JH/TRA/2/3/1 - [India 11/2/37-3/4/37 : diary]

JH/TRA/2/3/1

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[India 11/2/37-3/4/37 : diary]

1937
1987

5 items Mixed

A bound quarto notebook containing an ms journal kept by John Hill for the period 1/1/37 to 17/4/37; a typescript transcription of the journal in a binder; an unbound variant typescript transcription; a typescript entitled ‘A Friend on a Friend. Alastair in Calcutta 1937’, 19/3/37; and an ms note of the full title and honours of the Maharaja of Bikaner.

The ms and its transcription open with a description of a skiing holiday in Austria with Alistair Anderson and others, and concludes with the voyage from India to England, 3/4/37 to 17/4/37. The variant typescript transcription opens on 14/1/37 with John Hill's preparations for the impending visit to India.

Tipped-in to the ms at the entry for 1/4/37 is a cutting of the obituary of Brigadier John Hopwood taken from the 'Times', 5/8/87. Hopwood was ADC to the Governor of Bengal at the time of Hill's visit. Loose cuttings found in the ms have been placed in sub-file JH/TRA/2/3/3 but loose pages of ms notes remain in situ. Inside the back cover is a short book list.