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Mss Eur F154
- Record Id:
- 032-002315328
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002315328
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00001b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F154
- Title:
- Papers of Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Civil Service 1912, Indian Political Service 1915-48
- Scope & Content:
- Skrine Collection: private and official correspondence, papers and diaries of Sir Clarmont Skrine (1888-1974), Indian Civil Service 1912, Indian Political Service 1915-48, including material relating to Iran, Baluchistan and Kashgar; also sketches and watercolours by Lady Skrine, chiefly of Persian costume and humourous illustrations of ICS social functions.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002315328", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F154: Papers of Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Civil Service 1912, Indian Political Service 1915-48" },{ "id" : "036-002315329", "parent" : "032-002315328", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/1-31: Letters to his parents" },{ "id" : "040-002315330", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/1: Letters from Skrine to his mother [England; Allahabad, Azamgarh, U.P.]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315331", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/2: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Azamgarh, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Cawnpore, U.P.]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315332", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/3: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Cawnpore; Simla]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315333", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/4: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Gorakhpur; Simla; Quetta, Baluchistan]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315334", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/5: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Kerman, Persia]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315335", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/6: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [England; Delhi; Simla; Udaipur]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315336", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/7: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Quetta, Chagai, Baluchistan]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315337", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/8: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Kashmir; Kashgar, Chinese Turkestan]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315338", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/9: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Kashgar]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315339", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/10: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) [Kashgar]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315340", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/11: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and one to his father), while on leave in Europe and N. Africa" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315341", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/12: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father) (see also No 32) [voyage to India; Lahore]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315342", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/13: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and one to his father) [Lahore; Sistan, Birjand]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315343", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/14: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Sistan, Duzdap, Birjand]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315344", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/15: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and one to his father) [Sistan; Harnai, Ziarat, Sibi, Baluchistan]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315345", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/16: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and one to his father) [Sibi, Ziarat]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315346", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/17: Letters from Skrine to his mother (and some to his father), while on leave in Europe" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315347", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/18: Letters from Skrine to his mother (with enclosures) [Mastung, Quetta]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315348", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/19: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Sibi, Mastung, Quetta]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315349", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/20: Letters from Skrine to his mother, on returning from leave in Europe (occasioned by the death of his father in Dec 1933) [Quetta,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315350", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/21: Letters from Skrine to his mother (one enclosure: T/S note by Skrine on the Quetta Earthquake, May 1935) [Quetta, Mastung, Ziarat,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315351", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/22: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Madras States; Bombay]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315352", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/23: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Bolghotty; Trivandrum, Travancore; Ootacamund; Bombay; U.K.]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315353", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/24: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Punjab States; Lahore, Mashobra, Simla Hills]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315354", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/25: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Lahore, Mashobra]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315355", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/26: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Meshed, Persia] Dated as: Jan-Sep 1942 and Jan-Sep 1943" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315356", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/27: Letters from Skrine to his mother, including several written while on leave in Europe 1945-46 [Meshed; France; Engand]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315357", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/28: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Tehran]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315358", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/29: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Tehran]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315359", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/30: Letters from Skrine to his mother [Tehran]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315360", "parent" : "036-002315329", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/31: Letters from Skrine to his mother after his retirement from the ICS in 1948 [Jerusalem; U.K.]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002315361", "parent" : "032-002315328", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/32-37: Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: personal correspondence" },{ "id" : "040-002315362", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/32: Copies of letters from Skrine to his mother and several to his father" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315363", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/33: Copies of letters from Skrine to relatives and close friends" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315364", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/34: Letters from Mrs Helen Skrine to her son, C.P. Skrine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315365", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/35: Letters from Mrs Helen Skrine to her son, C.P. Skrine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315366", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/36: Letters from Mrs Helen Skrine to her son, C.P. Skrine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315367", "parent" : "036-002315361", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/37: Miscellaneous personal letters to Skrine from relatives and close friends in Europe; with some business letters" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002315368", "parent" : "032-002315328", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/38-51: Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: official and demi-official papers" },{ "id" : "040-002315369", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/38: Copy of Administration Report of the Kerman Consulate for 1917, compiled by Skrine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315370", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/39: Drafts and copies of Skrine's demi-official and official despatches and reports on Kashgar; with copies of demi-official and official…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315371", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/40: Official Diaries, Kashgar, for Jul-Dec 1922 (copies)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315372", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/41: Official Diaries, Kashgar, for Jan-Nov 1923 (copies)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315373", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/42: Official Diaries, Kashgar, for Dec 1923-Jul 1924 (copies)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315374", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/43: Volume containing a diary at Kashgar and notes on various topics, compiled by Skrine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315375", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/44: Demi-official papers on frontier policy and the Zahedan Conference on Anglo-Persian relations: Kalat and Chagai" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315376", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/45: Skrine's Warrant of Appointment (OBE)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315377", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/46: Papers relating to Skrine's Residency in the Madras States, including speeches; a report on the Travancore disturbances;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315378", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/47: Private and some official correspondence of Skrine about the future of his career in the IPS, in 1941, after his failure to secure…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315379", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/48: Official papers about Skrine's special mission escorting the Ex-Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlevi) and party from Bombay to Mauritius…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315380", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/49/1: Copies of demi-official correspondence and memoranda of Skrine as Consul-General, Meshed" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315381", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/49/2: File entitled 'Meshed Diaries etc. 1942-45', containing notes by Skrine on events, and from books and articles; also copies of and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315382", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/50: Demi-official papers of Skrine as Counsellor for Indian Affairs, Tehran, including correspondence, reports, minutes and notes mainly…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315383", "parent" : "036-002315368", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/51: Private and some demi-official correspondence of Skrine, mainly with colleagues in India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002315384", "parent" : "032-002315328", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/52-55: Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: papers relating to Skrine's book and articles on Persia" },{ "id" : "040-002315385", "parent" : "036-002315384", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/52: File entitled 'Materials for 2nd Book', ie. World War in Iran, London 1962, containing notes on Sistan, copies of memoranda, copies…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315386", "parent" : "036-002315384", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53: Typescript articles etc. by Skrine:" },{ "id" : "041-002315387", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/1: (a) copy of an article which appeared in The Times, 21 Feb 1917, entitled 'In a Persian City. Peaceful Kerman. British Prestige'…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315388", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/2: (b) official road report on Skrine's journey from Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf to Kerman, Aug-Sep 1917" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315389", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/3: (c) copy of a letter from Skrine to a newspaper describing his journey from Simla to Kerman, Aug-Sep 1917" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315390", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/4: (d) script of a BBC talk by Skrine entitled 'Flood and Furnace in Persia' describing his journey from Bandar Abbas to Kerman in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315391", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/5: (e) paper entitled 'Pioneer Motoring in S.E. Persia' Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315392", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/6: (f) paper entitled 'A Miss is as Good as a Mile', about brigandage in Persia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315393", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/7: (g) paper entitled 'Tribal Life in Persia' Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002315394", "parent" : "040-002315386", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/53/8: (h) synopsis probably for World War in Iran (London 1962)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315395", "parent" : "036-002315384", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/54: Sketches and water-colours mainly of Persian costume; with some comic sketches about ICS social functions, by Doris, Lady Skrine;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315396", "parent" : "036-002315384", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/55: Miscellaneous fragments" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002315397", "parent" : "032-002315328", "text" : "Mss Eur F154/56: Cine Film" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002315328
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F154/1-31 : Letters to his parents
Mss Eur F154/32-37 : Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: personal correspondence
Mss Eur F154/38-51 : Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: official and demi-official papers
Mss Eur F154/52-55 : Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Political Service 1915-48: papers relating to Skrine's book and articles on Persia
Mss Eur F154/56 : Cine Film
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- 032-002315328
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F154
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 55 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1954
- Date Range:
- 1912-1954
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Deposited on permanent loan by Sir C Skrine, and subsequently presented by his heir Mr J M Stewart, 09 November 1970
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947
Indian Political Service, 1937-1947
Reza Shah Pahlevi, ex-Shah of Persia
Skrine, Clarmont Percival, Knight, consular official, 1888-1974 - Places:
- Bombay, India
Bīrjand, Iran
Chagai, Baluchistan
Chinese Turkestan, China
Iran, Asia
Kalat State, Pakistan
Kashgar, China
Kerman, Iran
Lahore, Punjab, Asia
Mashhad, Iran
Mashobra, Simla
Mastung, Kalat State
Ootacamund, Madras
Quetta, Baluchistan
Sibi, Baluchistan
Simla, India
Sīstān-e Balūchestān, Asia
Teheran, Middle East, Asia
Travancore State, India
Trivandrum, Travancore, Madras
United Provinces, India
Ziarat, Baluchistan