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Mss Eur F252/22
- Record Id:
- 040-002291241
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002291215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001001.0x0000b6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F252/22
- Title:
- Motor Tour in Central Europe
- Scope & Content:
-
Diary includes the following:
- Folio 2a: photograph of Andernach South Gateway [loose item]
- Folio 2b: typescript letter, dated 11th February 1950, to Professor Harry Champion, from the Bursar, St. John Baptist College, Oxford, requesting that (Harry Champion) ‘tactfully have a word’ with Demonstrator P J Rennie over a sum of £19.5s. owed by him to the College (handwritten notes on reverse of letter dated May 1931 includes names of German towns, including Eberswalde and Tharandt, and names of persons including ‘Fabricius,’ possibly the Danish zoologist (d.1808) who specialized in insects) [loose item]
- Folios 2c-2d: unsigned handwritten notes showing the names of persons in German with personal comments on certain personality traits and physical characteristics pertaining to them (example: “Leinigen Wien – elderly stout guy, pointed beard, deaf, bit bur [illeg.], untidy table, wee old thing with lady doctor assistant”) [2 loose items]
- Folio 57 verso: two photographs of houses at Otztal
- Folio 60 verso: photograph showing a scenic view from Wald Haus Hotel, Sils-Maria, towards Maloja
- Folio 61 verso: photograph of a view from Park Hotel, Pontresina, “up Roseg V”
- Folio 67 verso: photograph of a motor car on the Julier Pass with a lady seated outside of the car and facing the camera
- Folio 68 verso: photograph of at motor car at Rhon Gletscher
- Folio 76 verso: photograph showing a bedroom interior at Hotel Roseneck, Freiberg
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002291215
036-002291216
040-002291241 - 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 F252/22 : Motor Tour in Central Europe - Hierarchy:
- 032-002291215[0001]/036-002291216[0025]/040-002291241
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume and 8 photographs
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1931
- Date Range:
- May 1931-Jul 1931
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliated: 79 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)