Interview with Betty Keyes [sound recording]

Betty Keyes interviewed about her life and her personal memories of Partition.


Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 1st June 2007
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Keyes; Betty (b 1930); telephonist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Summary: Betty Keyes interviewed about her life and her personal memories of Partition.
Main author: Keyes; Betty (b 1930); telephonist
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
Extent: 00:25:25
Admin history: Betty Keyes was born in 1930 in Tarkisha into an Anglo-Indian family. Her father was born in England and worked for the railway in West Bengal. Her mother was born in India of Portuguese heritage. Keyes was educated at Calcutta Girls High School worked in the telephone exchange, first as an operator and later as a supervisor. She retired in 1985.
Custodial history: Interview by Andrew Whitehead in Kolkata, India
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 the publication: Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
Format: Archive