Subject File. India

Reference No:
U DJS/1/44
Dates:
1943-1946
Description:

Contains papers relating to time spent by Saville stationed in Karachi, India, whilst undertaking National Service. Contains references to: draft paper titled 'Letters From India; articles and papers by Saville; Muslim League; daily buisness; colleagues and persons met; the weather; Communist Party of India; memoirs of P.W. Kingsford 'Without a Shot in Anger' relating to the Army Education Corps in India between 1944-46.

Papers comprise: correspondence; extracts from copy papers; press cuttings; manuscript and typescript notes and drafts; copy correspondence of E.P. Thompson's father; black and white photograph showing large dinner hall full of guests. Correspondents include: Constance Saville; Mrs A.J. Saville; Aunt Lily; Mohan Kumaramangalam; Dolly and George Saunders; Morris-Jones; James B. [Jefferys?]; Vidya; Laurie Baker; Hamza A. Alavi; John Alexander.

[see also U DJS/1/58, U DJS/2/1/16, U DJS/3/17, U DJS/4/19, U DJS/5/14-15]

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file and 1 rolled photograph
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of John Saville (1916-2009)