Description
Papers of A.S. MacWhirter, tea planter in Assam, and his wife, Mrs M.E. (Edith) MacWhirter, writer, 1930s-1950s. Collection of personal papers, official documents, writing and notes, letters and cuttings with a specific focus on the work of the Indian Tea Association during World War Two.
Diaries of Mrs M.E. MacWhirter; notes for short stories and travel writings:
- Exercise book entitled Homeward 1947 and marked ‘Macwhirter, Cabin No 72, Promenade Deck’
- Pocket diaries for: 1947, 1942 1948, 1950, 1952, two for 1951, 1954
- Pages torn from pocket diaries for the years 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945 and 1949 and containing handwritten notes
- Diary for the year 1951
- Men’s and ladies’ golf score cards from North Lakhimpur and Shillong Golf Courses
- Page of handwritten notes entitled India, Jan 22nd 1948
- Contents of a ring binder containing notes arranged in chronological order
- Foolscap pages of handwritten notes arranged in chronological order
- Two small handwritten pages of notes dated September 30th 1948
- Five pages of handwritten notes dated November 1948
- Exercise book containing handwritten notes entitled 2nd Darjeeling trip 1948, also visit to Gandra
- Looseleaf pages of handwritten notes arranged in chronological order, starting January 1948
- Exercise book — journal from 8 March to 31 April 1951
- Exercise book entitled Journal 1954, Jan to March
- Exercise book entitled Journal 1954, 16th May to …
