Interview with Sir Penderel Moon [sound recording]

Comments on aspects of British rule in India including race relations, the transfer of power, the Indian Civil Service, and the Indian Police; and on his role in the creation of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh.

Archive & Special Collections OA4/28 Closed

Order number: OA4, Memories of the British in India, Sound Cassettes, Box 1 [CLOSED]
Date(s) of creation: 21 March 1987
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Moon; Sir; Penderel (1905-1987); Knight; colonial administrator
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 OA4/28
callnumber_txt OA4/28
callnumber-sort OA4/28
prefix_number 28
scb_previous_numbers OA2/181/1-3
title Interview with Sir Penderel Moon [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 21 March 1987
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 2 sound casettes
author Moon; Sir; Penderel (1905-1987); Knight; colonial administrator
author_facet Moon; Sir; Penderel (1905-1987); Knight; colonial administrator
Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
authorStr Moon; Sir; Penderel (1905-1987); Knight; colonial administrator
author_letter Moon; Sir; Penderel (1905-1987); Knight; colonial administrator
author2 Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
author2Str Blake; David M (fl 1983); librarian and interviewer
format Archive
scb_admin_history Sir Penderel Moon - Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1929-44; served under independent Government of India, including a period c1949-50 as Chief Commissioner, Himachal Pradesh.
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.
description Comments on aspects of British rule in India including race relations, the transfer of power, the Indian Civil Service, and the Indian Police; and on his role in the creation of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh.
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: C63/166-171]
hierarchy_top_id_raw OA4
hierarchy_sequence OA4.0028

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