Summary: |
Audio recording of oral history interview with Marjorie Cashmore, covering the period 1919-1933.
Cassette side OA1/14/1: Arrival in India; marriage 1919. Learning simple Hindi. Running frugal household. Relationships with rest of British community and Indians. Living outdoors in Ranchi; cook's improvisation. Running art classes for unemployed women in Calcutta. Activities of British women. Family separations. Supervising milking. Love for servants. Description of household: restrictions of caste; ayahs. Mr Cashmore tells story of murder of Bengali judge and Indian friend's justification. Poverty in Calcutta.
Cassette side OA1/14/2: Mr Cashmore's description of discrimination against Anglo-Indian community. Small group of Indians accepted in British society.
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Main author: |
Cashmore; Kate Marjorie (1896-1989); née Hutchinson, teacher, wife of Thomas Herbert Cashmore |
Other authors: |
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer |
Extent: |
0 hr. 35 min. |
Admin history: |
British teacher and wife of Missionary in India. |
Access status: |
Closed |
Access conditions: |
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: C1510/14/01-02. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418. |
Copyright: |
Copyright held by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
User restrictions: |
Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist |
Language: |
English
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Copies: |
Copy available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service. Reference: C1510/14/01-02
Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004913/02 |
Related material: |
Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/14/T |
Format: |
Archive
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