Correspondence File 8: September 1916-July 1917

Correspondence from John Gordon Bennett and his wife Dorothy to his family. Correspondence from both of them up to November 1916 is from India (Medak and Coonoor). From December 1916 Bennett's correspondence is written whilst a YMCA chaplain during the Mesopotamia campaign of World War One whereas h...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1396
Date(s) of creation: 13 Sep 1916-12 Jul [19]17
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MMS.17.02.06.22.01.08
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1396
callnumber MMS/17/02/06/22/01/08
callnumber_txt MMS/17/02/06/22/01/08
callnumber-sort MMS/17/02/06/22/01/08
prefix_number 08
title Correspondence File 8: September 1916-July 1917
scb_date_creation 13 Sep 1916-12 Jul [19]17
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 file
format Archive
description Correspondence from John Gordon Bennett and his wife Dorothy to his family. Correspondence from both of them up to November 1916 is from India (Medak and Coonoor). From December 1916 Bennett's correspondence is written whilst a YMCA chaplain during the Mesopotamia campaign of World War One whereas his wife's correspondence is written from India (Coonoor). With cover sheet by Antony Bennett highlighting some letters and also comments on John Gordon Bennett's diary.
scb_arrangement Chronological with files and letters numbered by a member of the Bennett family
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by the Bennett family
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
language English
language_search English
scb_file_number 8
scb_related_material John Gordon Bennett's diary, for the period from 12 December 1916 to 16 May 1917, is held in MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1394.
hierarchy_top_id_raw MMS
hierarchy_sequence MMS.0017.0002.0006.0022.0001.0008