244343", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(25a): Walker Hospital, Simla. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244344", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(25b): The original nurses' quarters, used as a wing of the hospital when the new quarters were ready [Walker Hospital, Simla].…" },{ "id" : "040-003244345", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(26): Prints 26a-29b: Views on the Hindustan-Tibet Road. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244346", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(30): Choura Maidan Post Office [Simla]. Completed April 1913. Architect J. Begg. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244347", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(31): Choura Maidan P.O. from below the Mall, Simla. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244348", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(32): Registrar's Qrs., Courteen Hall, V.L. [Viceregal Lodge], Simla (18.4.1913). Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244349", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(33): [Group at] The Government School of Engineering, Rasul, 1926. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244350", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(34): Prints 34a-b: [Groups at Government School of Engineering,] Rasul, 1926. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak" },{ "id" : "040-003244351", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(35): Opening of the Renala Khurd Power House. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244352", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(36): Donald Macfarlane, at Snowdon, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244353", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(37): Dorothy Dallas, at Snowdon, Simla. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244354", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(38): Lt. Colonel W.C.H. Forster, Director of Public Health, Punjab, Inspector General of Civil Hospitals, Burma. Photographer: Bremner,…" },{ "id" : "040-003244355", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(39): W.E. Buchanan, Simla. Photographer: Bremner, Frederick" },{ "id" : "040-003244356", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(40): Prints 40a-e: Christmas 1922 [Views of Nurpur and the Lower Bari Doab Canal]. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244357", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(41): Prints 41a-43a: Christmas 1922. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244358", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(43b): Prints 43b-c: Snapshots of the Grand Trunk Road. Photographer: Griffiths, H.M." },{ "id" : "040-003244359", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(44): Prints 44a-46b: Mountain scenery, Punjab. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244360", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(47a): Power house for the extension to Simla Waterworks, at Guma, Sutlej Valley, view from south-west on 2.5.1928, 9 a.m. Photographer:…" },{ "id" : "040-003244361", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(47b): Ten-ton bed plate being lowered down the incline to the power house by the treble purchase winch [Guma, Sutlej Valley].…" },{ "id" : "040-003244362", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(47c): The first factory for making portland cement to be built in the Punjab. Managing agents Turner Hoare & Co. Prime Movers,…" },{ "id" : "040-003244363", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(48a): Prints 48a-c: Mountain scenery seen from between Narkanda and Bagi. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244364", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(49): Garden party at Simla given by Lala Mohan Lal in honour of the Raja of Mandi. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244365", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(50a): The Choi suspension bridge, 4th May 1929. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244366", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(50b): A.R.A. snaps the [Choi suspension] bridge and H.M. Griffiths snaps A.R.A. Photographer: Griffiths, H.M." },{ "id" : "040-003244367", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(51a): In the Fort, Multan [Tomb of Sheikh Rukn-ul-Alam]. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244368", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(51b): Looking towards Tibet-Hindustan road on the left, and Sutlej River below on the left. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244369", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(51c): View of new span and central span looking upstream. Taken on 2.9.29. [Unidentified bridge, probably across the Sutlej River].…" },{ "id" : "040-003244370", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(51d): Looking upstream, view of new span. Taken on 2.9.29. [Unidentified bridge, probably across the Sutlej River]. Photographer:…" },{ "id" : "040-003244371", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(52): Bakrala road bridge, March 1928. Photographer: Bali and Co." },{ "id" : "040-003244372", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(53): Bakrala road bridge, March 1928, one all masonry pier and two concrete piers seen from downstream side. Photographer: Bali and Co." },{ "id" : "040-003244373", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(54): Bridge over the Deg River, Sheikhupura Division, Lahore Jhang Bhakkai Arterial Rd. E.D. Cockburn S.E., B.H. Moss E.E., Jagannath…" },{ "id" : "040-003244374", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(55): Bridge over the Deg River, Sheikhupura Division, Lahore Jhang Bhakkai Arterial Rd. E.D. Cockburn S.E., B.H. Moss E.E., Jagannath…" },{ "id" : "040-003244375", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(56): Prints 56a-58b: Postcards of European scenes. Photographer: Various" },{ "id" : "040-003244376", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(59): Prints 59a-63c: Miscellaneous snapshots of scenes in India and Middle East. Photographer: Various" },{ "id" : "040-003244377", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(64): Prints 64a-c: English snapshots. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244378", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(65): Pages 65-73: Snapshots, mainly of Simla, Lahore and Amritsar. Photographer: Astbury, Arthur Ralph" },{ "id" : "040-003244379", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(74): Gorge du Chaudion, Montreux. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244380", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(75): Sanitary Engineer's Circle, P.W.D., Punjab. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244381", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(76): Secretariat Staff, P.W.D. Punjab, Buildings and Roads Branch. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244382", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(77): Ministry of Home Security, Research and Experiments Department, Publications and Records Section. 1945? Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244383", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(78): Staff of the Ministry of Works at Princes Risborough, April 1948. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244384", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(79): Ministry of Works, Princes Risborough, Christmas 1948. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244385", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(80): Tangye oil engines. Pump house, Rawalpindi Waterworks. J.A.R. Bromage, Ex. Engr. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "040-003244386", "parent" : "032-002276785", "text" : "Mss Eur D1197(81): Ministry of Works, Princes Risborough, Christmas 1949. Photographer: Unknown" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
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- Contains:
- Mss Eur D1197(1) : Kakool village, near Abbottabad, 1901. Prospective source of extensions to the water supply of the cantonment and civil station…
Mss Eur D1197(2) : Renala. Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency, garlanded, in the back of the Governor's Daimler. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(3) : Hayab, syce, leading Romeo at Kakool. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(4) : Clocktower, Lyallpur, 1902. The clocktower was the centre of a radiating pattern of streets. The plan of the town was conceived…
Mss Eur D1197(4b) : Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begs, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of…
Mss Eur D1197(5a) : 1903. The tonga terminus at Simla, afterwards incorpated in the railway terminus. Above is Winterfield, office of the…
Mss Eur D1197(5b) : First passenger train 9th Nov 1903. 26th Dec 1903 heavy snowfall. Kalka-Simla Railway. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak
Mss Eur D1197(6a) : Group of condemned houses, Lower Bazaar, Simla, 1903. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(6b) : Group of condemned houses, Lower Bazaar, Simla, 1903. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(7) : Destruction by fire of main building of Bishop Cotton School, Simla. Taken from Winterfield, 7th May 1905, 6 p.m.…
Mss Eur D1197(8) : Solon Brewery Ry. Station on K.S.R. line. Crossing of up and down train and taking waters. The first passenger train to run on…
Mss Eur D1197(9) : Tara-Devi Ry. Station. Up train, plague inspection. Plague inspection at Tara Devi was undertaken to keep the disease from…
Mss Eur D1197(10) : Tunnel on K.S. Ry. Photographer: Chand, G.L. Nanak
Mss Eur D1197(11) : Golden Temple, Amritsar. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(12a) : Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(12b) : Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(13a) : Carved screen, Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(13b) : Parapet designed by B.M. Sullivan for Barnes Court, Simla. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(14a) : Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begg, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of…
Mss Eur D1197(14b) : Barnes Court, Simla after alterations by J. Begg, Consulting Architect, Government of India. The big tree in the middle of…
Mss Eur D1197(15a) : Colonel R.S. Maclagan, at entrance to Sanjouli Tunnel. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(15b) : Major Birdwood at Snowdon [Simla]. (Lord Birdwood). Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(15c) : Ruth Ibbetson, d. of Sir Denzil Ibbetson. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(15d) : Lilian Astbury. Photographer: Unknown
Mss Eur D1197(16) : Secretariat building erected in 1897 on the site previously occupied by the Government of India Public Works Secretariat which…
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- 2 volumes
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- English
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- Start Date:
- 1897
- End Date:
- 1970
- Date Range:
- 1897-1970
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Astbury, Arthur Ralph, civil engineer in India, 1880-1973
Attlee, Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee, Prime Minister, 1883-1967
Behn, Mira, Indian independence campaigner, 1892-1982,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108703868
Cunningham, George, Knight, Governor of North West Frontier Province, 1888-1963
Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937
Hartshorn, Vernon
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947
Indian Political Service, 1937-1947
Indian Statutory Commission, 1927-1930
Simon, John Allsebrook, 1st Viscount Simon, politician and lawyer, 1873-1954
Tollinton, Elinor Caroline, daughter of Arthur Ralph Astbury, wife of Hugh Tollinton, fl 1909-1989
Tollinton, Hugh Phillips, civil servant in India, b 1904 - Places:
- Germany
Hazara, North-West Frontier Province
India, Asia
Ireland, Europe
Lahore, Punjab, Asia
Lyallpur, Punjab
Punjab, Asia
Simla, India