Calcutta and New Delhi, 1956 - 1958
Scope and Contents
This file includes letters from Truby King Mothercraft Centre congratulating the Smedleys on the birth of their son; Truby King Mothercraft Centre annual report, 1956; British Women’s Club note listing charities in Calcutta seeking helpers; copy of ‘Annual Report of British Women’s Club in Calcutta’ for 1956; copy of British Women’s Club, Calcutta, rules, 1957; copy of ‘Annual Report of the East India Charitable Trust’, 1956; Salvation Army leaflet of charitable work in India, October 1956; copy of ‘Occasional Paper of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta’, September 1957’; copies of the ‘Weekly West Bengal’, July, October 1957; booklet entitled ‘177 Years of Gospel Preaching in Old Mission Church’, Calcutta; price list of ‘All Bengal Women’s Union Home’, with letter of thanks to Lady Smedley for visiting and donating, and newspaper clippings relating to the Union; pamphlet of Welland-Gouldsmith School in Calcutta, listing donors and donations of 1956-7; copy of report on the work of Nari Seva Sangha (organisation helping poor women in India), 1955-7; copy of journal, ‘Health and Welfare’, July 1957; printed invitation from Bimal Das Gupta to attend his watercolour exhibition, February 1957; small book, ‘The Bengal Home Industries Association, 1916-1957’, with invitation to 40th anniversary celebration; pamphlet, ‘Women in Prison at Home and Abroad’ by Shudha Mazumdar, November 1956; four annual reports of ‘National Indian Association of Women’, 1952-6; two sets of papers produced by ‘Delhi Commonwealth Women’s Association’ for April, May 1960, listing details of members and future functions; papers produced by ‘East India Charitable Trust Screening Committee’, upon which Lady Smedley sat, detailing minutes of meeting, 3 July 1957; documents regarding shopping and car driving in Delhi; ‘Notes on the Seven Cities of Delhi and its Architecture; a pamphlet produced by the Automobile Association of Bengal containing touring records and itineraries; programmes for the Republic Day Parade, 26 January 1958 and 1960 (circa 100 sheets).
Dates
- Creation: 1956 - 1958
Creator
- From the Fonds: Smedley, Harold, Sir, 1920 - 2004 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
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Extent
1 file(s) (1 file) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2016-04-27 16:52:41+00:00
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