Interview with Nancy Vernede [sound recording]

Audio recording of oral history interview with Nancy Vernede, covering the period 1914-1937. Cassette side OA1/69/1: Family connections with India. Childhood recollections of India. Relationship with servants, ayah and governesses. Duties of household servants. Friendly relationship with Indian gro...

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Archive & Special Collections OA1/69/1-4 Closed

Date(s) of creation: 1972-1974
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Vernede; Nancy Mary (1914-2008); née Kendell, daughter Sir Charles Kendall
Other authors: Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber OA1/69/1-4
callnumber_txt OA1/69/1-4
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prefix_number 1-4
title Interview with Nancy Vernede [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. 37 min. (sound cassette: analog)
author Vernede; Nancy Mary (1914-2008); née Kendell, daughter Sir Charles Kendall
author_facet Vernede; Nancy Mary (1914-2008); née Kendell, daughter Sir Charles Kendall
Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
authorStr Vernede; Nancy Mary (1914-2008); née Kendell, daughter Sir Charles Kendall
author_letter Vernede; Nancy Mary (1914-2008); née Kendell, daughter Sir Charles Kendall
author2 Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
author2Str Allen; Charles (b 1940); historian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history British daughter of High Court Judge in Indian Civil Service and wife of District Officer in Indian Civil Service.
description Audio recording of oral history interview with Nancy Vernede, covering the period 1914-1937. Cassette side OA1/69/1: Family connections with India. Childhood recollections of India. Relationship with servants, ayah and governesses. Duties of household servants. Friendly relationship with Indian groom. Itinerant visitors. Holiday camps. Description of travelling by elephant. Evocative sounds and smells of India. Cassette side OA1/69/2: Typical daily routine as child in Lucknow; contrasting nature of Naini Tal during hot season visits. Efforts to combat heat. Recollections of different seasons at hill stations. Description of train journey; stations. Education in England; reaction to separation from parents and break from India. Cassette side OA1/69/3: Return to India c1931; pleasant lifestyle at Allahabad. Description of dances; dance programmes. Protocol of calling cards. Description of 67 dinner parties; protocol observed. Social conduct: gossip; women's concern with protocol; morality. Relationship with Indians: influence of purdah; Indian friends. Cassette side OA1/69/4: Friendship with Congress supporters in Benares. Legacy of Raj. Feelings towards India. Amusing story of flower show. Recollections of effects of 1934 Bihar earthquake in Allahabad.
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: C1510/69/01-04. 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: C1510/69/01-04 Copy available at Imperial War Museum. Reference: 004968/04
scb_related_material Transcript available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA1/69/T
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA1
hierarchy_sequence OA1.0069.001-4

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