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Mss Eur F440
- Record Id:
- 032-002296165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002296165
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F440
- Title:
- Letters, papers and photograph albums of Denis Hayes Crofton (1908-1995)
- Scope & Content:
- Letters, papers and photograph albums of Denis Hayes Crofton (1908-1995), Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1932-47, and of his father Richard Hayes Crofton, Colonial Civil Service, Hongkong c1900-13, Zanzibar c1915-30s.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002296165", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F440: Letters, papers and photograph albums of Denis Hayes Crofton (1908-1995)" },{ "id" : "036-002296166", "parent" : "032-002296165", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/1-57: Crofton Family" },{ "id" : "040-002296167", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/1: Richard Crofton to Mabel Smith, from England and Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296168", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/2: Richard Crofton to Mabel Smith, from Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296169", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/3: Richard Crofton to Mabel Smith, from on board Nippon Yusen Kaisha and England Dated as: July 1907-Dec1907" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296170", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/4: Richard Crofton to his wife Mabel, from Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296171", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/5: Richard Crofton to his wife Mabel, from Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296172", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/6: Richard Crofton to his son Denis, from Bombay" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296173", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/7: Richard Crofton to his mother, from Hong Kong and Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296174", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/8: W B Mason to Richard Crofton, from Japan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296175", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/9: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England Dated as: July-Dec 1909" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296176", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/10: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from Shanghai, on board S S Hakuai Maru and England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296177", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/11: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296178", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/12: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296179", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/13: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296180", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/14: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296181", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/15: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, on board S S Margha and England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296182", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/16: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296183", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/17: Mabel crofton to her husband Richard, on board General Voyron and England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296184", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/18: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296185", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/19: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard,from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296186", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/20: Mabel Crofton to her husband Richard, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296187", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/21: Letters of condolence to Richard and Mabel Crofton on the death of their second son" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296188", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/22: Letters to Mabel Crofton from various persons in England Dated as: 1913,1917,1921,1923" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296189", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/23: Letters to Mabel Crofton from her son, Denis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296190", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/24: Letters to Mabel and Denis Crofton from Col H J Kelsall Dated as: 1916,1918" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296191", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/25A: Richard and Mabel Crofton to their son Denis, from Hong Kong and Japan (1913) with Guide to Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296192", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/25B: Richard and Mabel Crofton to their son Denis, from Dar-es-salaam and Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296193", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/25C: Richard and Mabel Crofton to their son Denis, from Zanzibar Dated as: 1926, 1928-29" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296194", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/25D: Richard and Mabel Crofton to their son Denis, from Zanzibar Dated as: Sep 1930-Nov 1931; Sep 1932" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296195", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/26: Denis Crofton to his family, from England, Zanzibar and Lalganj, India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296196", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/27: Alison McClure to Mabel Crofton, from England and on board S. S. Britannia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296197", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/28: Denis and Alison Crofton to his parents, from various places in Bihar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296198", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/29: Denis and Alison Crofton to his mother Mabel Crofton, from various places in Bihar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296199", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/30: Denis and Alison Crofton to his parents and sister, from Simla, Patna and New Delhi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296200", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/31: Photocopies of letters from Denis and Alison Crofton to his parents, from Simla and various places in Bihar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296201", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/32: Denis and Alison Crofton to his parents from Patna and Ranchi Dated as: Dec 1944-47" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296202", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/33: Denis Crofton to Alison McClure, from Zanzibar, on board S.S. Tairea and Muzaffarpur, in Bihar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296203", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/34: Alison McClure to Denis Crofton, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296204", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/35: Denis Crofton to his sister Geraldine, from various places in Bihar Dated as: 1933-35,1937,1938" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296205", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/36: Letters to Denis Crofton from his parents, from England, South Africa & Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296206", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/37: Letters to Denis and Alison Crofton from his parents, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296207", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/38: Correspondence regarding Dennis Crofton s posting to Simla" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296208", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/39: Denis Crofton s passage to London and related correspondence Dated as: 1938,1939,1947" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296209", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/40: Letter to Denis and Alison Crofton from nephew Simon" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296210", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/41: Alison Crofton s St John s Ambulance certificate" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296211", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/42: Mabel Crofton to her mother-in-law Mary Crofton, from Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296212", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/43: William Crofton to his mother Mary Crofton, from Malta" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296213", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/44: Mary Crofton to Richard and Mabel Crofton, from Ireland and England Dated as: 1909,1915,1922-23,1928-29" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296214", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/45: Letters to Mary Crofton from friends, from Ireland and England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296215", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/46: Letters to Granny (Mary) Crofton from her family, from England, Ireland and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Dated as: 1916, 1920-23" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296216", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/47: Granny Crofton to Mabel and Denis Crofton Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296217", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/48: Mollie to Richard Crofton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296218", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/49: Frank Smith to his sister Mabel Crofton, from South Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296219", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/50: Mabel Crofton to her brother Frank Smith, from England" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296220", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/51: Mabel Crofton to her brother Frank Smith, from Hong Kong" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296221", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/52: Frank Smith to his parents, from South Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296222", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/53: Mabel Crofton to her parents, from Hong Kong, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar and England Dated as: 1913, 1920-21" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296223", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/54: Letter to Mabel Crofton from her father" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296224", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/55: Invitations etc. (Richard Crofton)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296225", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/56: Letters to Richard Crofton from Dr A H Spurrier, from Zanzibar and Dr Spurrier s obituary by Richard Crofton" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296226", "parent" : "036-002296166", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/57: Astrological manuscript describing the material prospects of the Crofton family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002296227", "parent" : "032-002296165", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/58-83: Zanzibar Official Reports and Publications" },{ "id" : "040-002296228", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/58: Official Gazette of the Zanzibar Government Dated as: 1914,1923,1927,1929" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296229", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/59: Supplements to the Official Gazette of Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296230", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/60: Local News Supplement Dated as: 1927,1923" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296231", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/61: Statistics Zanzibar Protectorate Dated as: 1893-1920, 1893-1932" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296232", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/62: Zanzibar Currency Issue correspondence with British officials Dated as: 1913,1917,1920,1923,1927,1929,1933,1950" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296233", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/63: Various Annual Reports Dated as: 1915,1925,1926,1932" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296234", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/64: Report on the Commission on Agriculture Zanzibar Government" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296235", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/65: Standing Orders of the Legislative Council Zanzibar Protectorate" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296236", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/66: Zanzibar Voice" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296237", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/67: Memorandum on Native Organisations and Administration in Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296238", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/68: Address to the Legislative Council by H H The Sultan, and Richard Crofton as the Acting Resident Dated as: 5 and 26 Nov 1926" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296239", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/69: Farewell Address to Sir Claude Hollis by Zanzibar Government Staff" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296240", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/70: List of Europeans and leading residents Zanzibar and Pemba" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296241", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/71: Zanzibar Protectorate Staff List" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296242", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/72: Report of a Mission appointed to investigate the Clove Trade in India, Burma, Ceylon, British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, by G…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296243", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/73: Report on the indebtedness of the agricultural classes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296244", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/74: Vital statistics European officials in East Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296245", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/75: Vital statistics non-native officials in West Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296246", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/76: Report of the Commission of Enquiry concerning the riot in Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296247", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/77: Silver Jubilee Book of H H The Sultan of Zanzibar" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296248", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/78: Zanzibar Clove Industry Annual Report" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296249", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/79: Colonial Audit Department Establishment List Dated as: Oct 1926, May 1937" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296250", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/80: Zanzibar Clove Growers Association Annual Report" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296251", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/81: Mwongozi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296252", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/82: Programme of Social & Economic Development in the Zanzibar Protectorate for the 10-year period" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296253", "parent" : "036-002296227", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/83: Maps of Zanzibar and Pemba" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296254", "parent" : "032-002296165", "text" : "Mss Eur F440/84: Hong Kong British Government correspondence regarding Crown Leases; letter from Hong Kong Government regarding lack of $1 dollar…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002296165
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F440/1-57 : Crofton Family
Mss Eur F440/58-83 : Zanzibar Official Reports and Publications
Mss Eur F440/84 : Hong Kong British Government correspondence regarding Crown Leases; letter from Hong Kong Government regarding lack of $1…
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 86 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1902-1976
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by his son, Mr P Crofton, 03 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Crofton, Alison Carr, née McClure; wife of Denis Hayes Crofton, fl 1933-1944
Crofton, Denis Hayes, civil servant in India, 1908-1995
Crofton, Mabel Annie, née Furness-Smith, wife of Richard Hayes Crofton, fl 1908
Crofton, Mary, mother of Richard Hayes Crofton, fl 1916-1923
Crofton, Richard Hayes, colonial administrator, fl 1900-1930
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947 - Places:
- Bihar, India
Bihār, India
Hong Kong, China
Japan, Asia
Ranchi, Bihar
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Simla, India
South Africa, Africa
Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Africa