Archive / Tag: Kerala

  • Hedley Papers
    Archive: Papers
    A collection of letters from R. Puspam, the family Ayah, to the Leigh family after they left India regarding the work they did with Lindon and others 1945-1955; papers from […]
  • Tewson Papers
    Archive: Papers
    Given by R.R. Tewson. A tea-planter in South India c. 1937-67. Small Collections Box 23 In his typescript memoir ‘The Carefree Days of Planting’, Mr Tewson gives a frank account […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 16
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 12:05min. Cochin (Kochi); Malabar, Kerala, India. 1933. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. ‘The Residency’ – Bolghatty Palace, Bolghatty Island. Scenes of the Residency’s gardens of […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 10
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 4:17min. Nilambur, Kerala, India. 1931. ‘Nilambur River; Nilambur Market and Village scenes’. A small group of Europeans being punted across the river in dug-out canoes. Mahouts and working elephants. […]
  • Stokes Collection – Film 8
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 12:40min. Travancore, Kerala/Tamil Nadu, India. c. 1931. Film made by Lady Stokes and Sir Hopetoun Stokes. Peryaar Lake. Travancore; car ferried across Peryaar Lake. Villages on the river bank. […]
  • Milne Collection – Film 3
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 33:01min. Travancore, (Kerala), India. c. 1930s. Unidentified filmmaker. Scenes of tea plantations and tea production technology: inspecting tea seeds; tea nurseries; tea plantations across mountainous area; road sign: ‘Rajamallay […]
  • Milne Collection – Film 2
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 16:13min. Travancore, (Kerala), India. 1935. Unidentified filmmaker. Maharaja of Travancore, H.H. Balarama Varma II welcomed by Mr. & Mrs. J.S.B. Wallace at the Nullantanni all-electric tea factory. Address of […]
  • Milne Collection – Film 1
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 13:29min. Travancore, (Kerala), India. c. 1930s. Unidentified filmmaker. Tea plantations. Tea boxes transported by cable railway (wire shoots) across a mountainous area (probably the High Ranges bordering Munnar town). […]
  • Jacob Collection – Film 9
    Archive: Films
    Colour. 4:37min. Kerala, India. c. 1930s. Military parade attended by Indian Civil Service Officers in white official uniforms. An official party (the Viceroy?) watching the march-past. Indian army. Artillery. Cavalry.
  • Jacob Collection – Film 6
    Archive: Films
    B&W. 17:19min. Trivandrum, Kerala, India. c.1930s-1940s. Unidentified filmmaker. Village scenes. Women working with looms and spins. Fishing boats, traditional fishing nets supported by bamboo pillars and pirogues. Woman collecting sap […]