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IOR/L/E/8/2540

Record Id:
040-000192625
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-000192625
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/8/2540
Title:

E&O 11613/42 - Visit to India of the American Technical Survey Mission

Scope & Content:

File includes:

  • Government of India Department of Supply Memoranda, Nos.1-24, for the American Technical Mission [with Mineral Map of India, scale 1 inch=128 miles, showing the results of a Geological Survey of India] Government of India memoranda includes reports regarding the position of India on subjects that include: electric power; vitreous enamelware; chemicals; the textile industry; shipbuilding and ship repairing; small tools; iron and steel; civil explosives; locomotive construction; petroleum; canned foodstuffs; shellac; training technical and supervisory staff; rubber; transportation; aircraft repairs; possible manufacture of aircraft spare parts; timber and allied industries; and the manufacture of radio equipment (New Delhi: March 1942)
  • ‘A Note on the Mineral Wealth of India’ by Cyril S Fox, Director, Geological Survey of India (Government of India Press, Calcutta, 1942)
  • Report of the American Technical Mission to India (August 1942) [2 copies]
  • Government of India Memorandum on the Report of the American Technical Mission to India (Government of India Press, New Delhi: November 1942)
  • Map of India, scale 1inch=50 miles, showing main power systems with the installed capacities given for power stations over 250 kilowatts (Electrical Commissioner’s Office, Calcutta: 20th March 1942)
  • Map of India, scale 67 miles to 1 inch, (in colour) showing railways open and under construction on 31st March 1941 (map published under the direction of Brigadier C G Lewis, O.B.E., Surveyor General of India)
  • Statement of India’s position regarding certain important chemicals from May 1942 to late 1942 (figures in tons)

Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000184227
036-000190085
040-000192625
Is part of:
IOR/L/E : Economic Department Records
IOR/L/E/8 : Departmental Papers: Annual Files

 

IOR/L/E/8/2540 : E&O 11613/42 - Visit to India of the American Technical Survey Mission
Hierarchy:
032-000184227[0007]/036-000190085[2542]/040-000192625
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/E
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1942
End Date:
1943
Date Range:
Feb 1942-Jan 1943
Era:
CE
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