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O. D. Hopps Collection: Photographs of Inida
Catalogue reference: Photo 1363
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This record is about the O. D. Hopps Collection: Photographs of Inida dating from 1913-1924.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Photo 1363
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Title (The name of the record)
- O. D. Hopps Collection: Photographs of Inida
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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Collection compiled by Oswald Deacon Hopps, electrical and mechanical engineer in India, comprising:. Photo 1363/1. Album of views, principally of the North-West Frontier and Kashmir, a mixture of amateur family snapshots and professional work (some of which can be attributed to the firm of Randolph Bezzant Holmes). Photo 1363/2. Family snapshot album, including many views of Kashmir. Photo 1363/3. Two loose prints: a group of the 32nd Sikh Regiment, and a portrait (by the Holmes studio, Peshawar), of an unidentified nursing sister. Biographical note: Oswald Deacon Hopps (1888-1932) was born in India and returned in 1913 to work as an electrical engineer and manager in the Lahore branch of the firm of James Lukes & Sons. He married Bertha Haynes in Calcutta in February 1917 and his son Phillip was born in 1918 and his daughter Hildegarde in 1919. In May 1917 he left Lukes to join the army and from 1920-24 served as garrison engineer at Bannu. The family returned to England in 1924.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 items
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Unrestricted. Appointment Required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Given by Ros Mulholland, daughter of Phillip Hopps, 25 January 2017. The collection was for many years in the possession of Hildegarde Modral (daughter of Oswald Deacon Hopps), until her death in 2016, when it passed into the possession of her niece, the donor.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5751c565-8f68-40a7-bb6e-6ea125443266/
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O. D. Hopps Collection: Photographs of Inida