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Mss Eur F518
- Record Id:
- 032-002296596
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002296596
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000074.0x000052
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F518
- Title:
- Letters and printed material, dated 1940-55, from Dr Verrier Elwin (1902-64)
- Scope & Content:
- Letters and printed material, dated 1940-55, from Verrier Elwin (1902-64), anthropologist and writer living in India from 1927, Adviser for Tribal Affairs to the North-East Frontier Agency from 1954, to his friend Dr Victor Sassoon (1911-97), lecturer in English, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002296596", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F518: Letters and printed material, dated 1940-55, from Dr Verrier Elwin (1902-64)" },{ "id" : "036-002296597", "parent" : "032-002296596", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/1-13: Letters to Victor Sassoon" },{ "id" : "040-002296598", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/1: Letters from Verrier Elwin and Shamarao Himale Dated as: 1947 1948" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296599", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/2: Letters from Verrier Elwin and Shamarao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296600", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/3: Letters from Shamarao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296601", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/4: Letters from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296602", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/5: Letters from Shamarao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296603", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/6: Letters from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296604", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/7: Letter from Marie E. Milie" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296605", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/8: Letters from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296606", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/9: Letters from Shamarao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296607", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/10: Letters from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296608", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/11: Letters from Shamarao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296609", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/12: Letters from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296610", "parent" : "036-002296597", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/13: Undated letters, mostly from Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002296611", "parent" : "032-002296596", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/14-18: Miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-002296612", "parent" : "036-002296611", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/14: I Married a Gond by Verrier Elwin (reprinted from Man in India, Vol.XX, 1940, No. 4)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296613", "parent" : "036-002296611", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/15: Annual letter to the Bhumijan Seva Mandal by Shamrao Himale" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296614", "parent" : "036-002296611", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/16: Invitation cards to Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296615", "parent" : "036-002296611", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/17: Testimonial to Victor Sassoon by Verrier Elwin" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002296616", "parent" : "036-002296611", "text" : "Mss Eur F518/18: Paper entitled Between Anthropology and Literature: The Ethnographies of Verrier Elwin by Ramchandra Guha Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002296596
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F518/1-13 : Letters to Victor Sassoon
Mss Eur F518/14-18 : Miscellaneous
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- 032-002296596
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F518
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 18 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1955
- Date Range:
- 1940-1955
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Ms Edwina Sassoon, 29 November 2004
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Elwin, Harry Verrier Holman, missionary and anthropologist, 1902-1964
Hivale, Shamrao
Sassoon, Victor, Dr - Places:
- Assam, India Asia
Bhumijan Seva Mandal, Central Provinces
Bombay, India
Calcutta, India
East Africa, Africa
Jubbulpore, Central Provinces
Kingdom of Thailand, Asia
Sri Lanka, Asia