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Mss Eur F189

Record Id:: 032-002321804
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002321804
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000094.0x00003c
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F189
Title:: Papers of Maj John McLoughlin Short, Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43
Scope & Content:: Short Collection: papers of Maj John McLoughlin Short (1897-1969), Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43, Civil Liaison Officer to the Sikh community 1940-42, Personal Assistant to Sir Stafford Cripps during Cabinet Mission to India 1946; including correspondence, official papers, newspaper cuttings and photographs.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Tree:: [{ "id" : "032-002321804", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F189: Papers of Maj John McLoughlin Short, Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43" },{ "id" : "040-002321805", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/1: Draft of letter to Marquess of Lothian, and latter's reply, on differing attitudes to India of John and Henry Lawrence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321806", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/2: Miscellaneous personal correspondence, papers and memorabilia Dated as: 1939-Oct 1942" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321807", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/3: Correspondence and papers relating to Short's 'Sikh Mission' of 1940, his work as Civil Liaison Officer, Lahore Area, and the Khalsa…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321808", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/4: Correspondence and papers on political subjects" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321809", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/5: Correspondence and papers relating to Short's proposal for establishment of a Public Liaison Section at G.H.Q., India, his work as…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321810", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/6: Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem with particular reference to the need to harness Indian support for the war…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321811", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/7: Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem including papers of a Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321812", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/8: Letters from Lieutenant Mazhar Ali Khan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321813", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/9: Correspondence and papers relating to preparations for, and work of, the Cabinet Mission to India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321814", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/10: Letters and messages of farewell on Short's departure with Cabinet Mission, and of welcome on his arrival in India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321815", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/11: Miscellaneous and minor correspondence while in India with Cabinet Mission (arranged alphabetically by correspondent)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321816", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/12: White Papers (Cmd. 6829, 6835, 6861, 6862) on the Cabinet Mission" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321817", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/13: Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem in the aftermath of the Cabinet Mission" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321818", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/14: Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem including material relating to the London Conference of Dec 1946" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321819", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/15: Copies of Parliamentary Debates on India" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321820", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/16: Correspondence and papers chiefly on the Indian political problem" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321821", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/17: Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem and the position of the Sikhs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321822", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/18: Correspondence and papers on the position of the Sikhs and problems arising from partition" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321823", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/19: Miscellaneous personal and political correspondence and papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321824", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/20: Correspondence and papers on the Kashmir crisis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321825", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/21: Letters to H.V. Hodson and A.V.Alexander on the importance of Baldev Singh, V.P.Menon and Lord and Lady Mountbatten in keeping India…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321826", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/22: Letters from Penderel Moon" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321827", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/23: Letters from Sant Singh" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321828", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/24: Letters from V.P.Menon" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002321829", "parent" : "032-002321804", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/25-31: Maj John McLoughlin Short, Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43: miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-002321830", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/25: Miscellaneous, mainly personal, correspondence and papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321831", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/26: Obituaries, including two by Short on Colonel William Henry Ralston (d 1962) and Lieutenant-Colonel John Devereux Parkin (d 1966)…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321832", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/27: Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Devereux Parkin to the 5th Battalion (D.C.O.) The Sikh Regiment enclosing A Diary of 5th Bn…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321833", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/28: Photographs of army life: sports, cup winning teams Dated as: c1923 et seq" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321834", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/29: Miscellaneous photographs, including one of the artist Amrita Sher Gill, and one of Majors Short and Woodrow Wyatt taken on day of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321835", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/30: 108 photographs, captioned and numbered in two sequences with cross-references, recording an operation by 'Aziforce' against Ahmadzai…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002321836", "parent" : "036-002321829", "text" : "Mss Eur F189/31: Pencil cartoons by Short" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002321804
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Mss Eur F189/1 : Draft of letter to Marquess of Lothian, and latter's reply, on differing attitudes to India of John and Henry Lawrence
Mss Eur F189/2 : Miscellaneous personal correspondence, papers and memorabilia Dated as: 1939-Oct 1942
Mss Eur F189/3 : Correspondence and papers relating to Short's 'Sikh Mission' of 1940, his work as Civil Liaison Officer, Lahore Area,…
Mss Eur F189/4 : Correspondence and papers on political subjects
Mss Eur F189/5 : Correspondence and papers relating to Short's proposal for establishment of a Public Liaison Section at G.H.Q., India, his work…
Mss Eur F189/6 : Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem with particular reference to the need to harness Indian support for the…
Mss Eur F189/7 : Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem including papers of a Royal Institute of International Affairs…
Mss Eur F189/8 : Letters from Lieutenant Mazhar Ali Khan
Mss Eur F189/9 : Correspondence and papers relating to preparations for, and work of, the Cabinet Mission to India
Mss Eur F189/10 : Letters and messages of farewell on Short's departure with Cabinet Mission, and of welcome on his arrival in India
Mss Eur F189/11 : Miscellaneous and minor correspondence while in India with Cabinet Mission (arranged alphabetically by correspondent)
Mss Eur F189/12 : White Papers (Cmd. 6829, 6835, 6861, 6862) on the Cabinet Mission
Mss Eur F189/13 : Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem in the aftermath of the Cabinet Mission
Mss Eur F189/14 : Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem including material relating to the London Conference of Dec 1946
Mss Eur F189/15 : Copies of Parliamentary Debates on India
Mss Eur F189/16 : Correspondence and papers chiefly on the Indian political problem
Mss Eur F189/17 : Correspondence and papers on the Indian political problem and the position of the Sikhs
Mss Eur F189/18 : Correspondence and papers on the position of the Sikhs and problems arising from partition
Mss Eur F189/19 : Miscellaneous personal and political correspondence and papers
Mss Eur F189/20 : Correspondence and papers on the Kashmir crisis
Mss Eur F189/21 : Letters to H.V. Hodson and A.V.Alexander on the importance of Baldev Singh, V.P.Menon and Lord and Lady Mountbatten in keeping…
Mss Eur F189/22 : Letters from Penderel Moon
Mss Eur F189/23 : Letters from Sant Singh
Mss Eur F189/24 : Letters from V.P.Menon
Mss Eur F189/25-31 : Maj John McLoughlin Short, Indian Army 1916-31, Indian Army Reserve Officer 1939-43: miscellaneous

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 31 items
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1938
End Date:: 1967
Date Range:: 1938-1967
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Presented by Mrs J McLoughlin Short and family, 18 November 1980
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Alexander, Horace Gundry, Quaker envoy and mediator, 1889-1989
All India Students Federation
Barstow, Arthur Edward, army officer, 1888-1942
Blaker, George Blaker
Commonwealth of Nations
Communist Party of India
Cripps, Richard Stafford, statesman and lawyer, 1889-1952,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109224156
Darling, Malcolm Lyall, Knight, of the Indian Civil Service, 1880-1969
Datta, Surendra Kumar, lecturer and politician, 1878-1942
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahātmā, lawyer, politician, anti-colonialist activist and ethicist, 1869-1948,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121386043
Harrison, Agatha, Subject of Mss Eur D1113
Indian Army, 1895-1947
Kerr, Philip Henry, 11th Marquess of Lothian
Khan, Mazhar Ali, Lieutenant
Lawrence, Henry Montgomery, Knight, Army Officer, East India Company, 1806-1857
Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1st Baronet Lawrence, 1811-1879
Menon, Vapal Pangunni
Moon, Edward Penderel, of the Indian Civil Service
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110605263
Nicholson, Godfrey, Subject of Mss Eur F189
Ouwerkerk, Louise
Parkin, John Devereux, Lieutenant-Colonel
Ralston, William Henry, Colonel
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Short, John McLoughlin, army officer in India, 1897-1969
Sikh Regiment
Singh, Baldev, Sardar
Singh, Sant, Sardar
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl of Halifax, politician and diplomat, 1881-1959
Wyatt, Woodrow Lyle, Baron Wyatt of Weeford, politician journalist and playwright
Places:: India, Asia
North-West Frontier, India