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IOR/L/PS/12/716
- Record Id:
- 040-000555719
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000295
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/716
- Title:
- Ext 2804/42 'Archives of legations, etc, abroad'
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence and telegrams from the Government of India, External Department, the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the British Legation at Bangkok, the Commonwealth Legation Office, the Foreign Office Library, and the Office of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom to British India, regarding the removal of the archives of the HM Legation in Bangkok and of the HM Embassy in China. The eighty-four boxes containing the archives were initially sent to Singapore in 1941 and, after its fall, were shipped to India in 1942, and then to the Foreign Office Library in London, in 1948. The file contains details and costs of the transport and storage, and details on the on the preservation and storage of the boxes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555719 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/716 : Ext 2804/42 'Archives of legations, etc, abroad' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0722]/040-000555719
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (53 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000295
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 17 May 1942-10 Dec 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Ext 2804/42
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)