Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 LOR-LOR/2
Title
Lorimer-Carter Papers
Date(s)
- 1967 (Creation)
- 1946 - 1947 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
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.
Content and structure area
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"… read more
System of arrangement
The series was divided into sub-series thus:
- LOR/2/1 - Correspondence
- LOR/2/2 - Manuscripts
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
- Urdu