Interview with Leela Thompson [sound recording]

Leela Thompson interviewed about events in Baramulla and Srinagar, Kashmir in the autumn of 1947.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 12 October 2003
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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scb_order_with OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
callnumber OA3/01/18/31
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title Interview with Leela Thompson [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 12 October 2003
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 01:14:45
author Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
author_facet Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
author_letter Thompson; Leela (b 1914); née Pasricha
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
format Archive
scb_admin_history Leela Thompson (née Pasricha) was born 1914 and was a young widow in Srinagar at the time of the raiders' attack on Baramulla, Kashmir.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at Leela Thompson's home in a retirement village at Boothbay Harbour, Maine, USA
description Leela Thompson interviewed about events in Baramulla and Srinagar, Kashmir in the autumn of 1947.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access 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.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_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
language_search English
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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