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Mss Eur D1229

Record Id:: 032-002277230
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002277230
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x00012b
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D1229
Title:: Papers of Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47, while working on engineering projects chiefly in Bahawalpur, Punjab and Baluchistan; also letters from his wife.
Scope & Content:: Correspondence, photographs and memorabilia of Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47, and his wife Gillian Mary Elizabeth Merrington (nee Dench) while working on engineering projects chiefly in Bahawalpur, Punjab and Baluchistan.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-002277230", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229: Papers of Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47, while working on engineering projects chiefly in…" },{ "id" : "040-002277231", "parent" : "032-002277230", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/1: Biographical details and an account of an engineer's day at work in Bahawalpur desert." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277232", "parent" : "032-002277230", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/2-14: Letters from Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47" },{ "id" : "040-002277233", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/2: From U.K.; Bahawalpur State." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277234", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/3: Bahawalpur." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277235", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/4: Bahawalpur; Dalhousie, Punjab; Kasauli, Punjab; Bahawalpur." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277236", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/5: Bahawalpur; Srinagar, Kashmir; Gulmarg, Kashmir; Bahawalpur." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277237", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/6: Bahawalpur; Ferozepore District, Punjab." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277238", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/7: Ferozepore District; Lyallpur District, Punjab." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277239", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/8: Lyallpur District; Lahore, Punjab." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277240", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/9: Lahore." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277241", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/10: Lahore, U.K.; Gujranwala, Punjab." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277242", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/11: Gujranwala; Sheikhpura, Bengal; Gujranwala." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277243", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/12: Gujranwala; Sheikhpura; U.K.; Lahore; Sheikhpura." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277244", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/13: Sheikhpura; Quetta, Baluchistan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277245", "parent" : "036-002277232", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/14: Quetta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277246", "parent" : "032-002277230", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/15-16: Letters from Gillian Mary Elizabeth Merrington, wife of Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47" },{ "id" : "040-002277247", "parent" : "036-002277246", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/15: Montgomery, Punjab; London; Sheikhpura, Bengal." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277248", "parent" : "036-002277246", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/16: Sheikhpura, Bengal; Quetta, Baluchistan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002277249", "parent" : "032-002277230", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/17-20: Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47: miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-002277250", "parent" : "036-002277249", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/17: Undated letters. Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277251", "parent" : "036-002277249", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/18: Letters from various persons." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277252", "parent" : "036-002277249", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/19: Cards, maps and postcards." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002277253", "parent" : "036-002277249", "text" : "Mss Eur D1229/20: Photographs." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002277230
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Contains:: Mss Eur D1229/1 : Biographical details and an account of an engineer's day at work in Bahawalpur desert.
Mss Eur D1229/2-14 : Letters from Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47
Mss Eur D1229/15-16 : Letters from Gillian Mary Elizabeth Merrington, wife of Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47
Mss Eur D1229/17-20 : Herbert Fagent Merrington (b 1904), Indian Service of Engineers 1927-47: miscellaneous

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 20 items
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1927
End Date:: 1940
Date Range:: 1927-1940
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Presented by his second wife Mrs B J Merrington, 25 December 1991
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Indian Service of Engineers
Merrington, Gillian Mary Elizabeth
Merrington, Herbert Fagent