Scope and Contents Letters of William Summers Sutherland to his wife, Annabella, and daughter, Marion, during two visits to Bhutan, along with a file of notes relating to both trips. Sutherland`s first visit to Bhutan was in 1917, during which Sutherland was involved in the baptism of a Lepcha man. The second took place in 1919, when Sutherland accompanied Rev Dr John Anderson Graham, founder of the Kalimpong Homes. The letters describe the journey in detail, and offer insight into relations...

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Letters concern James Dundas`s work in the Public Works Department in Bengal and his service in the Bhutan War.

Scope and Contents Letters of William Summers Sutherland, to his family on a visit to Bhutan, along with related papers, 1914-1919.The letters were written by Sutherland during his second visit to Bhutan in 1919, at which time he accompanied Rev Dr John Anderson Graham to the country. The file contains papers relating to both visits made by Sutherland to Bhutan, including letters of permission and frontier passes to allow entry into the country, and some discuss Bhutanese attitudes towards the...

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Letters of William Summers Sutherland to his wife, Annabella, and daughter, Marion, describing his journey and experiences on reaching Bhutan, October 1917.

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Notes of William Summers Sutherland relating to his visits to Bhutan, undated.

Notes made in preparation for Sutherland`s visits to Bhutan in 1917 and 1919. Subjects include the route from Kalimpong, descriptions of villages, schools, vegetation and other aspects of the region.

Scope and Contents Letters, diary, notes and photographs, 1894-1920, of Dr William Summers Sutherland (1856-1924), Church of Scotland minister and missionary, and his wife, Annabella.Sutherland`s first posting as a missionary was to Darjeeling in 1879, later moving to the station at Kalimpong, India. Most of the papers in this archive relate to the two visits made by Sutherland to Bhutan. The first was in 1917, during which Sutherland was involved in the baptism of a Lepcha man. The second took...

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Photograph album of William Summers Sutherland, recording his visits to Bhutan in 1917 and 1919.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...

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Loose photographs and a photograph album of William Summers Sutherland, and his wife Annabella, c.1890-1920.

Loose photographs include studio portraits taken in Scotland, apparently of members of the family of Annabella Sutherland, and later images of Kalimpong, c.1890-1920. The album records a visit to Bhutan made by William Summers Sutherland, c.1917-1919.