Interview with Dorothy Crichton [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Dorothy Crichton, covering the period 1920-1945. Cassette side OA1/21/1: Prior knowledge and first impressions of India. Running the household: duties of servants; description of kitchen; duties of cook. Recollections of bearer and ayahs. Description o...

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Archive & Special Collections OA1/21/1-2 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

collection SOAS Archive
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recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/21/1-2
callnumber_txt OA1/21/1-2
callnumber-sort OA1/21/1-2
prefix_number 1-2
title Interview with Dorothy Crichton [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. 47 min.
author Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton
author_facet Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton
author_letter Crichton; Dorothy (fl 1920-1972); wife of Walter Hugh Crichton
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history British wife of Chief Medical Officer in Indian Medical Service in Quetta and Simla.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Dorothy Crichton, covering the period 1920-1945. Cassette side OA1/21/1: Prior knowledge and first impressions of India. Running the household: duties of servants; description of kitchen; duties of cook. Recollections of bearer and ayahs. Description of servants' uniform. Efforts to respect servants' customs. Active social life in Quetta. Hearing news of Quetta earthquake; previous small earthquakes in Quetta. Advantages of being stationed in frontier hill regions; effects of heat. Attack on husband in Parachinar. Cassette side OA1/21/2: Description of husband's treatment after attack. Separation from family. Simla dramatic society; social life. Improvements on conditions in India: electricity; bathrooms; sanitation; iceboxes. Fear of snakes. Evocative sights and smells of India. Reading habits. Story of bearer's delight on birth of Mrs Crichton's son.
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: C1510/21/01-02. 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: C1510/21/01-02 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004920/02
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/21/T
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA1
hierarchy_sequence OA1.0021.001-2

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