Fonds SC2 - Notebooks on India

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 SC2

Titre

Notebooks on India

Date(s)

  • [1900 - 1923] (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

12 notebooks handwritten

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The author of these notebooks is unknown. They contain no identifying material and the handwriting has not been identified.

Histoire archivistique

It is unknown to whom these notebooks belonged.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

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

  • anglais

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    Finding aids

    Zone des sources complémentaires

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Descriptions associées

    Zone des notes

    Note

    It would appear these notebooks were once part of a larger collection as not all volumes are present in particular sets.

    Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

    Mots-clés

    Mots-clés - Noms

    Mots-clés - Genre

    Zone du contrôle de la description

    Identifiant de la description

    gb891-sc2

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Statut

    Niveau de détail

    Dates of creation revision deletion

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        Sources

        Archivist's note

        This material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.

        Accession area