Interview with Lady Sylvia Corfield [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Lady Sylvia Corfield, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield, covering the period 1900-1947. Cassette side OA1/17/1: Childhood recollections. Social life at Shillong hill station. Relationship as officer's wife with Indian soldi...

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Archive & Special Collections OA1/17/1-3 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/17/1-3
callnumber_txt OA1/17/1-3
callnumber-sort OA1/17/1-3
prefix_number 1-3
title Interview with Lady Sylvia Corfield [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 1 hr. 10 min.
author Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield
author_facet Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield
author_letter Corfield; Lady; Sylvia Phyllis Mary (d 1977); née Hadow, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history British wife of Colonel Daunt in Simla.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Lady Sylvia Corfield, wife of Charles O'Brien Daunt and Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield, covering the period 1900-1947. Cassette side OA1/17/1: Childhood recollections. Social life at Shillong hill station. Relationship as officer's wife with Indian soldiers. Duties of household servants. Managing the household. Types of meat. Description of clothes. Recollections of Indian princes. Evocative sounds of India; sings ayah's songs. Indian sweetmeats. Description of Indian dinner. Indian festivals. Cassette side OA1/17/2: Gurkhas sacrificing bullocks. Christmas celebrations. Indian visitors to bungalows; snake charmers. Description of Simla social life. Recollections of Simla riots 1947; leaving by escorted convoy of lorries. Pride in role of British Raj. Childhood recollections of Shillong and local tribes. Description of social life in Shillong; dances. Important role of wives of army officers. Horse riding; polo; hunting. Cassette side OA1/17/3: Description of tent pegging. Recollections of Simla riots 1947; rescue by convoy; feeling of helplessness. Previous security in contacts with Indians. Support given to husbands in their work by means of these contacts. Story of curtseying at Viceregal Lodge.
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: C1510/17/01-03. 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: C1510/17/01-03 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004916/03
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/17/T
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA1
hierarchy_sequence OA1.0017.001-3

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