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Mss Eur F252/16
- Record Id:
- 040-002291232
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002291215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001001.0x0000ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F252/16
- Title:
- First Home Leave Venice/Switzerland
- Scope & Content:
-
Diary includes the following:
- Folio 1 (inset of front cover): photograph of mountains with the description ‘Aletschgletscher g. die Fiescherhörner’
- Folio 2 verso: postcard photograph entitled ‘Milano – Piazza del Duomo’ showing a Cathedral Square
- Folio 3 verso: postcard photograph entitled ‘Milano – Dettaglio del Duomo e Torre S. Gottardo’ showing a view of the city from a cathedral viewpoint
- Folio 5 verso: postcard photograph entitled ‘Milano – Corso Vittorio Emanuel’ showing a street scene with tramline
- Folio 7 verso: photograph of the mountain ‘Monte Rosa’ (4638m), from the Gorna Grat
- Folio 8 verso: photograph of the mountain ‘Lyskamm’ (4478m), from the Gorner Grat
- Folio 9 recto: photograph of mountain peaks ‘Zillinge; Castor, 4230m; Pollux, 4094m’
- Folio 10 verso: photograph of the ‘Breithorn’ mountain (4171m) from the Gorner Grat
- Folio 12 verso: photograph of the ‘Matterhorn’ mountain (4505m) from the Riffelberg
- Folio 14 verso: photograph showing a range of mountain peaks with the description ‘Dent Blanche (4364m), Obergabelhorn’(4073m) and Wellenkuppe’ (from the Gorner Grat)
- Folio 16 verso: photograph showing a range of mountain peaks with the description ‘Obergabelhorn, 4073m, Wellenkuppe and Zinalrothorn, 4223m’ (from the Gorner Grat)
- Folio 18 verso: postcard photograph (with reference: L.B. 3674) entitled ‘Hospice du Simplon – Chiens St. Bernard’ (an outdoor scene showing a female figure with three St. Bernard dogs)
- Folio 19 verso: postcard photograph of a waterfall with the description ‘Route du Simplon Galerie du Kaltwasser’
- Folio 22 verso: photograph with the description ‘Galleries in Simplon Road near Kaltwasser’
- Folio 24 verso: photograph showing a view of the Dent Blanche and Obergabelhorn mountain peaks
- Folio 26 verso: postcard photograph (ref: 222) with the description ‘Paris – Notre-Dame – Chimère – Chimaera,’ showing the sculpture of a winged gargoyle on the corner of the (Notre-Dame) cathedral
- Folio 27 verso: photograph of The Weisshorn mountain (4572m) from the Mettalhorn
- Folio 28 recto: photograph of the Mount Rosa group and Gornergletscher, from the Obergabelhorn
- Folio 28 verso: map, in full colour, for ‘Brig and Environs’ (24cm x 23cm)
- Folio 54: list of the Latin names of various flora and trees [loose item]
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002291215
036-002291216
040-002291232 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F252 : Papers of Sir Harry Champion, Indian Forest Service 1912-40; Professor of Forestry, Oxford 1940-59
Mss Eur F252/1-80 : Diaries
Mss Eur F252/16 : First Home Leave Venice/Switzerland - Hierarchy:
- 032-002291215[0001]/036-002291216[0016]/040-002291232
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume and 18 photographs
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- May-Sep 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 54 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)