Interview number: 072
Interviewer: Thatcher, Mary
Interview date: 1976-06-16
Length 71 minutes
Condition notes: Clean
Mrs. Crookshank’s husband (uncle, Sir Henry Stokes, cousin Sir Hopetoun Stokes – see CSAS archives) was at one time in the First World War, Curator of the Museum in Calcutta, lecturer in geology at the University, and Director of the Geological Survey of India. His family had been I.C.S. in Madras, but Mrs. Crookshank knew little of India and nothing of under-canvas touring in the jungles of Central Provinces. She relates her experiences to Mary Thatcher.
Coverage notes: Bastar, Jagdalpur, Madras, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Udaipur, Alwar, Quetta; jungle, tour, camp; aboriginals, junglis; clothes, cooking, hygiene, illnesses; tigers; Independence; Hindu/Muslims; Calcutta killings; 1921-1956