Durand, Sir Henry Marion and Sir Henry Mortimer
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Durand, Sir Henry Marion and Sir Henry Mortimer
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Durand | Sir | Henry Marion | 1812-1871 | Knight | Major-General | colonial administrator Durand | Sir | Henry Mortimer | 1850-1924 | Knight | Indian civil servant and diplomat |
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Armed forces
Authors Central government Civil servants Civil service Colonial administration Colonial conflicts Colonial countries Diaries Diplomacy Documents Foreign relations Government Indian Mutiny (1857-1858) Information sources International relations Literary forms and genres Literature Military engineering Military organizations Newspaper press Nonfiction Organizations Photographs Political systems Press Press cuttings Primary documents Prose Public administration State security Travel Travel abroad Visual materials Writers People by occupation People |
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| Description |
Papers, c1830-1925, of Major-General Sir Henry Marion Durand and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, giving a good picture of their work, particularly Henry Mortimer Durand. These include a set of Henry Mortimer Durand's diaries (1870-1907); a large selection of correspondence (1872-1922) (correspondents include Lord Lansdowne, Grey, Curzon and Roberts); and a collection of press cuttings (1902-1908) relating to the period when he was Ambassador in America. Henry Mortimer Durand also wrote a number of literary works, some of which are present in this collection. Also of interest are a number of family photograph albums, depicting scenes of India, Europe and America. |
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School of Oriental and African Studies
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2002-05-16
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text
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text/html
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http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=191&inst_id=19
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Unrestricted. No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance. |
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