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Public letter writers outside G.P.O. Colombo, 1907-12

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/184

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 168-346 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 200A, 263A, 270A-D, 280A, 296A, 335A-B; spoiled: 234; not used: 170, 172, 173, 175, 199, 203, 204, 216, 226, 228, 240-242, 253, 255, 257, 258, 262, 300, 314, 325, 326, 334; missing: 333. Numbers 270A-D and 280A are by Hutchins. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 280A follows 337.

Subjects covered in this album are:
Ceylon: Galle; Colombo including Maldive fleet
South India: Tuticorin; Madura [now Madurai] temples; Trichinopoly; Srirangan; Tanjore; Madras; Rail journey; Ootacamund [also known as Udagamandalam]; Coonoor and Nilgiri Hills; Madras.
Burma: Rangoon; elephants; Gokteik; Hsipaw; Mandalay; Naba-Katha-Mora-Segaw.




Dates

  • Creation: 1907-12

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Language of Materials

English

General

PJ.

Finding aid date

2002-08-12 10:42:29+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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