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Mss Eur E341
- Record Id:
- 032-002281652
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002281652
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x000225
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur E341
- Title:
- Papers of Sir John Tyson, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47
- Scope & Content:
- Tyson Collection: papers of Sir John Dawson Tyson (1893-1976), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47; Secretary to Agent of the Government of India in South Africa 1927-30; Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47; chiefly comprising weekly letters home (1920-47) giving detailed accounts of his activities both private and official.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002281652", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur E341: Papers of Sir John Tyson, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47" },{ "id" : "036-002281653", "parent" : "032-002281652", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/1-41: Correspondence" },{ "id" : "040-002281654", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/1: Letters written aboard the SS Zeppelin (Liverpool-Bombay-Calcutta) and at Jalpaiguri." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281655", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/2: Letters written from Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281656", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/3: Letters written from Jalpaiguri, Calcutta and Sonamukhi in Bankura." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281657", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/4: Letters written during land settlement training in Bankura District." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281658", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/5: Letters written from Jalpaiguri, Asansol and Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281659", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/6: Letters written from Asansol, Darjeeling and Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281660", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/7: Letters written from Asansol." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281661", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/8: Letters written from Asansol and Burdwan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281662", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/9: Letters written from Asansol and Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281663", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/10: Letters written from Calcutta and Burdwan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281664", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/11: Index to typed letters with Tyson family tree. Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281665", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/12: Letters written from Calcutta, Burdwan, Serampore and Darjeeling." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281666", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/13: Letters written from Alipore and Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281667", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/14: Letters written from Faridpur, Dacca, Darjeeling and Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281668", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/15: Letters written from Faridpur, Howrah, Calcutta and Darjeeling." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281669", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/16: Letters written from Calcutta, Simla, the SS Karoa (Bombay-Delagoa Bay) and Natal, including a tour of South Africa." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281670", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/17: Letters written from South Africa and including a trip to Bechuanaland and Southern Rhodesia." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281671", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/18: Letters written from South Africa, aboard the SS Orsova (Toulon-Madras-Calcutta) and from India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281672", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/19: Letters written from Calcutta, New Delhi, Dacca, Kalimpong and Darjeeling." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281673", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/20: Letters written from Calcutta, Darjeeling Simla, Barrackpore, Chittagong and Dacca." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281674", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/21: Letters written during a trek to the Tibetan frontier from Kalimpong and Gangtok in Sikkim." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281675", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/22: Letters written from Calcutta, Midnapore, Burdwan, Jalpaiguri, Agra, Fatehpur, Delhi, Puri, Duars, Madras, Dacca, Faridpur,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281676", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/23: Letters written during a trek from Darjeeling to the Teesta Gorges and back over the Dongkya La, North Sikkim." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281677", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/24: Letters written from Calcutta." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281678", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/25: Letter written from Darjeeling" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281679", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/26: Letters written aboard the MV Incomati (Calcutta-Colombo-Lorenco Marques) and on leave and touring in South Africa." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281680", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/27: Letters written aboard SS City of London (Birkenhead-Colombo-Calcutta) and from Cooch Behar." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281681", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/28: Letters written from Dacca, Barrackpore and Mymensingh." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281682", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/29: Letters written from Dacca, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Rangoon." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281683", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/30: Letters written from Calcutta, aboard the RMS Strathallan and SS Cavina (New Delhi-Avonmouth-West Indies) and from the West Indies." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281684", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/31: Letters written aboard the SS Ranchi and from Simla." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281685", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/32: Letters written from Simla." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281686", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/33: Letters written from Simla, New Delhi, Poona, Rajputana, Jaipur, Amber and Alwar." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281687", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/34: Letters written from Simla, New Delhi and during a tour of Kashmir." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281688", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/35: Letters written from New Delhi, Calcutta, Chitor, Udaipur and during a tour of Kashmir." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281689", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/36: Letters written from New Delhi, Simla and during a tour of Kashmir." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281690", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/37: Letters written from New Delhi, Srinagar, Agra, Fatehpur and Sikandra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281691", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/38: Letters written from New Delhi, Bombay and on leave in South Africa." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281692", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/39: Letters written from Calcutta, Darjeeling and Delhi." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281693", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/40: Letters written from Calcutta and Darjeeling." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281694", "parent" : "036-002281653", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/41: Letters written from Calcutta, Darjeeling, Delhi and Dacca." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002281695", "parent" : "032-002281652", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/42-48: Sir John Tyson, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47:…" },{ "id" : "040-002281696", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/42: Letterbook and papers, consisting chiefly of correspondence between Tyson and S.G. Hart, District Magistrate at Burdwan, concerning…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281697", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/43: Tyson's entry for the History of Services, Bengal 1939 (complete up to Nov 1938) Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281698", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/44: Combined war diary and private diary. Dated as: Aug 1939-Feb 1940; Apr-May 1940" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281699", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/45: Statement of the constitutional framework under the Government of India Act 1935, with a who's who of prominent non-officials…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281700", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/46: Papers, including telegram exchanges between the Viceroy and Governor of Bengal concerning the position of Calcutta after Partition." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281701", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/47: Notes supplied to Sir John Wheeler-Bennett for his biography of Sir John Anderson (Lord Waverley) when Governor of Bengal 1932-34." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002281702", "parent" : "036-002281695", "text" : "Mss Eur E341/48: Material for a study of Srinivasa Sastri's term as Agent of the Government of India in South Africa, comprising a review of his…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002281652
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur E341/1-41 : Correspondence
Mss Eur E341/42-48 : Sir John Tyson, Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1920-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Bengal 1930-35, 1938, 1945-47:…
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- 032-002281652
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 48 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 1920-1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Deposited on permanent loan by Sir John Tyson and later presented by his daughter Mrs M Mitchell, 08 December 1975
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anderson, John, 1st Viscount Waverley, civil service administrator and politician, 1882-1958
Burrows, Frederick John, Knight, Governor of Bengal, 1887-1973
Hart, Sidney George
Jackson, Francis Stanley, 1870-1947
Sastri, V S Srinivasa, Creator of Mss Eur Photo Eur 299
Tyson, John Dawson, Knight, army officer and administrator in India, 1893-1976 - Places:
- Asansol, Bengal
Bengal, India
Botswana, Africa
Calcutta, India
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, India
Darjeeling, Bengal
India, Asia
Jalpaiguri, Bengal
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Rhodesia, Africa
Sikkim, Asia, India
Simla, India
South Africa, Africa