GB 0102 OA2 - Oral Archive: British in India Oral Archive Project

11 boxes (6 boxes of sound recordings, 5 boxes of transcripts)

GB 0102 OA2 1975-1987 Collection (fonds) 11 boxes (6 boxes of sound recordings, 5 boxes of transcripts) School of Oriental and African Studies , British in India Oral Archive Committee

The British in India Oral Archive Project, under the British in India Oral Archive Committee at the School of Oriental and African Studies, continued the work of recording the experiences of inhabitants of India begun for the BBC Radio 4 series 'Plain Tales from the Raj' (1974). The bulk of the interviews were carried out in 1975-1976, with a few additional interviews in 1984 and 1987.

Deposited by the British in India Oral Archive Committee.

Cassette copies and transcripts of sound recordings of over 80 interviews with British and indigenous inhabitants of India, covering the pre- and post-Independence periods, made for the British in India Oral Archive Project, 1975-1976, 1984, 1987.

Alphabetical by name of interviewee.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist arranged by alphabetically by name of interviewee.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds sound recordings from the two radio series 'Plain Tales from the Raj', on British India (Ref: OA1), and 'India: A People Partitioned' (Ref: OA3).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2002 Asians Colonial countries Ethnic groups Field work Historical methods History India Indians Interviews Magnetic tape recordings Newly independent states Oral history Political systems Recordings Research work School of Oriental and African Studies , British in India Oral Archive Committee Sound recordings South Asia Whites

Deposited by the British in India Oral Archive Committee.

Cassette copies and transcripts of sound recordings of over 80 interviews with British and indigenous inhabitants of India, covering the pre- and post-Independence periods, made for the British in India Oral Archive Project, 1975-1976, 1984, 1987.

Alphabetical by name of interviewee.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds sound recordings from the two radio series 'Plain Tales from the Raj', on British India (Ref: OA1), and 'India: A People Partitioned' (Ref: OA3).

Unpublished handlist arranged by alphabetically by name of interviewee.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels