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Mss Eur D1223
- Record Id:
- 032-002277005
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002277005
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x000105
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D1223
- Title:
- Diaries, memoirs, photograph albums, and other papers of Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908) illustrating his career with Steel Brothers & Co Ltd, as a timber manager chiefly in Burma 1929-48; also in North Borneo, Brunei, Sarawak and East Africa 1948-50
- Scope & Content:
- Diaries, memoirs, photograph albums, and other papers of Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908) illustrating his career with Steel Brothers & Co.Ltd as a timber manager chiefly in Burma 1929- 48, also in North Borneo (Sabah), Brunei and Sarawak, and East Africa 1948-50.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002277005", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223: Diaries, memoirs, photograph albums, and other papers of Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908) illustrating his career with Steel Brothers…" },{ "id" : "036-002277006", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/1-8: Typescript memoirs and diaries" },{ "id" : "040-002277007", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/1: Account of Career with Steel Brothers, Burma" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277008", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/2: The Lost Days': an Autobiography" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277009", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/3: Retreat from Burma [signed and dated 1949 with note 'Written up from diaries in 1942-43']" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277010", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/4: The Final Flicker': A Personal Account of the Civil Affairs Service in Burma" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277011", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/5: Burma Diaries Dated as: 1945-46; 1948" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277012", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/6: Burma Diaries" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277013", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/7: Kinabatangan Diary, North Borneo" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277014", "parent" : "036-002277006", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/8: East African Diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277015", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/9-13: Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: original manuscript diaries" },{ "id" : "040-002277016", "parent" : "036-002277015", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/9: Pocket diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277017", "parent" : "036-002277015", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/10: Pocket diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277018", "parent" : "036-002277015", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/11: Desk Diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277019", "parent" : "036-002277015", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/12: Desk Diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277020", "parent" : "036-002277015", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/13: Desk Diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277021", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/14-20: Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: drafts of memoirs, and other papers" },{ "id" : "040-002277022", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/14: Drafts/copies of Burma short stories based on true incidents in Steel Bros. Forest Dept" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277023", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/15: Labelled: 'Detailed Autobiography, Burma 1929-42 (2nd copy)': presumably early version of 'The Lost Days'" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277024", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/16: Labelled: 'The Lost Days Burma, Spare Copy': incomplete; also includes incomplete draft of 'Retreat from Burma': presumably early…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277025", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/17: Burma Diary 1942. The General Retreat' [Though the typescript is different the content appears to be the same as No 3]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277026", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/18: Papers relating to Howe's war service" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277027", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/19: Various papers and rough drafts including Burma diary, the Final Flicker, and East African Diary Dated as: 1942-46; 1950" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277028", "parent" : "036-002277021", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/20: Forest Exploration Reports, North Borneo, Brunei and Sarawak; also one on East Africa; also copy of No 7" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277029", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/21-24: Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: newscuttings, typescript summaries, and newsletters" },{ "id" : "040-002277030", "parent" : "036-002277029", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/21: Newscuttings: accounts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277031", "parent" : "036-002277029", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/22: Newscuttings: photographs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277032", "parent" : "036-002277029", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/23: Typescript summaries of chief events; and newscuttings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277033", "parent" : "036-002277029", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/24: Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: Newsletters" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277034", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/25-28: Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: photograph albums and video" },{ "id" : "040-002277035", "parent" : "036-002277034", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/25: The Howe family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277036", "parent" : "036-002277034", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/26: Howe in Burma" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277037", "parent" : "036-002277034", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/27: Howe in India, Burma, North Borneo and Sarawak, and British Guiana" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277038", "parent" : "036-002277034", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/28: Men of Steel: Teak Operations in the Forests of Burma' (c1900-42): video made from the films of Gordon Hundley and Duncan Edmeades…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277039", "parent" : "032-002277005", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/29-36: Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-002277040", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/29: Manual on Felling, Logging and Classification Rangoon 1916" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277041", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/30: H E W Braund, Three Years with the Chin Levies (reprinted from Journal of United Service Institution of India, Oct 1946 and Jan…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277042", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/31: SEAC Souvenir, part two" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277043", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/32: File of correspondence concerning award of Military Cross and Bar to Lt-Col George Astell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277044", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33: Lt-Col Astell's medals" },{ "id" : "041-003283694", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/1: One of 6 ceremonial medals with ribbons attached to a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003283695", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/2: One of six ceremonial medals with ribbons on a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003283696", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/3: One of six ceremonial medals with ribbons on a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003283697", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/4: One of six ceremonial medals with ribbons on a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003283698", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/5: One of six ceremonial medals with ribbons on a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003283699", "parent" : "040-002277044", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/33/6: One of six ceremonial medals with ribbons on a bar. Awarded to G.H. Astell." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277045", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/34: Envelope of miscellaneous papers and correspondence Dated as: nd; 1989" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277046", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/35: Centenary brochure issued by Burmah Oil Company" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277047", "parent" : "036-002277039", "text" : "Mss Eur D1223/36: Passport" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002277005
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur D1223/1-8 : Typescript memoirs and diaries
Mss Eur D1223/9-13 : Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: original manuscript diaries
Mss Eur D1223/14-20 : Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: drafts of memoirs, and other papers
Mss Eur D1223/21-24 : Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: newscuttings, typescript summaries, and newsletters
Mss Eur D1223/25-28 : Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: photograph albums and video
Mss Eur D1223/29-36 : Philip Arthur Watson Howe (b 1908), Steel Brothers & Co Ltd: miscellaneous
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- 032-002277005
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D1223
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 35 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 1929-1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Mr P A W Howe, 26 July 1990
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Astell, George Henry, army officer, fl 1945
Burmah Oil Company Limited, 1886-1966
Chin Levies
Civil Affairs Service, Burma
Howe, Philip Arthur Watson
Hundley, Elsie
Steel Brothers - Places:
- Brunei, Asia
Burma, Asia
East Africa, Africa
Myanmar, Asia
Pinang, Malaysia
Sabah, Malaysia
Sarawak, Asia