Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1900 - 1923] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
12 notebooks handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The author of these notebooks is unknown. They contain no identifying material and the handwriting has not been identified.
Repository
Archival history
It is unknown to whom these notebooks belonged.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
It is unknown how these notebooks came into the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society. Some of the notebooks had been housed with the manuscript material of George Edward Fryer, but they do not belong to him. They are of a later date.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Twelve notebooks containing the author's notes on India, its religions and inscriptions, mainly extracts from, and comments upon, published authors' works.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The material was divided according to the titles of the volumes thus:
- SC2/1 - Hindu and Early Indian
- SC2/2 - Indian Mahommedan
- SC2/3 - Islamic
- SC2/4 - Inscriptions
- SC2/5 - Miscellaneous
- SC2/6 - Buddhism
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID
Conditions governing reproduction
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Language of material
- English
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Notes area
Note
It would appear these notebooks were once part of a larger collection as not all volumes are present in particular sets.
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Name access points
- Hume Robert Ernest 1877-1948 (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.