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Bagnall, Ruth. Papers collection, 1946-1949.

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0013/BAGNALL/1

Scope and Contents

  • TS memoir ‘Serendipity or three happy years in Ceylon (1946-1949)’ by Ruth Randall (pseud.) Memoir of the wife of a Rubber Planter in Ceylon on the estate owned by Mr. Banff Fraser.
  • Poem ‘Goodbye?’ by W.S. Senior. Illustration to accompany memoir, and maps of Galle and Anaradharpura
  • Books on indefinite loan (all now removed to archive books collection): –
    • Still, John, The Jungle-Tide. Blackwood & Sons Ltd. 1945. (First ed. 1930) Essays on Ceylon wild life.
    • Mendis, G.C., Ceylon today and yesterday. Main currents of Ceylon history. Colombo, Assoc. Newspaper of Ceylon Ltd., 1963 (First ed. 1957). Essays on Ceylon history and politics.
    • Spittel, R.L., Wild Ceylon. Describing in particular the lives of the present day Veddas. Colombo, 1945


    • Dates

    • Creation: 1946 - 1949

    Biographical / Historical

    Wife of a Rubber Planter in Ceylon on the estate owned by Mr. Banff Fraser.

    Extent

    1 archive box(es)

    Language of Materials

    English

    Additional Description

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Donated by Mrs. Ruth Bagnall

    Finding Aid & Administrative Information

    Language of description
    English
    Script of description
    Latin

    Repository Details

    Repository Details

    Part of the University of Cambridge: Centre of South Asian Studies Repository

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