Fonds JRC - Papers of Major J. R. Cunningham

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 JRC

Titre

Papers of Major J. R. Cunningham

Date(s)

  • 1939 - 1940 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 archival folder typed and handwritten

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Major J. R. Cunningham was part of the Indian Government. In 1930 J. R. Cunningham, the then Director of Public Information of Assam, issued a circular imposing a blanket ban on any anti-British and pro-swadeshi activity by students. It seems he wasread more

Nom du producteur

Nom du producteur

(1823-)

Histoire administrative

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

Nom du producteur

(1905-1969)

Histoire archivistique

The material was sent to the Royal Asiatic Society by Major Cunningham in 2019. The further correspondence was created in the discussion as to the future of the material.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

The material was sent by Cunningham for the use of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

This material contains a letter from major Cunningham describing the "Haram of Ali Raza" at Mashhad and a copy of the "Ziarat Nameh" said at the shrine. There is also further Royal Asiatic Society correspondence concerning what to do with this donated material.

Mode de classement

The material was divided into two series: JRC/1 - Cunningham correspondence and JCR/2 - Allied correspondence

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.read more

Conditions de 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.

Langue des documents

  • arabe
  • anglais

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Lieux

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-jrc

Note de l'archiviste

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