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Mss Eur F683
- Record Id:
- 032-002739502
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002739502
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022572799.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F683
- Title:
- Papers of Martin Cameron Comrie (1886-1975?), Deputy Commissioner, Indian Civil Service 1911-1936
- Scope & Content:
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1. letters and postcards (14 folios): including a postcard and accompanying letter dated 1 October 1932 threatening to assassinate all five European families in Balaghat, Central Provinces by a so-called Anarchist (ff.1-3); three letters to Mr Comrie dated 1934 from Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India, thanking him for donations to the Viceroy's Earthquake fund ((ff.5-8); copy of speech made by MC Comrie DC, at opening of Bhandara Child Welfare Centre 1935 (ff.9-11); notification of authority to pay MC Comrie an annual pension (ff.12-13)
2. two typescript articles (5 folios): 1) Life of Mrs Irene Muriel Comrie (nee Keelan); 2) John Company's Ladies by Sankar Kumar Datta dated 2/9/61. Includes two photographs of Mrs Comrie, one snapshot of MC Comrie with panther he shot, and a photograph of MC Comrie outside the Red Ford, Delhi, 1935
3. certificate of appointment to the ICS for MC Comrie dated October 1911; a passport for MC Comrie to travel to Russia in July 1908 issued by Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Arms licence for MC Comrie
4. Newspaper cuttings
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002739502", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Mss Eur F683: Papers of Martin Cameron Comrie (1886-1975?), Deputy Commissioner, Indian Civil Service 1911-1936" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002739502
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002739502
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 files (includes 4 photos)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1908-1976
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Source of Acquisition:
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Donated by Nigel Comrie, 14 Feb 2014
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)