Record of Events: India, Apr. 1940 to Mar. 1942., 04/26/1940-03/12/1942

File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Identifier: 35754

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The Thomas Murray Wilson Papers consist primarily of photographs and diaries by Wilson mainly during his travels around the world in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's in the United States diplomatic corps. The collection is comprised of 5 linear feet of material, arranged in 40 folders in 4 boxes and 3 oversize containers.

Thomas Murray Wilson was an avid traveler during his service as a diplomat, visiting all over Southern Asia, Africa and Europe in addition to the countries where he was stationed. He was also an avid photographer and diarist. The collection is full of photographs taken by Wilson all over the world, and he probably developed many of them himself. Wilson was much more a fan of the nature and old ruins in the areas he traveled in than a documenter of the local cultures. Landscapes of all sorts dominate the collection: mountains, sea coasts, waterfalls, forests and deserts. But there are also many photos of cities, towns and popular tourist sites, such as the Taj Mahal and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Some of the most fascinating photographs are those taken by Wilson with a special panorama camera of the Great Wall of China and of the Yugoslavian coast. Thomas Murray Wilson's diaries kept during his years of service in Australia, India and Iraq (1937-1943) contain an interesting account of his daily experiences as well as of world events and American involvement in the countries where he was stationed. Of particular interest are the diaries kept during his service in Iraq (1942-1943), during which time the United States was negotiating with Iraq over its involvement in World War II and about oil interests in the region. There is also a great deal of discussion about Zionism and Jewish immigration to Palestine. Wilson had his manuscript diaries typed and bound and they are arranged chronologically.

Dates

04/26/1940-03/12/1942

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/13/4B

Container Summary

1 TMs diary kept by Thomas Murray Wilson in Calcutta and Delhi, India from April 26, 1940 to March 12, 1942 during his service there. Contains references to the Viceroy Victor A. J. Hope (Marquis of Linlithgow), Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Mahatma Ghandi and Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia, as well as references to other prominent British and Indians: Maharajadhiraja Bahadur of Burdwan, Sir Jeremy Raisman, Maharaja of Tripara, Sir Girga Shankar Bajpai, Sir Kenneth Fitze, Sir Brojendra Mitter, Sir Francis Wylie, Sir Andrew Clow, Sir Homi Mody, Maharaja of Jaipur, Sir Alexander Roger, Sir Reginald Maxwell, Sir Gurunath Bewoor, Sir Alan Lloyd, Sir Cowasji Jehangir, Sir George Campbell, Sir Archibald Carter, Sir Thomas Ainscough, Sir Bertrand Glancy, Sir Frederick Tymms, Sir Gilbert Laithewaite, Admiral Sir Herbert FitzHerbert, Sir Henry Craik, Sir Leonard Wilson, Sir Douglas Young, Sir Akbar Hydari, Sir Frederick James, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Manneckjie Dadabhoy, Sir Ramaswami Mudalier, Maharaja of Dholpur and Shiva Rao.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

INDIA - DAIRY - 1940 - 1942: Diary

CHIANG KAI-SHEK, GENERAL AND MADAME - REFERENCE: Diary

RAJAGOPALPCHARIA, CHAKRAVARTI - REFERENCE: Diary

BURDWAN, MAHARAJ. BAHADUR OF - REFERENCE: Diary

BAHADUR OF BURDWAN, MAHARAJ. - REFERENCE: Diary

RAISMAN, SIR JEREMY - REFERENCE: Diary

TRIPARA, MAHARAJA OF - REFERENCE: Diary

BAJPAI, SIR GIRGA SHANKAR - REFERENCE: Diary

FITZE, SIR KENNETH - REFERENCE: Diary

MITTER, SIR BROJENDRA - REFERENCE: Diary

WYLIE, SIR FRANCIS - REFERENCE: Diary

CLOW, SIR ANDREW - REFERENCE: Diary

MODY, SIR HOMI - REFERENCE: Diary

JAIPUR, MAHARAJA OF - REFERENCE: Diary

ROGER, SIR ALEXANDER - REFERENCE: Diary

MAXWELL, SIR REGINALD - REFERENCE: Diary

BEWOOR, SIR GURUNATH - REFERENCE: Diary

LLOYD, SIR ALAN - REFERENCE: Diary

JEHANGIR, SIR COWASJI - REFERENCE: Diary

CAMPBELL, SIR GEORGE - REFERENCE: Diary

CARTER, SIR ARCHIBALD - REFERENCE: Diary

AINSCOUGH, SIR THOMAS - REFERENCE: Diary

GLANCY, SIR BERTRAND - REFERENCE: Diary

TYMMS, SIR FREDERICK - REFERENCE: Diary

LAITHEWAITE, SIR GILBERT - REFERENCE: Diary

FITZHERBERT, ADMIRAL SIR HERBERT - REFERENCE: Diary

CRAIK, SIR HENRY - REFERENCE: Diary

WILSON, SIR LEONARD - REFERENCE: Diary

YOUNG, SIR DOUGLAS - REFERENCE: Diary

HYDARI, SIR AKBAR - REFERENCE: Diary

JAMES, SIR FREDERICK - REFERENCE: Diary

AUCHINLECK, SIR CLAUDE - REFERENCE: Diary

DADABHOY, SIR MANNECKJIE - REFERENCE: Diary

MUDALIER, SIR RAMASWAMI - REFERENCE: Diary

DHOLPUR, MAHARAJA OF - REFERENCE: Diary

RAO, SHIVA - REFERENCE: Diary