Interview number: 001

Interviewer: Unknown

Interview date: 1981-09-08

Length 56 minutes

Condition notes: Poor signal to noise ratio

Mary Thatcher, first archivist at the Centre of South Asian Studies and the person behind the creation of this oral history collection, talks about her work at the Centre, and the ways in which the archive and oral history have been gathered.

Coverage notes: Centre of South Asian Studies; why?; setting up; collecting archives; British women in India; 1964-