Interview with Sir Peter Scott [sound recording]

Sir Peter Scott interviewed about working at the Viceroy of India's office between 1946-1947.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 22 July 1996
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Scott; Sir; Peter (1917-2002); Knight; diplomat
Other authors: Jenkins; Clare (fl 1996); interviewer
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Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Sir Peter Scott interviewed about working at the Viceroy of India's office between 1946-1947.
Main author: Scott; Sir; Peter (1917-2002); Knight; diplomat
Other authors: Jenkins; Clare (fl 1996); interviewer
Extent: 00:45:24
Admin history: Sir Peter Scott, KBE, CMG was born in 1917. He served in Delhi as Assistant Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India, 1946-1947. Scott was later British Ambassador to Norway (1975–1977). He died in 2002.
Custodial history: Interview by Clare Jenkins
Access status: Open
Access conditions: MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
Copyright: Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
User restrictions: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead
Language: English
Copies: Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
Related material: Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
Publications: Research for broadcast of the BBC World Service radio series 'India: A People Partitioned' (1997)
Format: Archive