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Mss Eur F236/463
- Record Id:
- 040-002290689
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002290194
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000944.0x000269
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F236/463
- Title:
- W. G. Archer Collection: Photographs of Indian village life and customs. Photographer: W. G. Archer.
- Scope & Content:
-
30 contact prints from 35 mm b/w negatives, principally of (Santal?) dancers, originally contained in an envelope marked: V (spare) not to be enlarged + Verrier Elwin. Four of the contact prints are mounted separately on a sheet of paper, with note reading: Film marked V. Enlargements to post-card size - masked as marked. (Glossy contrasty paper).
[Transferred to Prints, Drawings and Photographs.]
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002290194
036-002290679
040-002290689 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F236 : Papers of W G Archer, Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1931-47, and of his wife Mildred Archer, experts on Indian poetry and art
Mss Eur F236/454-465 : W. G. Archer Collection: additional deposit: photographs
Mss Eur F236/463 : W. G. Archer Collection: Photographs of Indian village life and customs. Photographer: W. G. Archer. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002290194[0040]/036-002290679[0010]/040-002290689
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F236
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Unspecified
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1939
- Date Range:
- 1930s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Archer, William George, civil servant in India, historian, and museum curator, 1907-1979