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GD1/50 Edinburgh Indian Association

Collection Summary

Reference Code: GB239 GD1/50
Title: Edinburgh Indian Association
Dates of Creation of Material: 1937
Level of Description: Fonds
Extent and Medium of the Unit of Description: 1 item: papers

Name of creator(s): Edinburgh Indian Association
Administrative History: The Edinburgh Indian Association was founded in 1883, a social society for students from India who had come to study in Edinburgh. By 1900 it had some 200 members, and still continues today.
Archival History: Unknown
Immediate Source of Acquisition or Transfer: I. Alexander, Edinburgh, March 1991

Scope and Content: Annual Dinner programme 1937
Accruals: No further accessions are expected
System of Arrangement: Chronological within record class

Conditions Governing Access: None
Conditions Governing Reproduction: Reproduction is subject to closure periods and physical condition
Language/Scripts of Material: English

Related Units of Description:
Edinburgh Indian Association papers. Edinburgh University Archives Da67.Ind

Archivists' Notes: Compiled by Mike Barfoot and Jenny McDermott using existing handlists
Rules or Conventions: Description based on ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description International Council on Archives (2nd edition), 2000
Date(s) of Description: May 2000; revised June 2002