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Anne M Holt, "Afghanistan As I Knew It, May 1968 to March 1969"
Catalogue reference: RSAA/SC/HOLT/1
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This record is a file about the Anne M Holt, "Afghanistan As I Knew It, May 1968 to March 1969" dating from 1993-1996.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RSAA/SC/HOLT/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Anne M Holt, "Afghanistan As I Knew It, May 1968 to March 1969"
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1993-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Unpublished travel memoir, as a typescript with numerous corrections and additions (holograph). The file also includes a letter to the RSAA from Anne Holt sent with her typescript.
For reference to Freya Stark, see p. 43: "This time we decided to take some passengers with us: Mrs Freya Stark, a famous British writer and traveller, who was anxious to see Jam, and a young Englishman on holiday in Afghanistan, called Francis Witts...."
For transparencies taken during Anne and Frank Holt's travels in Afghanistan, see RSAA/SC/HOLT/2. For pen and ink drawings of Afghanistan by Frank Holt, see RSAA/SC/HOLT/4.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Typescript of 128 numbered A4 sheets, plus 15 A4 sheets preceding, plus letter (2 sheets).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/589bf7fb-efc9-4066-a5bf-380a5b277165/
Series information
RSAA/SC/HOLT
Holt, Frank, artist, and Holt, Anne, photographer, both fl 1925-2000
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This record is held at Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Within the fonds: RSAA
Archive of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs
Within the sub-fonds: RSAA/SC
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Within the series: RSAA/SC/HOLT
Holt, Frank, artist, and Holt, Anne, photographer, both fl 1925-2000
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Anne M Holt, "Afghanistan As I Knew It, May 1968 to March 1969"