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Mss Eur F252/68
- Record Id:
- 040-002291288
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002291215
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001001.0x0000e5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F252/68
- Title:
- India in 1961-62: Part 2
- Scope & Content:
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Diary includes:
- Folio 1 verso: photograph showing the inspecting of sal strip regeneration (Goalpara W Dn.) (photograph: S Rajkhowa, 14th March 1962)
- Folio 2 verso: photograph of A [illeg.] ulgang bridge at Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 2 verso: photograph of Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 2 verso: photograph of Osmania University, Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 3 verso: photograph of Moona Mastjid (mosque), Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 3 verso: photograph of the ‘Tank Band’ (Tank Bund road), Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 3 verso: photograph of Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Deccan
- Folio 4 verso: photograph of roadside planting with Zizyphus (Ziziphus) thorn protection, near Gondal A.P.
- Folio 4 verso: photograph of a view south from Bison Hill over Silero Blk (? block)
- Folio 5 verso: photograph of one season old coffee plants under forest shelter
- Folio 6 verso: photograph of the Saccharum procera species of plant with panicles 3ft long
- Folio 7 verso: photograph of Dipterocarpus macrocarpus species of tree, 20ft sapling broken off, by Mikania but pushing through (21st March 1962)
- Folio 8 recto: photograph of 1961 teak taungya (Bihar)
- Folio 8 verso: photograph of Forestry Centenary Celebrations at Hyderabad, 17th January 1962, with ‘IGF Rao’ speaking
- Folio 10 verso: photograph of contour ridge sowing (Zahirabad, near Hyderabad)
- Folio 12 verso: photograph of 1941-47 hybrid Eucalyptus coppice with standards (Lakshmisagar, Kolar Dn.)
- Folio 12 verso: photograph of Ramsagar [illeg.] khtali reclamation area denuded schists, 1960 staggered trenches with Eucalyptus dalbergia and Cassia
- Folio 12a: notepaper sketches in pencil of a giraffe, a zebra, a gazelle, and a bulldog [loose item]
- Folio 12b: notepaper sketches in pencil of a hippo and a panda [loose item]
- Folio 13 verso: photograph of the watering of Eucalyptus seed beds (Kolar Dn.)
- Folio 13 verso: photograph of 1960 tractor ploughed ridges with mixed sowings and Boswellia cuttings
- Folio 14 verso: photograph of recently captured elephants with pensioner and tusker (Shampur, Mysore)
- Folio 15 verso: photograph at Tanga River dam showing the reservoir submerging ‘best’ teak forest (Shimoga, Mysore)
- Folio 15 verso: photograph of flowered-out Bambusa arundinacea plants
- Folio 16 verso: two photographs showing Vateria trees lopped for green manure
- Folio 17 verso: untitled photograph of a tree
- Folio 17 verso: photograph of ‘Beauty and the Scorpion’ sculpture (Halabid)
- Folio 18 verso: two photographs of an ‘exceptional’ teak log at Kakankoti
- Folio 19 verso: two photographs of sculptures at Halabid
- Folio 20 verso: photograph showing an example of the Elaeocarpus tuberculatus species of tree (Shimoga: 25th January 1962)
- Folio 21 verso: photograph of comparative thinning plots in 1932 teak (Nilambur)
- Folio 21 verso: photograph of Harry Champion at the Connoly 1841 teak plantation
- Folio 22 verso: photograph of Nilambur teak, 1927 under-plant of Pericopsis in 1922 teak
- Folio 22 verso: photograph of the Connoly 1841 plantation
- Folio 23 verso: photograph of 1934 teak under Craib’s thinning final stage with 45 stems/acre
- Folio 24 verso: photograph of Eucalyptus grandis basket and tube planting in Imperata over Periya River
- Folio 25 verso: photograph of 1961 Eucalyptus grandis ‘with 1955 behind Peerawadi’ (2nd February 1962)
- Folio 25 verso: photograph of a 1960 plantation, showing ranger Raman Pillai (prize winner)
- Folio 26 verso: photograph of shaded nursery beds of Eucalyptus grandis (Peerawadi, Kerala, 2nd February 1962)
- Folio 26 verso: photograph of first season of under-planted coffee
- Folio 27 verso: two photographs at the Periyar Game Sanctury (showing a large area of water)
- Folio 28 verso: photograph of 1960 rubber plants with Pueraria cover crop (Kalakesa, Tiruvel, Kerala)
- Folio 29 verso: photograph of Acacia planifrons (shrubs) at Cape Comorin
- Folio 29 verso: photograph of an Eugenia jambolana tree, 25ft G.B.H., at Papanasam Temple
- Folio 30 verso: photograph of 1959 mixed hardwood plantation at Papanasam, showing Bombax at 16’x 16,’ Tectona and Ailanthus (5th February 1962)
- Folio 31 verso: photograph of a general view of mixed light hardwoods at Papanasam viewed from Thambadara dam
- Folio 31 verso: photograph of granite outcrop by Papanasam Road
- Folio 32 verso: photograph of Pinus insignis trees (Kodaikanal)
- Folio 32 verso: photograph of dead Pinus insignis trees with Lobelia plants in the foreground (Kodaikanal, 7th February 1962)
- Folio 33 verso: photograph of granite cliffs with shola at top, 7000ft, and wattle firebreak along pine plantation
- Folio 33 verso: photograph of 1959 wattle plantation, Kodaikanal
- Folio 34 verso: photograph of Eucalyptus grandis plants 7 months after planting (Munnar Estate, 5,500ft, 7th February 1962)
- Folio 35 verso: photograph of 6-7 year old Eucalyptus grandis trees (Grahamland Estate, Munnar, MD., 7the February 1962)
- Folio 36 verso: photograph of 1934 teak trees (Mt. Stewart origin at Top Slip MD.)
- Folio 36 verso: photograph of 1959 Anacardium plants 33 x 11ft. (Trichinopalli Dt., 10th February 1962)
- Folio 37 verso: photograph at the Papanasam plantation, 1959, showing Ailanthus (‘tree of Heaven’) and Bombax
- Folio 37 verso: photograph of stone pillars of the temple at Srirangan on the Cautvery road (11th February 1962)
- Folio 38 verso: photograph of a view over wattle plantations and Shola (Kudaikanal, 7th February 1962)
- Folio 41 verso: two photographs showing the last stages of over-mature sal with invasive teak regeneration (Matheli, Orissa)
- Folio 42 verso: photograph of a Ficus religiosa tree hacked to destruction, near Jeypur, Orissa
- Folio 43 verso: photograph showing the last stage of destruction of village sal forest at Matheli in Jeypur Dn., Orissa
- Folio 44 verso: photograph of old sal in village forest, Matheli, and soil erosion
- Folio 45 verso: photograph of a view downstream at Tikapara
- Folio 47 verso: photograph of Casuarina plantations at Balakhand, with a view along foreshore towards Puri showing 1958 shelterbelt in front of 1922 plantation (21st February 1962)
- Folio 48 verso: photograph of a stone wheel engraved in a wall at Konarak (Konark) Sun Temple
- Folio 48 verso: photograph of 1922 and 1955 Casuarina plants (Balakhand, Puri)
- Folio 49 verso: photograph of a view at the ferry across Kharswan River (tributary of Brahmini River)
- Folio 50 verso: photograph of Pinus khasya trees (dated 1934 and at 8’ x 8’) at Daudurchampa R.H., near Simli paper mill
- Folio 51 verso: two photographs of Bhabar grass plantations at Jamsol showing (1) 1960, one month after cutting (2) 1961, uncut
- Folio 52 verso: photograph of dune fixation with Casuarina (Digha, east Midnapur Dn.) at a 1956 plantation
- Folio 52 verso: photograph at a dune fixation area showing thinnings used for fences
- Folio 53 verso: photograph of laterite reclamation with bamboo, Acacia, Arabica and Cassia siamea (Kudalawa, east Midnapur)
- Folio 53 verso: photograph of 1951 Alstonia trees, 6’x 6,’ on shallow soil over laterite (Anabari plantation, east Midnapur)
- Folio 54 verso: photograph of Asha forest rest house, Bankura Dn., with residual sal trees
- Folio 55 verso: photograph of cattle grazing sissu in a plantation (Balapur, Bankura Dn., 26th February 1962)
- Folio 56 verso: photograph of a view from Si [illeg.] oke forest rest house (5th March 1962)
- Folio 56 verso: photograph of a view from Gorumara forest rest house lookout (6th March 1962)
- Folio 57 verso: photograph of preservation plot at Badanthan, Darjeeling (6th March 1962)
- Folio 57 verso: photograph of sal, chir and Phoenix humilis on the ridge over Great Ranjit River, Darjeeling (6th February 1962)
- Folio 58 verso: photograph of a view westwards from Ghom showing terraced fields with residual forest below (5th March 1962)
- Folio 59 verso: photograph showing a view of slopes over the Great Ranjit River
- Folio 60 verso: photograph of the India/Nepal border at Simana
- Folio 61 verso: photograph of a 1962 plantation area with contour lines and charcoal burning (Begorra, west Bengal, 7th March 1962)
- Folio 61 verso: photograph of mound planting sissu kadam in swampy land (Malda Dn.)
- Folio 62 verso: photograph of mound planting in swampy ground (kadam eucalyptus), Malda Dn., west Bengal
- Folio 63 verso: two photographs of teak plantations at Bamanpokhri, 9th March 1962, showing (1) flying nursery with natural forest and (2) 1957 plantation
- Folio 64 verso: photograph of temperate hill forest along Samsingh Road at 5,200ft., Darjeeling Dn.
- Folio 65 verso: two photographs of rhinos at Jaldepara
- Folio 66 verso: photograph of sal, teak, champ and schima planted in lines “10, 11, 12” (Kodalbasti Cooch, Behar (11th February 1962)
- Folio 67 verso: photograph of the approach road to Gorumara forest rest house
- Folio 67 verso: photograph at Samsingh forest rest house showing the loading of schima wood for plywood (14th March 1962)
- Folio 68 recto: photograph of the loading of a large sal log at Samsingh (6th March 1962)
- Folio 68 verso: photograph of Champ Avenue lined with trees approximately 30 years old (near Ramonwa rest house)
- Folio 68 verso: photograph of ‘Burs 1920’ (showing the results of sal line sowing near Ramonwa forest rest house, Goalpara) (14th March 1962)
- Folio 69 verso: photograph of ‘moribund’ sal trees (1901 sal nursery with N.P.K. experiments in the foreground, 15th March 1962)
- Folio 69 verso: photograph of 1920 sal line sowing near Ramona forest rest house, 14th March 1962
- Folio 70 verso: photograph of a Cinnamomum cecdodaphne tree (Ultapani, Bhutan, 15th March 1962)
- Folio 70 verso: photograph of a view towards the hill from S [illeg.] ang rest house, Bhutan, 15th March 1962)
- Folio 71 verso: photograph of Chandubi Bheel, formed by 1847 earthquake (Kamrup Dn., 17th March 1962)
- Folio 71 verso: photograph of Mesua understory to 1874 teak (Kulsi, 17th March 1962)
- Folio 72 verso: photograph of Khasya pine forest showing erosion due to denudation and potato cultivation
- Folio 72 verso: photograph at Assam Pine Forest showing 1960 sowings under standards in 100-150ft. contours (Raiwatkhana)
- Folio 73 verso: photograph of the Mansmai Cliffs, near Cherrapunji (18th March 1962)
- Folio 73 verso: photograph of 1957 sowings of Pinus khasya trees in 4ft strips 6ft apart under 15 standards per acre now due for felling (Raiwatkhana, near Shillong)
- Folio 74 verso: photograph of Pinus Khasya pines under regeneration, 1957-58 (Shillong, 19th March 1962)
- Folio 75 verso: photograph of a view north east onto Cherrapunji Cliffs from the new road (18th March 1962)
- Folio 75 verso: photograph of 1935 Dipterocarpus macrocarpus sample plot, thinned in 1955 (Jeypore, 20th March 1962)
- Folio 75a: typescript on the subject the musk deer and a method for its capture [loose item]
- Folio 76 verso: photograph of a scene at Tikaknaga village N.E.F.A., 21ST March 1962
- Folio 76 verso: photograph of Terminalia myriocarpa tree natural regeneration on new silt, near Namchik N.E.F.A.
- Folio 77 verso: photograph of ‘one of the biggest’ 1874 teak trees, 9’ 10” G.B.H. (Kalsi)
- Folio 78 verso: photograph of 1887 teak, 100ft high, at S.P.5, Wimberley Ganj, south Andaman, 24th March 1962
- Folio 78 verso: photograph of 1961 teak Nilambur seed dibbled in 1955-56 exploitation after clearing and burning (Jaikatang, south Andaman)
- Folio 79 verso: photograph of Nilambur camp at north end of south Andaman, 24th February 1962
- Folio 79 verso: photograph of 1904 Padauk sample plot, Wimberleyganj, south Andaman, 24th March 1962
- Folio 79a: handwritten tour itinerary for 23rd-30th March 1962 [loose item]
- Folio 80 verso: photograph of 1931 Padauk tree (Sagwan-nala)
- Folio 80a: handwritten notes on a description of an unnamed species of fish and a zebra [loose item]
- Folio 81 verso: photograph of 1932 mixed tree regeneration after cutting undergrowth (Porlob Island, 26th March 1962)
- Folio 81 verso: photograph of Mangrove trees at Rongai, 26th March 1962
- Folio 82 verso: photograph of 1955 teak plantation (top slip seed) with intrusive Fan palm at Austin Coupe 1
- Folio 82 verso: photograph of residual evergreen forest in Jarawa Reserve at Nilambur, 25th March 1962
- Folio 83 verso: photograph of Rhizophora tree and Bruguiera plant species (Tugapur C.3, 27th March 1962)
- Folio 84 verso: photograph of a preservation plot on Interview Island, showing Dipterocarpus and Garugn (28th March 1962)
- Folio 85 verso: photograph of 1931 natural regeneration in mixed deciduous trees (Porlob, 26th March 1962)
- Folio 86 verso: photograph of Lenzites (fungi) on fallen softwood in 1956 teak plants (Rafter Creek, 25th March 1962)
- Folio 87 verso: photograph of Mangrove trees at Port Meadow (25th March 1962)
- Folio 88 verso: photograph of rafting in south Andaman
- Folio 89 recto: photograph of fencing at a 1960 matchwood plantation (author’s note: Bombax insigne, 1960) (24th March 1962)
- Folio 89 verso: photograph of a tramway with Garjan logs (Wrightmye, south Andaman)
- Folio 90 recto: photograph of a preservation plot in Gargan, Interview Island, showing Dipterocarpus griffithii, Terminalia bialata and Spondias (28th March 1962)
- Folio 90a: photograph of bamboo plants [loose item]
- Folio 90b: photograph of a roadside picnic with Harry Champion (author’s note: photograph taken in 1938 or 1939) [loose item]
- Folio 90c: photograph of a motor car beside Mohan Pass Road [loose item]
- Folio 90d: photograph of a mountain range [loose item]
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002291215
036-002291216
040-002291288 - 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 F252/68 : India in 1961-62: Part 2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002291215[0001]/036-002291216[0072]/040-002291288
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F252
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume and 138 photographs
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1962
- End Date:
- 1962
- Date Range:
- Jan 1962-Mar 1962
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Foliated: 91 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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