Archive / Papers / Ghosh Papers: Box 3

Description

  1. Box of notebooks containing very detailed personal accounts of expenditure for the period 1911 – 1957. After book viii they also include details of personal weight, life insurance policies and share holdings in separate pages at the back. The books are dated as follows:
    • Notebook marked ‘A rough account of the expenses’. January 1911 – June 1912.
    • Notebook of expenditures, July 1912 – May 1914
    • Notebook marked ‘Account book: A. Ghosh May 1914’. May 1914 – March 1916
    • Notebook of expenditures, March 1916 – September 1918
    • Notebook marked ‘Private: Account book from 1st October 1918’. October 1918 – September 1922
    • Notebook of expenditures, October 1922 – March 1925
    • Notebook of expenditures, April 1925 – May 1927
    • Notebook of expenditures, June 1927 – August 1929
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, September 1929 – July 1933
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, August 1933 – June 1936
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, July 1936 – March 1939
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, April 1939 – April 1941
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, April 1941 – May 1943
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, June 1943 – December 1944
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, December 1944 – January 1946
    • Notebook marked ‘Accounts from February 1946 to 28th January 1947’
    • Notebook marked ‘Account book from March 1947 to September 1948’
    • Notebook marked ‘Account book from 1st October 1948 to 24th April 1950’
    • Notebook of expenditures, personal and financial details, April 1950 – October 1951
    • Notebook marked ‘Account book from 20-10-1951 to 30-4-1953’
    • Notebook marked ‘Account book 1st May 1953 to 31st December 1954’
    • Notebook, initially an account book for 1929, but then used to record the terms of employment of domestic servants from 1935 to 1959. Also used to record addresses and packing lists for trips.