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Mss Eur E375
- Record Id:
- 032-002282660
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002282660
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x00024b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur E375
- Title:
- Papers relating to the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company
- Scope & Content:
- Irrawaddy Flotilla Company Collection: business papers, correspondence, articles, photographs, drawings and painting, of and relating to the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, including descriptions by Company employees of the retreat from Burma 1942.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002282660", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur E375: Papers relating to the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company" },{ "id" : "040-002282661", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/1: Short history of the company, 1865-1948." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282662", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/2: Memorandum on the background, trade and prospects of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, used as a privately circulated share prospectus." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282663", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/3: Notes on company employees by the manager, Mr Swann. Dated as: c1870s" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282664", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/4: Copies of general correspondence, memoranda etc., concerning company affairs." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282665", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/5: Company accounts." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282666", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/6: Correspondence and papers about the supply of fuel for the company's steamers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282667", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/7: Papers and correspondence about the wages and salaries of employees, including information on length of service and on staff…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282668", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/8: Printed particulars of the fleet (with mss notes) listing all the vessels in the company service." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282669", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/9: Timetable of steamer sailings and a handbook on Burma published by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282670", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/10: Register of properties owned by the company. Dated as: nd (c1940s)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282671", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/11: Copies of descriptions of the retreat from Burma by employees of the company." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282672", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/12: Estimates of claims against the Burmese and H.M. Governments, with a list of losses occasioned during the war and a statistical…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282673", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/13: Photographs of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's vessels. Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282674", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/14: Photographs taken at a launching ceremony and at the receptions for shippers on board the new steamer, Japan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282675", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/15: Photographs of company staff." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282676", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/16: Photographs of company buildings, dockyards etc. Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282677", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/17: Copies of items written by company staff: (a) British Army orders, issued by Lt-Col J. Reid, for a reconnaissance of Bassein, with a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282678", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/18: Miscellaneous papers and photographs unconnected with the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Including map of Burma Railways" },{ "id" : "041-003245714", "parent" : "040-002282678", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/18(1): Royal Palace, Mandalay, about 1920 [Kyaung or monastery near the east gate of the Palace]. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003245715", "parent" : "040-002282678", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/18(2): Entrance to Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Unknown" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282679", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/19: Newspapers cuttings, including complete issues of the Burmese Review of 20 May, 24 Jun and 1 and 8 Jul 1946." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002282680", "parent" : "032-002282660", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/20-37: Irrawaddy Flotilla Company: additional papers" },{ "id" : "040-002282681", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/20: Typescript extract of a letter, dated 9 Jan 1886, by Commander Waller John Redman, describing his trade mission to Bhamo, which was…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282682", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/21: List of towns on the Irrawaddy, describing their produce, exports and trade connections." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282683", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/22: A note by R E MacGuire on the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's role in evacuating Indians from the Burmese oilfields following the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282684", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/23: The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company: a short history of the Company, by Alister McCrae, published in Business History, Vol XXII, No 1." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282685", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/24: Photocopy of Kipling's 'Old Flotilla', by Alister McCrae, a brief history of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, published in Kipling…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282686", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/25: Sixteen line drawings of shipping including East Indiamen, paddlesteamers, liners and incidents during WW I and II, all connected…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282687", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/26: A Bachelor Girl in Burmah by Alys Booth (Rochdale) inscribed to Mrs James Hunter" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282688", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/27: Handbook of The Modern School, Thandaung" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282689", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/28: Reprint of 1872 prospectus of The Irrawaddy Flotilla and Burmese Steam Navigation Company Limited" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282690", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/29: Papers, articles, newspaper cuttings and letters regarding the history and constitutional development of Burma and the Irrawaddy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282691", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/30: Burma by Ma Mya Sein (OUP)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282692", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/31: The Burman: An appreciation by C J Richards (Burma Research Society Burma Pamphlets 7)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282693", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/32: Burma Facts and Figures (Burma Research Society Burma Pamphlets 9)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282694", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/33: Articles on The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282695", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/34: Letters to Alister McCrae from Zena Andrews regarding her father James Hunter and his experiences working for the Irrawaddy Flotilla…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282696", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/35: Photograph of James Hunter and his family at Thandaung" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282697", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/36: Photographs of Irrawaddy Flotilla Company vessels" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002282698", "parent" : "036-002282680", "text" : "Mss Eur E375/37: Painting of 'The Irrawaddy at Sagaing below Mandalay' a composite picture showing the 3 decker Thooreah (1880-87) and 2 decker Nepaul…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002282660
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur E375/1 : Short history of the company, 1865-1948.
Mss Eur E375/2 : Memorandum on the background, trade and prospects of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, used as a privately circulated share prospectus.
Mss Eur E375/3 : Notes on company employees by the manager, Mr Swann. Dated as: c1870s
Mss Eur E375/4 : Copies of general correspondence, memoranda etc., concerning company affairs.
Mss Eur E375/5 : Company accounts.
Mss Eur E375/6 : Correspondence and papers about the supply of fuel for the company's steamers.
Mss Eur E375/7 : Papers and correspondence about the wages and salaries of employees, including information on length of service and on…
Mss Eur E375/8 : Printed particulars of the fleet (with mss notes) listing all the vessels in the company service.
Mss Eur E375/9 : Timetable of steamer sailings and a handbook on Burma published by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.
Mss Eur E375/10 : Register of properties owned by the company. Dated as: nd (c1940s)
Mss Eur E375/11 : Copies of descriptions of the retreat from Burma by employees of the company.
Mss Eur E375/12 : Estimates of claims against the Burmese and H.M. Governments, with a list of losses occasioned during the war and a…
Mss Eur E375/13 : Photographs of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's vessels. Dated as: no date
Mss Eur E375/14 : Photographs taken at a launching ceremony and at the receptions for shippers on board the new steamer, Japan.
Mss Eur E375/15 : Photographs of company staff.
Mss Eur E375/16 : Photographs of company buildings, dockyards etc. Dated as: no date
Mss Eur E375/17 : Copies of items written by company staff: (a) British Army orders, issued by Lt-Col J. Reid, for a reconnaissance of Bassein, with…
Mss Eur E375/18 : Miscellaneous papers and photographs unconnected with the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Including map of Burma Railways
Mss Eur E375/19 : Newspapers cuttings, including complete issues of the Burmese Review of 20 May, 24 Jun and 1 and 8 Jul 1946.
Mss Eur E375/20-37 : Irrawaddy Flotilla Company: additional papers
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- 032-002282660
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 19 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1983
- Date Range:
- 1870-1983
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Mr A G MacCrae, 05 September 1979
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hunter, James, Subject of Mss Eur E375
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company
Mccrae, Alister Geddes
Redman, Waller John, Commander - Places:
- Bassein, Burma
Burma, Asia
Myanmar, Asia
Pinang, Malaysia