Business and personal correspondence with related financial records of W A L Marr, tea planter, India.

Series

Identifier: Acc.5025/1-9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Most of the papers concern his work on the Malayalam, Chembra and Arrapetta tea plantations, but there is also material for the social life of the British in India at the time particularly the Arbuckle Trophy Football Tournament, the Ootacomund Club and the Wynaad Golf Club in the 1960s.

Dates

Creation: 1929-1970.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

9 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

Olive Geddes

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1970, by W A L Marr, Lasswade.20 May 1970

Related Materials

For material concerning his military service, particularly his time in Changhi Jail as a prisoner of war working on the Burma-Siam railway, see Acc.4627.