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Mss Eur F169
- Record Id:
- 032-002317652
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002317652
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x000029
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F169
- Title:
- Paper of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, chiefly as Governor of Burma 1946-48
- Scope & Content:
- Rance Collection: papers, correspondence and memoirs of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Elvin Rance (1898-1974), British Army 1916-47, Director of Civil Affairs, Burma 1945-46, Governor of Burma 1946-48.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002317652", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F169: Paper of Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, chiefly as Governor of Burma 1946-48" },{ "id" : "040-002317653", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/1: Government of Burma Secretariat File 33 GS 47, 'Prosecution of Aung San', compiled by Rance's predecessor Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317654", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/2: Government of Burma Secretariat File 24 GS, 'Private & Personal Correspondence with Secretary of State'. Correspondence with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317655", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/3: Government of Burma Secretariat File 71 GS 47, 'H.E.'s Persona Correspondence with Sir David Monteath & Sir Gilbert…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317656", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/4: Copies of two messages, with covering telegrams to the Burma Office, from Rance to Aung San, dated 17 May and 12 Jun 1947, about…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317657", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/5: Government of Burma Secretariat File 23 GS 47, 'Military Appreciations and Connected Papers'. Copies of military appreciations of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317658", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/6: Government of Burma Secretariat File 1 G16/46. Copies of speeches by Rance." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317659", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/7: Copies of telegrams concerning changes at the Burma Office and the extension of Premature Retirement Rules to cover those serving in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317660", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/8: 'H.E.'s Private Letters'. Personal correspondence, including letters of congratulation on Rance's appointment as Governor of Burma." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317661", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/9: Miscellaneous papers connected with Rance's governorship, including notes on the Rangoon police strike, 6-7 Sep 1946, and on a Court…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317662", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10: Volume of descriptive notes on the Burma Railways workshops at Insein, with plan and photographs, compiled for Rance's visit on 19…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003247197", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(1): Insein Works, June 1945. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "041-003247198", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(2): Panoramic view taken from tank tower adjacent to W.M.L.'s office. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "041-003247199", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(3): Insein Works, June 1945. Fitting Shop showing incompleteness of final [Japanese] evacuation. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "041-003247200", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(4): Insein Works, June 1945. View inside Erecting Shop. Overhead crane under remains of roof at far end. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "041-003247201", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(5): Insein Works, June 1945. View inside Boiler Shop. Floor damage has been sustained under dropped girder on left. Photographer:…" },{ "id" : "041-003247202", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(6): Insein Works, June 1945. Close up of foundry structure. Pattern shop in background is seriously damaged. Photographer: Unknown" },{ "id" : "041-003247203", "parent" : "040-002317662", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/10(7): Insein Works, June 1945. Jap 'C' class engine taken on line outside Tender Shop. Height compared with B.R. 'M' class should be…" },{ "id" : "040-002317663", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/11: Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the political unrest in Burma and the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317664", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/12: Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about constitutional issues connected with the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317665", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/13: Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the assassination on 19 Jul 1947 of Aung…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317666", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/14: Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about constitutional matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002317667", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/15-19: Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: visit to Burma, 1955-56" },{ "id" : "040-002317668", "parent" : "036-002317667", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/15: Extracts from English-language newspapers, and translated summaries from Burmese- and Chinese-language presses, describing a visit to…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317669", "parent" : "036-002317667", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/16: Copies of news items issued by the British Embassy, Rangoon, or by the Government of Burma Ministry of Information, connected with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317670", "parent" : "036-002317667", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/17: Copies of newspaper photographs taken during the Rances' visit to Burma." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317671", "parent" : "036-002317667", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/18: Copies and drafts of speeches by Sir Hubert Rance during his visit to Burma." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317672", "parent" : "036-002317667", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/19: Miscellaneous papers and photographs connected with the Rances' visit to Burma, including the texts of a subsequent BBC interview…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002317673", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20-21: Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: memoirs" },{ "id" : "040-002317674", "parent" : "036-002317673", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20: Typed copies of the memoirs of Sir Hubert Rance as Director of Civil Affairs, Burma, 1945-46, as Governor of Burma 1946-48, and as a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002317675", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/1: Part I. Director of Civil Affairs, Burma, 1945-1946." },{ "id" : "041-002317676", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/2: Part II - Section 1. Governor of Burma 1946-1948." },{ "id" : "041-002317677", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/3: Part II - Section 2. Burma and the Commonwealth." },{ "id" : "041-002317678", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/4: Part II - Section 3. The Assassination of Aung San, 19 Jul 1947." },{ "id" : "041-002317679", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/5: Part II - Section 4. [The Karens; the Crombie, Freeman and Listowel Missions to Burma, 1947; the Nu-Attlee Agreement, Oct 1947.]" },{ "id" : "041-002317680", "parent" : "040-002317674", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/20/6: Part II. Return Visit, 31 Dec 1955-25 Jan 1956." },{ "id" : "040-002317681", "parent" : "036-002317673", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/21: Another copy of 20, excepting Part II, Section 1." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002317682", "parent" : "032-002317652", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/22-25: Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-002317683", "parent" : "036-002317682", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/22: Copies of various papers on Burma, including a record of a meeting held at Chatham House on 24 Mar 1948, containing the text of a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317684", "parent" : "036-002317682", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/23: Correspondence about Rance's memoirs and papers with Sir Gilbert Laithwaite; Sir Stanley Tomlinson (b 1912), Deputy Under-Secretary…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317685", "parent" : "036-002317682", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/24: A Trial in Burma: The Assassination of Aung San, by Maung Maung (The Hague, 1962)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002317686", "parent" : "036-002317682", "text" : "Mss Eur F169/25: Profile of a Burma Frontier Man, the autobiography of Vum Ko Hau (Privately printed at Bandung, Indonesia, 1966)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002317652
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Mss Eur F169/1 : Government of Burma Secretariat File 33 GS 47, "Prosecution of Aung San", compiled by Rance's predecessor Sir Reginald…
Mss Eur F169/2 : Government of Burma Secretariat File 24 GS, "Private & Personal Correspondence with Secretary of State". Correspondence…
Mss Eur F169/3 : Government of Burma Secretariat File 71 GS 47, "H.E.'s Persona Correspondence with Sir David Monteath & Sir…
Mss Eur F169/4 : Copies of two messages, with covering telegrams to the Burma Office, from Rance to Aung San, dated 17 May and 12 Jun 1947,…
Mss Eur F169/5 : Government of Burma Secretariat File 23 GS 47, "Military Appreciations and Connected Papers". Copies of military…
Mss Eur F169/6 : Government of Burma Secretariat File 1 G16/46. Copies of speeches by Rance.
Mss Eur F169/7 : Copies of telegrams concerning changes at the Burma Office and the extension of Premature Retirement Rules to cover those serving…
Mss Eur F169/8 : "H.E.'s Private Letters". Personal correspondence, including letters of congratulation on Rance's appointment as…
Mss Eur F169/9 : Miscellaneous papers connected with Rance's governorship, including notes on the Rangoon police strike, 6-7 Sep 1946, and on a…
Mss Eur F169/10 : Volume of descriptive notes on the Burma Railways workshops at Insein, with plan and photographs, compiled for Rance's visit on…
Mss Eur F169/11 : Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the political unrest in Burma and…
Mss Eur F169/12 : Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about constitutional issues connected with…
Mss Eur F169/13 : Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about the assassination on 19 Jul 1947 of…
Mss Eur F169/14 : Xerox copies from Burma Office files of official telegrams to and from Rance, mainly about constitutional matters.
Mss Eur F169/15-19 : Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: visit to Burma, 1955-56
Mss Eur F169/20-21 : Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: memoirs
Mss Eur F169/22-25 : Maj-Gen Sir Hubert Rance, Governor of Burma 1946-48: miscellaneous
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- 032-002317652
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 25 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1972
- Date Range:
- 1946-1972
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Sir Hubert and Lady Rance, 10 May 1974
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, Burma
Aung San, Burmese revolutionary and nationalist, 1915-1947
Briggs, Harold Rawdon, Lieutenant-General
Burma Civil Service
Civil Affairs Service, Burma
Crowther, William Alan, Major-General
Hare, William Francis, 5th Earl of Listowel
Indian Police, c 1865-
Laithwaite, John Gilbert, Knight, colonial administrator, 1894-1986
Monteath, David Taylor, Subject of Mss Eur D714
Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William, Baron Pethick-Lawrence
Rance, Hubert Elvin, Knight, Major-General, 1898-1974
Smith, Reginald Hugh, Knight, politician, soldier and colonial governor, 1899-1977 - Places:
- Burma, Asia
Myanmar, Asia
Pinang, Malaysia