Series LOR/2 - Lorimer-Carter Papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 LOR-LOR/2

Title

Lorimer-Carter Papers

Date(s)

  • 1967 (Creation)
  • 1946 - 1947 (Creation)

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Name of creator

Archival history

The Lorimer-Carter Papers were in the possession of Roland Carter before accession to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The Lorimer-Carter Papers were sent to Miss Nielsen, Royal Asiatic Society, in January 1967 by Roland Carter.

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Scope and content

The Series contains correspondence and notes by David Lockhart Robinson Lorimer to aid Roland Carter on a tour of the Gilgit region in 1946. There are also some notes that Carter made to try to answer Lorimer's queries and letters from "local notables" in Urdu. There is a further letter from Carter to Miss Nielsen, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the material for its Collections.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The series was divided into sub-series thus:

  • LOR/2/1 - Correspondence
  • LOR/2/2 - Manuscripts

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  • English
  • Urdu

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