Bengal Project respondents' papers

• Reference:GB 254 MS 417
• Dates of Creation:1920-1993
• Physical Description:
  1 box

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence and items sent to the Project, illustrating the lives of individuals who worked in the jute industry in Bengal

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Jan Merchant, Senior Archivist, February 2018

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Held by members of the Bengal Project then transferred to the Archive. The Bengal Project was initiated by the History Department in 1993, with the purpose of providing a picture of the lives of Scottish people employed in India prior to the 1960's. Project leaders David Swinfen and Chris Whatley invited those with any relevant material to donate the material to the University and also arranged to record the reminiscences of those who lived and worked in Bengal.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 417