Interview with Lady Eleanor Margaret Haughton Burns [sound recording]

Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Lady Eleanor Margaret Haughton Burns (b 1908), married Sir John Crawford Burns 1941; on her life as a European woman living in India 1946-57 mainly after independence. [Transcript available]. Summary: Family background; meeting and marriage with Sir John...

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Archive & Special Collections OA4/06 Closed

Order number: OA4, Memories of the British in India, Sound Cassettes, Box 1 [CLOSED]
Date(s) of creation: 17 June 1984
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Burns; Lady; Eleanor Margaret Haughton (b 1908); née James
Other authors: Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer

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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with OA4, Memories of the British in India, Sound Cassettes, Box 1 [CLOSED]
callnumber OA4/06
callnumber_txt OA4/06
callnumber-sort OA4/06
prefix_number 06
scb_previous_numbers OA2/63/3
title Interview with Lady Eleanor Margaret Haughton Burns [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 17 June 1984
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 sound casette
author Burns; Lady; Eleanor Margaret Haughton (b 1908); née James
author_facet Burns; Lady; Eleanor Margaret Haughton (b 1908); née James
Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
authorStr Burns; Lady; Eleanor Margaret Haughton (b 1908); née James
author_letter Burns; Lady; Eleanor Margaret Haughton (b 1908); née James
author2 Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
author2Str Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history Lady Eleanor Margaret Haughton Burns - Married Sir John Burns 1941; lived in India 1946-57.
scb_custodial_history Recorded as part of the ’Memories of the British in India’ project by India Office Library & Records [subsequently the Oriental and India Office Collection, British Library]. This recording was previously held at SOAS Library as part of the 'British in India Oral Archive Project' collection [Reference OA2], removed from this collection in August 2014 to reflect the recording’s alternative provenance as part of the ‘Memories of the British in India’ project.
scb_acquisition Recorded by India Office Library & Records, 17 June 1984
description Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Lady Eleanor Margaret Haughton Burns (b 1908), married Sir John Crawford Burns 1941; on her life as a European woman living in India 1946-57 mainly after independence. [Transcript available]. Summary: Family background; meeting and marriage with Sir John Burns 1940-41; first impressions of India 1946; unreal picture of European women in India presented by TV series 'Jewel in the Crown'; describes morning of typical day and domestic arrangements; British Women's Association formed to give European women a sense of identity; its social and charitable activities; contacts with Bombay Women's Association and other social and recreational contacts with Indian women; different type of Indian women encountered at the clubs then at evening parties. Different types of Indian women; some wives of Indian businessmen did not go out much; Burns children attended mixed schools in India until about the age of eight; reasons for sending older children home for schooling; health and hygiene; no sense of danger to European women in Bombay [Mumbai]; visits to Bazaar; description of flat; children played with Indian children; no problem in having or rearing children in India; hospital facilities excellent; European hospital; business entertaining for Sir John Burns; children not left with Indian servants Lady Burns enjoyed her time in India but glad to return home; reasons why; recreations in India: golf, and swimming both at mixed and European pool.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_conditions_gov_access Sound recording currently unavailable at SOAS Library due to preservation reasons. Researchers can access a copy of this audio recording at the British Library Listening & Viewing Service. For more details see www.bl.uk/listening or contact listening@bl.uk / 020 7412 7418.
scb_copyright Copyright held by British Library
scb_use_restrictions Private study only. For publication or broadcast please refer to Archivist
language English
language_search English
scb_originals Original sound recording of interview available at British Library Listening & Viewing Service [Reference: C63/127-128]
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA4
hierarchy_sequence OA4.0006

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