Interview with Mary Carroll [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Mary Carroll, covering the early 1900s. Cassette side OA1/12/1: Vague recollections of ayah. Education in England; attitude to separation from family. Staying in plains in hot season; sleeping outdoors. Feeling of security in India. Return to India; ac...

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Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Carroll; Mary (fl 1972); daughter of Indian Political Service political officer
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

collection SOAS Archive
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/12/1
callnumber_txt OA1/12/1
callnumber-sort OA1/12/1
prefix_number 1
title Interview with Mary Carroll [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 1972-1974
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 0 hr. 16 min.
author Carroll; Mary (fl 1972); daughter of Indian Political Service political officer
author_facet Carroll; Mary (fl 1972); daughter of Indian Political Service political officer
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Carroll; Mary (fl 1972); daughter of Indian Political Service political officer
author_letter Carroll; Mary (fl 1972); daughter of Indian Political Service political officer
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history British daughter of Indian Political Service Political Officer in Kathiawar, India.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Mary Carroll, covering the early 1900s. Cassette side OA1/12/1: Vague recollections of ayah. Education in England; attitude to separation from family. Staying in plains in hot season; sleeping outdoors. Feeling of security in India. Return to India; acceptance of 'strange' conditions and events as normal there. Living with parents in Wadhwan, Kathiawar: liking of isolation; recreations. Move to Rajkot; increased social life; work as personal assistant.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_conditions_gov_access Access to sound recording of this interview is currently unavailable at SOAS Library. The transcript can be consulted. Researchers can access a copy of this sound recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/12/01. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
scb_copyright Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
scb_use_restrictions Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/12/01 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004911/01
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/12/T
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hierarchy_sequence OA1.0012.001