| Reference number: |
OA4
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| Summary: |
Twenty-eight oral history interviews concerning the British experience in India during the British Raj, recorded by the India Office Library & Records [subsequently the Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library]. Interviewees include British civil servants, officers of the Indian Army, businesspeople, legal and medical professionals, and their families.
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| Main author: |
British Library; India Office Library & Records; Memories of the British in India; oral history programme
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| Previous numbers: |
OA2/59-OA2/181
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| Extent: |
28 oral history interviews (52 sound cassettes: analog)
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| Admin history: |
Memories of the British in India was an oral history series recorded by the India Office Library & Records [subsequently the Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library]. The India Office Library & Records interviews followed recordings conducted on the same subject by the BBC radio series 'Plain Tales from the Raj' (1974) and the British in India Oral Archive Project (1975-1976) which was based at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. |
| Custodial history: |
Interviews in this collection were previously classified as part of the 'British in India Oral Archive Project' collection [ref. OA2]. They were reclassified in September 2014 as a separate collection to reflect that this set of interviews originated from a different source. |
| Acquisition: |
Donated to SOAS Library by British Library; India Office Library & Records between 1983 and 1984.
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| Arrangement: |
Interviews are arranged in the order in which they were sent to SOAS Library by the British Library. |
| Access status: |
Closed
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| Access conditions: |
Sound recordings currently unavailable at SOAS Library due to preservation reasons. Researchers can access copies of these recordings at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by British Library |
| User restrictions: |
Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist. |
| Language: |
English
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| Originals: |
The India Office Library & Records Interviews collection [Reference: C63] available at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service, comprises 125 oral history interviews conducted for the British Library India Office Library & Records division. These include the original recordings for the twenty-eight interviews held in the 'OA4: Memories of the British in India' collection at SOAS Library.
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| Related material: |
SOAS Library holds 'Plain Tales from the Raj' collection [ref. OA1], containing seventy-five oral history interviews recorded by the BBC for the radio series 'Plain Tales from the Raj' (1974), covering experiences of the British and Indian individuals who lived in India during the period of British colonial rule. |
| Format: |
Archive
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| Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names: |
| Name Code |
Person, Corporate or Family Name |
Type of Entity |
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GB/SOASNAF/C514
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British Library; India Office Library & Records; Memories of the British in India; oral history programme |
Corporate |
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