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Mss Eur D1143/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003450741
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002276442
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076866433.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D1143/3
- Title:
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Diary and opinion pieces by Lady Latimer, Jessie Richey (Personal Assistant), and Canon Tyndale-Biscoe
- Scope & Content:
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File containing manuscript and typescript accounts of life at the Rajkot Residency.
Short pieces in a diary-style by Lady Latimer.
- Description of a visit by the Viceroy, dated Rajkot, 12 Jan 1936 (2 folios, typescript).
- Description of a trip to Manavadar, dated 2 Apr 1937 (1 folio typescript).
- Description of a dance given by the Residency, and the circumstances leading to the cook's dismissal, dated 27 May 1937 (1 folio typescript).
- Description of Courtenay Latimer's new post as Additional Secretary to the Foreign and Political Department, and of a forthcoming trip to Delhi (1 folio typescript)
Longer pieces by Jessie Richey, Personal Assistant to the Agent to the Governor General.
- Description headed 'The Residency, Rajkot', signed Jessie Richey, , 25 Oct 1933. Describes the Kathiawar princes, the duties of the PA, the Residency grounds, the weather, and the English inhabitants. Written on the verso 'Fred & Violet. Lady Hartog & Mr Stephenson'. (2 folios, typescript).
- Description headed 'Impressions of a Stay in Kathiawar' (11 folios typescript, plus 1 manuscript).
Short pieces by Canon Tyndale-Biscoe
- A True Story, concerning 'a certain Gujar woman who lived at a village named Eisha Mukam seventeen miles from Islamabad' (1 folio, typescript)
- 'Invasion of Kashmir by Afridis and other devils etc.' (1 folio, typescript)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002276442
036-003450553
040-003450741 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur D1143 : Sir Courtenay Latimer papers.
Mss Eur D1143/1-5 : Publications, biographical notes and papers relating to dinner parties
Mss Eur D1143/3 : Diary and opinion pieces by Lady Latimer, Jessie Richey (Personal Assistant), and Canon Tyndale-Biscoe - Hierarchy:
- 032-002276442[0001]/036-003450553[0003]/040-003450741
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D1143
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 1933-1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)