Allan, Mrs Jemima. Papers collection, 1879-1884
Scope and Contents
Box 1:
Extracts from letters written by his mother Jemmima Aimee Allan, wife of Alexander Allan, to her sisters in Edinburgh, from India, 1879-84. 153 pp. Xerox.
Alexander Allan was proprietor of Glenmore & Pillor Coffee Estates, Coonoor, South India.
The letters of Mrs. Allan describe the social life and domestic incidents of daily life in an English home in India at the time.
(Other families mentioned include the Shaw Stewarts and Cadells, whose papers are also in the Archive Collection.)
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Dates
- Creation: 1879 - 1884
Biographical / Historical
Wife of Alexander Allan (proprietor of Glenmore and Pillor Coffee Estates, Coonoor, South India).
Extent
1 archive box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Lady Allan
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Cambridge: Centre of South Asian Studies Repository
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