Burke, Norah Aileen, 1907 (novelist)
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'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 71
Scope and Contents
A collection of 126 family photographs, with an undated linking narrative illustrating personal matters and giving an account of the Raj. The typescript describes the association of the author's family with India from the 1890s, when her grandparents, the Wrenches, were in the country, up to her father's retirement. The final chapter, 'The end of 300 years in India' reflects on Indian independence.The photographs were taken by Redmond, Aileen and Hubert Burke, and others. Some are...
Dates:
1890 - 1971
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Cambridge University Library