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Photo 452B
- Record Id:
- 032-003376369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003376369
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044157526.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 452B
- Title:
- V. E. Davies Collection: 35 mm film negatives of Bihar and Orissa. Photographer: Vincent Ellis Davies.
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of 35mm black-and-white filmstrips, principally relating to Davies' professional work in Bihar and Orissa (the majority recording official gubernatorial and viceregal visits). No prints exist for these negatives, apart from a few miscellaneous strips of contact prints housed with the collection. The collection has not been examined in detail, but each batch of negatives is identified on the envelopes in which the negatives were originally housed. The subject matter of the photographs is as follows:
1. Santal Parganas, Bihar, 1937 (8 negatives): sports at Hilja Mela, road repairs, a religious occasion.
2. Shahabad District, Bihar, 1940 (8 negatives): views at Rohtas (gateway, Alamgiri Masjid, Rohtasan Temple, views from Raja Ghat).
3. Shahabad District, Bihar, 1940 (22 negatives): palace buildings, Rohtasgarh.
4. Governor's visit to Mayurbhanj, 1941 (8 negatives).
5. Governor's visit to Kanika, Orissa, as guest of the Raja, 1941 (24 negatives).
6. Governor's visit to Chiefs' College, Raipur, Orissa (8 negatives).
7. Governor's visit to Ganjam and Berhampur, Orissa, 1943 (18 negatives).
8. Governor's visit to Sambalpur District, Orissa, 1943 (14 negatives): 32-33 are views from the circuit house.
9. Views in Shahabad District, Bihar, c. 1943 (8 negatives): includes views of the mausoleum of Bakhtiar Khan of Chainpur and temple at Mundeshwari, near Bhabhua.
10. Governor's visit to Kharia, Sambalpur District, Orissa, 1943 (4 negatives).
11. Visit of the Viceroy Lord Wavell to Orissa, December 1943 (31 negatives).
12. Miscellaneous 35 mm contact prints, the majority identified on the reverse. Most of these contact prints do not relate to the negatives in this series.
13. Two black-and white prints relating to the Hurricane fighter plane gifted to the war effort by the Raja of Kanika, Orissa in 1942. One shows the aircraft itself, the other an inscription recording the gift, issued by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, 1945.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003376369", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Photo 452B: V. E. Davies Collection: 35 mm film negatives of Bihar and Orissa. Photographer: Vincent Ellis Davies." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003376369
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003376369
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
155 35mm negatives, plus miscellaneous contact prints.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Techniques:
- Film Negative
Photograph - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 1937-1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired from Mr V. E. Davies, 1977.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Davies, Vincent Ellis, colonial administrator, 1903-2002
- Places:
- Bihar and Orissa, India
- Related Material:
- Photo 452