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Catalogue of The Papers of Barbara Bruce (1906-1976)

By Helen Roberts, PaxCat Project Archivist

Reference code: GB 0532 Cwl BBR.

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CONTENTSIntroduction 1Collection description 2Cwl BBR 1. Letters received. 9

Single letters 9TK Adranvala, Delhi 30Asha Devi and EW [Aryamda] Aryanayakam, Sevagram 30Margaret Barr, Shillong and Kharang 32Mary Barr40Olwen Battersby, War on Want 43Ethelwyn Best 45Harold Bing 48Chandrasekhar 49Dr Chatterji 50Manimala (Moni) Roy Choudhary 51G Leslie Cross 55John Dennithorne, Dowlais 56Kamala Desikan 57Siddharaj Dhadda 58Shah Dhonnehal, Itarsi 59MP Diwan 62Parvati Devi and Sudhir Chandra Dongre, Itarsi 63Verrier Elwin 65Herbert and Lucille Fischer 66Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim and Bonn 68Mary and SK George, Trichur 72Jogneshwar Gogoi 73Erica and Donald Groom, Kodaikanal and Rasulia 74Dr DM Gupta 78Tore and Hemlata Hakansson, Calcutta 78Swarup Kumar Jain 80Margaret Jones 82Janet Ludlam 98David and Richenda Martin 99Kishorlal Mashruwala 101Raghunath Meritz 102Mahesh Dutta Misra 103Vinodini Namjoshi, Bhuj 107Dr Sushila Nayar 108BR Pagare, Khandwa 113Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi 114

Ranjit Pandhe, Anand Bhawan 141Dr S Pandit, New Delhi 145Jehangir Patel, Bombay 146Prabhakar 150Devi Prasad, Sevagram 175Janaki Prasad, Sevagram 179Radnakrishna 181G Ramachandran 182Ruth Richardson185Kshitis Roy, Santiniketan 186Pulin Bihari Sen 187Ben Sharma 189PC Sharma 190HB Shilat, Ahmedabad 191Sunyata (Alfred Emanuel Sorensen), Almora 192Badri Parshad Swami, Makrana 196Marjorie Sykes 200Molly Tandy 202Christopher Taylor, Calcutta 206Ranganayaki Thatham (alias Kumutini), Srirangam207S and Chandra Venkatiaman, New Delhi 219Sikander Ali Wajd 220Francis Watson, Simla 227Yniarh, Sevagram 228

Cwl BBR 2. Letters sent 230To her family 230Draft or copy letters 247Miss TK Adranvala 247Olwen Battersby 248Mr Hill 249Sushila Nayar 250Prabhakar 251Marjorie Sykes 251

Cwl BBR 3. Photographs 253Cwl BBR 4. War on Want 259Cwl BBR 5. Press cuttings 266Cwl BBR 6. Miscellaneous 269

Catalogue of the Papers of Barbara Bruce, 2009. A Commonweal Archive. Special Collections, University of

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INTRODUCTIONThis collection of papers is one of the archives collected by Commonweal Library, an independent peace library located in the J.B. Priestley Library of the University of Bradford. These archives are part of the Special Collections at the University of Bradford.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONReference codeGB 0532 Cwl BBR

TitlePapers of Barbara Bruce (1906-1976)

Dates1935 - 1976

Level of descriptionFonds

Extent 0.4 metres

Name of creatorBarbara Bruce

Administrative/ Biographical historyBorn in London in 1906, Barbara Bruce was a member of the Society of Friends and a sculptor. She was the daughter of Leonard and Dorothy Hartland, and had a younger brother, Cedric. In the early 1930s she moved to South Wales to assist fellow Quaker John Dennithorne in his work amongst the unemployed in Merthyr Tydfil. She then returned to London to train as a nurse at the London Hospital, qualifying in 1936.

Through the Friends Service Council, she volunteered to work for a year at the Friends’ Mission Hospital in Itarsi, Central Provinces (now the state of Madhya Pradesh), in India. She arrived in the country in January 1939. In this role she replaced Edith Bevan as a second nursing sister, alongside Lucille Fischer. Edith Bevan, a Methodist, had spent the best part of a decade at the hospital and returned to England on extended leave.

There is evidence in Barbara’s letters to suggest that prior to going to India, she had been involved in the Friends’ medical relief effort in Spain during the Civil War and that through this work she began her friendship with Donald Groom. George Jones and Herbert Fischer were also relief workers in Spain, but it is not clear whether they knew Barbara at that point.

The situation that Barbara found at the hospital in Itarsi was far from ideal. Tensions had developed between the traditional view of the Christian mission in India (articulated by Edith Bevan) and more radical and egalitarian ideas about living and working with Indian people, held by Drs Bill and Molly Tandy, and Dr Herbert Fischer (Lucille’s husband). Bill Tandy, with the aid of a dispensary van funded by the Cadbury family, took the work of the hospital out into the surrounding villages. He also visited Gandhi in 1937, at his ashram in Sevagram, to discuss how issues of caste, custom and prejudice were affecting the operation of the hospital. There he

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met Herbert Fischer and Jogneshwar Gogoi, who were both persuaded to move to Itarsi where they began a series of co-operative ventures in the local community. George Jones, whose wife Margaret became a close friend of Barbara, arrived in India from Spain in 1938 and worked exhaustively with the Gond people, an aboriginal tribe who lived in the jungle and were considered outside the Hindu caste system.

This was the network of people and commitments which Barbara entered into in Itarsi. Already influenced by Gandhi and with a liberal, ecumenical approach, Barbara never saw herself in the missionary role. Her letters home to her family express an early commitment to adapting to the Indian way of life and immersing herself in Indian culture. This included wearing handwoven clothes, eating a vegetarian diet, learning the Hindi language and adopting an Indian name, Vasanti Ben. She developed close friendships with many Indian people, including Sukumar Pagare, a member of the Congress Party in Itarsi, who regarded her as his sister and kept in contact with Barbara until a few years before her death.

Alongside her nursing work, Barbara often spent weekends and longer periods of leave travelling around India. Her interests in art, archaeology and religion prompted visits to view the Buddhist monuments at Sanchi, and prehistoric cave paintings near Hoshangabad and Pachmarhi, amongst other sites. She was deeply influenced by attending the All India Congress held in Tripuri in March 1939 and by regular gatherings of Indian and European friends at her hospital bungalow where discussions were held on the unity of all religions. These discussions led, in 1949, to the formation of the Fellowship of Friends of Truth, described by Margaret Jones as a fellowship for those ‘seeking after the Truth underlying all things and trying to live towards the spirit shed abroad by Gandhiji’ (letter of 17 February 1949).

Against this background, Barbara wrote to Amy Montford at Friends House in London, attempting to persuade her of the importance of the developments at Itarsi. However in June 1939, the India Committee of the Friends Service Council made the decision to remove the Tandys and the Fischers from their positions at the hospital. Bill Tandy was replaced firstly by Dr Matthew, an Indian doctor, and then in October 1940, by Dr Martin Ludlam, another English Quaker. The Ludlam family arrived in the country with Donald and Erica Groom, who were appointed to take over the running of the Friends’ Settlement in Rasulia. The situation of the Fischers was complicated by the outbreak of the Second World War. Herbert Fischer, a German national, was interned at a camp in Purandhar, and after giving birth to their first child, Karl, Lucille joined him in early 1940. They were not released until after the end of the war, when they left India and settled in East Germany.

Divisions persisted at the hospital however, as the roots lay deeper than a clash of personalities. Barbara continued working at Itarsi until April 1941, when she joined Marjorie Sykes at the ashram and university at Santiniketan, in Bengal, founded by the Tagore family. Barbara remained there, nursing Rabindranath Tagore until his death on 7 August 1941. Friends of Barbara’s, including Sukumar Pagare, were imprisoned for acts of satyagraha (nonviolent resistance) during this period. Her



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own health suffered and after a brief stay with Leonard Schiff at the Bishop’s House in Calcutta, she returned to work at the hospital in Itarsi.

She did so as an independent volunteer, rather than through the Friends Service Council, and made the decision to live outside the hospital amongst Indian people. During this period she spent time living and working at various rural spinning centres, and was involved in discussions led by Donald Groom to initiate emergency and constructive work in the Central Provinces. The charka (spinning wheel) and khadi (handspun, handwoven cloth) were symbolic of the Gandhian Constructive Programme, itself an integral part of the satyagraha movement.

In June 1943 she left Itarsi for good, spending several months with the Tagore family at their home in Kalimpong, near the border with Nepal. She then returned to work formally for the Friends Ambulance Unit in Contai, as part of the famine relief effort in Bengal in the wake of a devastating cyclone. Between November 1943 and December 1944, she took part in milk distribution, ran the children’s hospital in Contai, and organised dispensaries in local villages.

However her most important work was undertaken at the ashram and village community created by Gandhi at Sevagram, in the state of Maharashtra. She first visited Sevagram in January 1939 at the invitation of Asha Devi Aryanayakam and her husband, and then again in November 1940, when she met Gandhi. But she did not settle there until January 1945. Barbara lived outside the ashram to avoid some of the strictures imposed on daily life by Gandhi, such as the ban on drinking tea. She was based initially at the Hindustani Talimi Sangh (All India Education Board), which took forward Gandhi’s Basic Education programme. Her work involved running the village dispensary, and later, a maternity and child welfare centre in Sevagram. To ensure that this became sustainable, she also collaborated with Dr Sushila Nayar to develop a training scheme for local women to run such institutions themselves.

After a period of leave spent at the Friends’ Settlement in Rasulia with Donald and Erica Groom, Barbara returned to Sevagram to take on the role of nursing superintendent at the newly established Kasturba Hospital. This was named in memory of Gandhi’s wife Kasturba who died in prison in 1944. Barbara continued to undertake a combination of hospital management, nursing and midwifery training, adult education, and work in the village dispensary and health centre, throughout her time at Sevagram. She worked closely not only with Sushila Nayar and Asha Devi Aryanayakam, but also with Prabhakar, who was resident in Gandhi’s ashram and closely involved with the hospital, and Manimala Roy Choudhary, the head nurse.

In February 1947, Barbara sailed to England from Bombay for a year’s leave. This was the first time she had seen her family for over eight years. Towards the end of her stay, she spent three months at the Trewern community, set up in Dowlais by John Dennithorne. When she arrived back in India, in the aftermath of Gandhi’s assassination, she turned down a request from Leslie Cross to join Margaret Jones in working for the Friends Service Unit in Pakistan. Instead she returned to her commitments in Sevagram and remained there until her decision to return home in early 1950. This was despite a serious proposal made by Margaret Jones in July



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1949 that Barbara come to Chittagong, in East Bengal, to assist her as a midwife at the Jameson Maternity Hospital. Before sailing from Bombay in March 1950, she spent a brief period working with Asha Devi Aryanayakam in a refugee camp in Faridabad.

Barbara married Harry Bruce in September 1950 and settled at Woodland Cottage, Longdon, Upton-on-Severn. The Bruces lived there for the rest of their lives. A cousin of Miraben (Gandhi’s English disciple, Madeleine Slade) and a nuclear physicist, Harry Bruce had by all accounts waited many years to marry Barbara.

After her marriage, Barbara did not return to India, despite promises and plans to do so. She remained in contact with many of her friends and co-workers from India, notably Margaret and Mary Barr, Manimala Roy Choudhary, Donald and Erica Groom, Margaret Jones, Sushila Nayar, Sukumar Pagare, Prabhakar, Marjorie Sykes, Molly Tandy and Ranganayaki Thatham. In this way she continued to exert some influence on the development of Kasturba Hospital. Her correspondence also gave her insights into the development of Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan (land gift) movement and of Gandhian Basic Education and other constructive work in India after independence.

Barbara’s links with David Hoggett, the founder of the Commonweal Collection, developed through the Fellowship of Friends of Truth after it was established in Britain in 1956. David’s voluntary work in India during 1952-1955 brought him into contact with people Barbara had known there, such as Margaret and Mary Barr. A proposal was made at the FFT conference in 1957 to set up a centre based on Gandhi’s concept of sarvodaya (commonweal). John Dennithorne offered a property in Merthyr Tydfil, known as Garthnewydd, as a base for the community. Meetings about how the community would operate took place amongst a mixed group of people with experience of working in India, International Voluntary Service for Peace volunteers and members of the FFT. Barbara was involved in these discussions, as were Molly Tandy and her daughter Mary, David Hoggett and Alfred Heselgrave.

There is evidence in her letters that Barbara took part in the first Aldermaston March in 1958. In the 1960s, she was behind an initiative to raise funds for the Bhoodan movement, through a War on Want campaign which paired Upton-on-Severn with the village of Shrikrishnapura in Rajasthan.

Barbara died in 1976 and after her husband’s death, Woodland Cottage was inherited by Harry’s nephew, Robert Hubbard. He later granted use of the cottage to Alfred Heselgrave.

Immediate source of acquisitionAcquired by the Commonweal Collection, via Alfred Heselgrave, in 1998-1999.

Scope and contentLetters and postcards (546 items) received by Barbara Bruce from friends and co-workers during and after the years she spent living and working in India, 1939-1976 [Cwl BBR/1/1-546].



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The most significant groups of letters are as follows: Mary Barr (8), 1940-1967; Margaret Barr (21), 1947-1972; Ethelwyn Best (6), 1950-1973; Manimala Roy Choudhary (11), 1950-1974; Shah Dhonnehal (7), 1941; Donald and Erica Groom (8), c1942-1966; Margaret Jones (37), 1941-1954; David and Richenda Martin (6), 1948; Mahesh Dutta Misra (9), 1940-1967; Sushila Nayar (14), 1945-1976; Sukumar Pagare (67), 1940-1976; Prabhakar (64), 1946-1976; Pulin Bihari Sen (6), 1945-1950; Sunyata (Alfred Emanuel Sorensen) (9), 1941-1947; Badri Parshad Swami (9), 1966-1969; Molly Tandy (11), 1954-1955; Christopher Taylor (3), 1944-1945; Ranganayaki Thatham (alias Kumutini) (31), 1946-1963; and Sikander Ali Wajd (19), 1947-1957. Other items of interest include: a single letter from Jayaprakash Narayan, 1959; a photocopy of a letter from Jawaharlal Nehru, 1939; photocopies of a postcard and a letter from Mahatma Gandhi, 1940 & 1947; and a postcard from Sushila Nayar signed by Gandhi, 1945.

Letters (41 items) written by Barbara Bruce to her parents and close family during her time in India, 1939-1947 [Cwl BBR/2/1-41].

These letters are particularly detailed and give important insights into the following subjects: the Quaker network in India and the involvement of Friends in missionary, medical and village reconstruction work and humanitarian relief; daily life, religion and culture in Hindu households and communities of the period; the political situation (from the point of view of a European sympathetic to the Congress Party and demands for independence); the Gandhian constructive programme and how it was taken forward in central India. There are no surviving letters between March 1942 and May 1943, or for the years 1944, 1946 and 1948-1949.

Drafts or copy letters (12 items) written by Barbara Bruce, 1952 – 1972 [Cwl BBR/2/42-53].

Photographs taken or collected by Barbara Bruce in India, including of temples, archaeological sites, landscapes and people (friends, co-workers and patients), 1930s & 1940s [Cwl BBR/3/1-12].

Papers relating to the War on Want Freedom from Hunger campaign in support of the Bhoodan movement in India, including the village of Shrikrishnapura sponsored by Upton-on-Severn, 1962 – 1968 [Cwl BBR/4/1-13].

Press cuttings of articles and letters about or by Barbara Bruce or about India, 1949 – 1969, with 3 Indian news sheets from 1942 [Cwl BBR/5/1-9].

Typescript by Barbara Bruce on Gandhi and education, 1948 [Cwl BBR/6/1].

Sketchbook of Barbara Bruce, no date [Cwl BBR/6/2].

Hand painted Indian postcards (6 items), 1930s [Cwl BBR/6/3].

Handwoven shoulder bag, wooden combs and wooden implement (4 items) [Cwl BBR/6/6-8].

Appraisal, destruction and schedulingPress cuttings and blank postcards weeded where these had no relevance to the core of the collection. Duplicates were also weeded.



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System of arrangementThere was no original order to the collection and series were created based on the type of material. Correspondence was arranged into series of letters received by, and letters written by, Barbara Bruce. Within these series, letters were grouped by sender/recipient and then chronologically.

Access conditionsAvailable to researchers, by appointment. Access to archive material is subject to preservation requirements and must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act and any other appropriate legislation.

Copyright/ conditions governing reproductionCopies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of Special Collections staff, subject to copyright law and the condition of the originals. Applications for permission to make published use of any material should be directed to the Special Collections Librarian in the first instance. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.

Language of materialMainly English with some items in Hindi.

Related units of descriptionArchives of Quaker Peace and Social Witness, including reports of Itarsi Hospital, 1936-1941, Library of the Religious Society of Friends.

Archives of the Friends Ambulance Unit, Library of the Religious Society of Friends.

Publication noteThe ashram at Sevagram: a guide for visitors (AW Sahasrabudhe, Wardha, 1959).

Marjorie Sykes, The story of Nai Talim: fifty years of education at Sevagram 1937-1987 (Nai Talim Samiti, Wardha, 1988).

Marjorie Sykes, An Indian tapestry: Quaker threads in the history of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Sessions Book Trust, 1997).

A Tegla Davies, Friends Ambulance Unit: the story of the FAU in the Second World War 1939-1946 (Allen & Unwin, 1947), ch. on The Far East: India, pp296-324.

Archivist’s noteDescribed by Helen Roberts.

Rules or conventionsISAD(G) 2nd ed.

Date(s) of descriptionJune 2009.



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INDEXING

PersonsAryanayakam, Asha Devi (1901-1970)

Bhave, Vinoba (1895-1982)

Bruce, Barbara (1906-1976)

Gandhi, Mahatma (1869-1948)

Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889-1964)

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)

Corporate BodiesFriends Ambulance Unit

Quaker Peace and Social Witness

Santiniketan

Sevagram Ashram

SubjectsBhoodan movement

Passive resistance – India

Sarvodaya movement



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CWL BBR 1. LETTERS RECEIVED.

Date1939 - 1976.

Extent546 items.

Scope and contentSingle letters arranged in chronological order [Cwl BBR/1/1-54], followed by groups of letters by individual senders arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically.

Single letters

Cwl BBR 1/1

TitlePostcard of Kabir, the Hindu religious poet, from Frances 'Bruce' Hubbard, Hampstead.

Date[1920s].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentChristmas wishes.

Cwl BBR 1/2

TitleTypescript letter from Leonard [Schiff], Cawnpore, to Barbara Hartland, Itarsi.

Date22 August 1939.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses the departure of Bill and Molly Tandy from Itarsi; the possibility of her working in Mysore; Herbert Fischer's plans and the threat of war; a visit to India by a Labour MP from New Zealand.

Cwl BBR 1/3

TitleHandwritten letter from Sushil Chander Varma, Allahabad, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date23 May 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends thanks to Barbara for nursing Tagore and news of Mahesh Dutta Misra in prison. Discusses Santiniketan as a place to live.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/4

TitleHandwritten letter from Rev. Canon SF Streatfield, chaplain, Chakrata, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Santiniketan.

Date28 June 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses having to continue in his post due to the war; the stature of Tagore and comparisons between Hinduism and Christianity. Sends news of his children joining the Fleet Air Arm and the Indian Army Officer Cadet School.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/5

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret, Haywards Heath, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Hospital, Itarsi.

Date6 July 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her new neighbour Major Christie Millar; the experiences of two refugees from France and the Netherlands; Russia joining the war. Sends personal news.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/6

TitleHandwritten letter from Bina Rani Pradhan, Tikashi, to Barbara Hartland, Contai.

Date23 November 1944.

Extent2 items.

LanguageHindi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/7

TitleHandwritten postcard from [?], Hindi-Bhavana, Santiniketan, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date13 April 1945.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentExplains Tiwariji's return to Santiniketan directly from Nagpur and his failure to visit Sevagram. Sends news of Mahesh Dutta Misra setting one of Tagore's poems to dance, and celebrating Tagore's birthday.

Cwl BBR 1/8

TitleHandwritten letter from Stephen [Lee], Friends Ambulance Unit, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date21 May 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work in Contai and the continued success of the children's hospital; the work of the Industrial Centre; Glan Davies' departure from the FAU; his own work in Contai and Calcutta; Red Cross milk supplies.

Cwl BBR 1/9

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Bastin, Midnapur, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Ambulance Unit, Contai.

Date9 October 1945.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her visit to Contai; setting up a tuberculosis hospital in Midnapur; and arranging for her to visit Midnapur.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/10

TitleHandwritten postcard from Esther, Karshi, to Barbara Hartland, Basic Training School, Sevagram.

Date17 October 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends the address of Mrs Mitra c/o the Punjab Health School in Lahore.

Cwl BBR 1/11

TitleHandwritten postcard from AD Ranade, Nasik, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date7 March 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's work at the hospital; his own work and plans to visit Sevagram to learn about diseases of the eye.

Cwl BBR 1/12

TitleHandwritten letter from ?, Mahahleshwar, to Barbara Hartland, [Gloucester].

Date23 May 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his wife's health; recuperating in Mahahleshwar; news of Sikander Ali Wajd; his work in Aurangabad.



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Cwl BBR 1/13

TitleHandwritten letter from Harlal Agarwal, Nagpur, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date9 February 1948.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends news of mutual friends and his marriage. Discusses his home in Nagpur and his emotions following Gandhi's assassination.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/14

TitleHandwritten letter from Shantikumar N Morarjee, Ballard Estate, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Asha Devi Aryanayakam, Nai Talim Centre, Refugee Camp, Faridabad.

Date12 March [1948].

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentArranging to meet in Nagpur.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/15

TitleHandwritten postcard.

DatePostmark 17 July 1948.



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Extent1 item.

LanguageHindi.

Cwl BBR 1/16

TitleHandwritten letter from ?, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield [sic].

Date22 July 1948.

Extent3 items.

LanguageHindi.

NoteWith enclosed carbon copy letter and envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/17

TitleHandwritten postcard from Kalidas Dev Sharma, Principal, Labour Welfare Workers Training Institute, Rawriah, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRequests Barbara's help to make contact between the Friends League [Society of Friends?] and the Brotherhood League in [Assam?].

Cwl BBR 1/18

TitleTypescript letter from John S Summers, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, Nigeria, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].



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Date16 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent article on Gandhi and education in Peace News (2 July 1948) and asks for recommended texts for undertaking teacher training.

Cwl BBR 1/19

TitleHandwritten postcard from Mohinder, Dahram Peth, Nagpur, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends apologies for not writing sooner and asks after Barbara's health.

Cwl BBR 1/20

TitleTypescript letter from Y Surrandra Paul, New Era News Agency, Bhopal, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentRequesting literature to assist in organising rural development work in Bhopal; refers to the work of the Grooms in Rasulia and his draft of the constitution for the state of Bhopal.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/21

TitleHandwritten letter from RK Aubhedar, Superintendent of Archaeology, Bidar, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his transfer to Bidar; the new curator at Ajanta caves; arrangements for some visitors to the caves; his desire to meet in Hyderabad before she leaves India.

Cwl BBR 1/22

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland's parents, Leonard and Dorothy Hartland, Uckfield, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date26 April 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's financial and tax situation. Refers to Pandit Nehru and a meeting of dominion premiers. Sends news of Molly Tandy's health.

Conditions of accessClosed. Data Protection Act applies.

Cwl BBR 1/23

TitleHandwritten letter from SK Warrier, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent visit; contact with Devi and Janaki Prasad.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/24

TitleHandwritten postcard from ?, Headmistress, [?] Girls' School, [Pronch], Kashmir, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date18 December 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends thanks for the training she received at Sevagram.

Cwl BBR 1/25

TitleTypescript letter from Heberto M Sein, c/o Asian Labour Conference, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date14 January 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks her from the loan of the book, 'The mind of Mahatma Gandhi', received via Donald Groom as he left Sevagram, and discusses his work as interpreter at the first Asian Labour Conference.



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Cwl BBR 1/26

TitleTypescript letter from Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends' Settlement, Itarsi.

Date6 March 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentBooking details for her passage to England.

Cwl BBR 1/27

TitleTypescript letter from Albert Reinbold, Sandhausen, Heidelberg, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date18 May 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses sharing experiences of education; his work as a teacher; writing to Kishorlal Mashruwala; obtaining literature in Urdu and Hindi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/28

TitleHandwritten letter from Rajalakshmi, Chidambaram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester .

Date25 May 1950.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentExpresses his spiritual connection and friendship with Barbara. Discusses his hopes to study in England; the death of Ramana Maharshi; sitting Indian Foreign Service exams.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/29

TitleHandwritten postcard from S Naga Raja Rao, Pulp Making Unit, Venna Bank, [Janjore], to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date6 September 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on her marriage.

Cwl BBR 1/30

TitleHandwritten letter from Sushila Pai, Bajajwadi, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her dreams of Barbara returning to India to work with her at Kasturbagram near Indore. Sends congratulations on Barbara's marriage. Remembers Barbara's work at the hospital in Sevagram.

Cwl BBR 1/31

TitleHandwritten letter from S Abdul Quadir Inander, Bombay, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on her marriage; news of a delay in his plans to visit England; and news of Sikander Wajd in Hyderabad. Arranges for Barbara to meet his friend Hussain Shaikh in London.

Cwl BBR 1/32

TitleHandwritten letter from Olive, Birmingham, to Barbara Bruce.

Date1 August [post 1950].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends personal news.

Cwl BBR 1/33

TitleHandwritten letter from the Gyanchands, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSending congratulations on her marriage and personal news.

Cwl BBR 1/34

TitleHandwritten letter from Shanti, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Andhir's planned visit to Germany and London; progress with their work in Faridabad; working in the hospital; contact with Asha Devi Aryanayakam.

Cwl BBR 1/35

TitleTypescript letters (2) and counterfoil, from the BBC, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date2-3 October 1952.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentArranging payment for her contribution to the radio broadcast, 'At school in India'.

Cwl BBR 1/36

TitleTypescript letter from Dr AK Anwikar, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Medical College, Nagpur, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Prabhakar's work with Vinoba Bhave for the Bhoodan movement; financial support from the Norwegian government for the ashram at Sevagram; his election as fellow of the Sanitary Institute in London.



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Cwl BBR 1/37

TitleHandwritten letter from [Tilottema Narchanhu] and her sister Amal, Ganhah, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and content[Tilottema] discusses failing to meet in England; the recent floods in England; a book Barbara is writing. Amal discusses visiting Sevagram for a Basic Education conference; Margaret Barr's work near Shillong; Service Civil International volunteers in Assam.

Cwl BBR 1/38

TitleHandwritten postcard from Elfrida, Letchworth, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses meeting Barbara's parents; her work; her sister Margaret.

Cwl BBR 1/39

TitleHandwritten letter from Joseph, Department of Economics, Stanford University, California, to Barbara and Harry Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date17 March 1957.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses a recent 'one-world' event; his work and travel plans.

Cwl BBR 1/40

TitleTypescript letter from ME [Lambrick], Pate's Grammar School for Girls, Cheltenham, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date14 July 1958.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a talk given to the school by Jayaprakash Narayan and thanks her for the gift of a book on Gandhi.

Cwl BBR 1/41

TitleHandwritten letter from Hanna Graborch, Wuppertal, West Germany, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date2 August 1958.

Extent2 items.


NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/42

TitleHandwritten letter from Jayaprakash [Narayan], to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his recent visit to see Barbara; the creation of a sarvodaya centre in South Wales; John Dennithorne and others being in prison; the progress of the Bhoodan movement.

Cwl BBR 1/43

TitleTypescript letter from Awadh Vihari Dwiwedi, Manager, 'Bhoodan' English weekly, Varanasi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 June 1959.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentArranging subscriptions for Barbara and John Dennithorne.

Cwl BBR 1/44

TitleCarbon copy typescript letter from N Ramaswami, Sarvodaya Prachuralaya, Tangore, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentArranging her subscription to 'Sarvodaya'.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/45

TitlePostcard of the Hall of a Thousand Pillars, Rameshwaram, from Flo, Karachi, Pakistan, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her recent travels in India.

Cwl BBR 1/46

TitleHandwritten letter from EP Menon, Office Secretary, Akhil Bharat Sarva Seva Sangh, Bangalore, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date16 May 1961.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReplying on behalf of Vallahhaswain. Discusses her subscription to 'Sarvodaya'; her planned walking tour of India. Describes his own involvement in the movement led by Vinoba Bhave.

Cwl BBR 1/47

TitleTypescript letter from AB Saran, Organiser Films, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Bombay, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date3 June 1961.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentDiscusses a European tour of their films promoting the sarvodaya movement and village constructive work.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/48

TitleHandwritten postcard from ?, St. Symphonie, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date8 July 1961.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDeclines Barbara's invitation to visit her in England.

LanguageFrench.

Cwl BBR 1/49

TitleHandwritten letter from Vimala Thakar, Rajghat, Kashi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date22 May 1962.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her plans for visiting Switzerland, Germany, France and England. Sends news of Vinoba Bhave living in Assam and Devi Prasad coming to England. Asks after David Hoggett, Molly Tandy and Mary Barr.



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Cwl BBR 1/50

TitlePostcard of Somnath Temple, Gujarat, from [Vindini Naipshi], [Bharnafar], to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date[1963].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the war between China and India and the Profumo affair.

Cwl BBR 1/51

TitleTypescript letter from MS Raghurajan, Tiruchirapalli, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of his new job and forthcoming wedding. Discusses anti-western feeling in India.

Cwl BBR 1/52

TitleTypescript letter from J Neufville Taylor, Curator, Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date15 April 1970.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentDiscusses her plans for a local history centre in Upton-on-Severn and suggests contacts.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/53

TitleTypescript letter from Manmahon Choudhuri, Utkal Sarvodaya Mandal, Cuttack, to Harry Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date31 August 1970.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends thanks for his hospitality during a recent visit to England.

Cwl BBR 1/54

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranidi [Mahalanobi], Calcutta, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date30 July 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of her husband and their failure to meet in England.



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TK Adranvala, Delhi

Cwl BBR 1/55

TitleHandwritten letters from TK Adranvala, Trained Nurses Association of India, Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date29 November - 10 December 1949.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's visit to Delhi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/56

TitleTypescript letter from TK Adranvala, Office of Director General, Indian Medical Service, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date7 March 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's visit to Delhi.

Asha Devi and EW [Aryamda] Aryanayakam, Sevagram

Cwl BBR 1/57

TitleTypescript letter from Aryamda Aryanayakam, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Date7 March 1953.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses their work in teaching rural health and Barbara's planned book; Asha and Mitu attending a sarvodaya conference; the success of Vinoba Bhave's land gift movement; Asha's attendance at a United Nations Social Committee meeting in New York; Marjorie Sykes's trip to England. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/58

TitleHandwritten letter from Asha Devi Aryanayakam, c/o Saundaram Williams, Vaddukaddai, Ceylon, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her role as convenor of the All India Committee for Shanti-Seva; her work in Kerala; visiting her family in Ceylon; a committee set up in England by Donald Groom to assist the sarvodaya movement. Asks Barbara to keep in touch with Mrs S Ghosh in Porthcawl.

Cwl BBR 1/59

TitlePostcard of a house in Sevagram, from Asha Devi and Aryamda Aryanayakam, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce.

DateChristmas 1959.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDescribed as 'the house in Sevagram where you stayed and Anitu was married'.

Margaret Barr, Shillong and Kharang

Cwl BBR 1/60

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Shillong, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.

Date25 May 1947.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses transforming her school into a Basic Training School; her midwifery training at the local hospital; her plans to start a rural training centre. Invites Barbara to help her on her return to India. Thanks her for attending [GA] meetings .

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/61

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Shillong, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plans to return to England in 1950; working with Amal Prova Ben to develop Basic Education in Assam; sending teachers to Sevagram for training; her plans to set up a rural centre.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/62

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Shillong, to Barbara Hartland.

Date22 April 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses returning to England and attending a Unitarian conference in Australia en route; plans to meet in Cambatore; her new house at the rural training centre.

Cwl BBR 1/63

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Kharang, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work at Kharang Rural Centre; the importance of Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan work; her objections to being thought of as a missionary; leasing land from the villagers; training children to be Basic teachers or rural workers.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/64


Date9 March 1955.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentDiscusses the word 'missionary'; the help of a trained nurse from Australia. Requests Barbara's syllabus from the hospital in Sevagram to assist with her Basic Education work.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/65

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Shillong, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date20 May 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses some lectures sent by Barbara; her plans to take leave in England. Refers to the Aryanayakams being in Africa.

Cwl BBR 1/66

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Shillong, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date9 October 1955.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses relations between her Khasi Basic Training Centre and the local high school; her plans to leave this work in the hands of Amal Prova during her leave in England; plans to visit Sevagram and Gandhigram; G Ramachandran's work.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/67

TitleTypescript letter from Margaret Barr, Kharang Rural Centre, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses articles by herself and Marjorie Sykes in The Inquirer. Sends news of SK George's health. Discusses her plans to attend a future War Resisters' International conference in Gandhigram; David Hoggett's work; her experiments in Basic Education in Assam.

Conditions of accessRestricted access. Data Protection Act applies.

Cwl BBR 1/68

TitleTypescript letter from Margaret Barr, Kharang Rural Centre, Kharang, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date15 April 1959.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses David Hoggett's new community in Wales [Merthyr Tydfil]; Barbara's experience of India and Gandhian institutions; the conversion of Indian children to Christianity and their view of indigenous religions; Margaret Jones' death.

Cwl BBR 1/69

TitleTypescript letter from Margaret Barr, Kharang, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRefers to trouble in Tibet and on the North East Frontier Agency border; and a conference in Garthnewydd addressed by the Swami. Discusses the lack of progress in developing Nai Talim (Basic Education) in the Khasi Hills; running her own school; the need for higher education for village children; the problem of matriculation; hoping to attend a War Resisters International conference in Gandhigram in 1960.

Cwl BBR 1/70


Date15 May 1961.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRefers to news about David Hoggett. Discusses the idea of introducing Basic Education in a glass factory; plans to visit England in 1963; coaching her older pupils through matriculation; a visit from an American Quaker couple.

Cwl BBR 1/71



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the threat of nuclear war; the prospects for her students in Shillong to matriculate next year; the experiences of her friend, the principal of the only non-Christian women's college in Shillong, during riots over the language question in Assam; the state of Basic Education in Assam; the anniversary of Ellen's death .



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Cwl BBR 1/72



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the state of Sevagram in the absence of leading members who left to follow Vinoba Bhave; setting up a nursery and infant school and a teacher training scheme in the village; her meeting with Dr Soundram Ramachandran, Deputy Minister for Education; Barbara Thomas; supporting herself financially in India.

Cwl BBR 1/73


Date6 April 1965.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Basic Education and its failure to develop in India; why her school differs from what Gandhi envisaged; the training of village teachers; her work with younger children.

Cwl BBR 1/74


Date25 August 1965.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses a report of a recent conference in Delhi on Basic Education; the introduction of compulsory National Cadet Corps training in high schools; starting an infant school and teacher training centre; news from Asha Devi Aryanayakam; her article on South Africa. Expresses sadness at the way India has developed since the deaths of Gandhi and Nehru.

Cwl BBR 1/75


Date12 March 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Donald Groom's attempts to return to India; the Society of Friends' attitude to the Kashmir question. Asks her to visit India. Sends condolences on her father's death.

Cwl BBR 1/76

TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Margaret Barr, Kharang, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

DateJanuary 1967.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the departure of Meda Wallang from the Maternity Department at Kharang Rural Centre; developments at the infant, junior and senior schools; a ban on permits for foreigners to enter Assam; the political situation in India.

NoteWith envelope; first part of letter is a typescript circular.



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Cwl BBR 1/77


Date12 April 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks Barbara for her financial support and commitment to Margaret's work. Discusses a recent stay at Kasturba Ashram in [Ganhati].

Cwl BBR 1/78


Date9 July 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the progress of farm work in her village.

Cwl BBR 1/79


Date27 August 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentCompares her village work with that undertaken by Barbara and Donald Groom. Discusses following the spirit of Gandhi and his teachings; her reluctance to retire and return to England; support from Asha Devi Aryanayakam and Ramachandran; contact with Amal Prova; Rachel Carson's 'Silent spring'; her latest newsletter.



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Mary Barr

Cwl BBR 1/80

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi.

Date20-23 May 1940.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent stay with Gandhi [at Sevagram]; how she was supported financially in her village work by arrangement with Gandhi and how Barbara might do the same to allow her to work in Khedi; Nehru's support for Gandhi; sailing for Durban.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/81

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Swinburne, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date26 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plans to marry and the potential loss to India. Asks about her work at Sevagram and the impact of Gandhi's assassination. Discusses returning to India after her father dies.

Cwl BBR 1/82

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Durban, South Africa, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.



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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's articles in Peace News; Esther's plans to settle in the Himalayas; Molly Tandy's health; the need for committed Gandhians to work in India; Sukumar Pagare's resignation from the Legislative Assemby and prospects for the Socialist Party; developments at Sevagram.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/83

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Durban, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date26 June 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her plans to return to India and the kind of work she might do; riots in Durban and tensions between the Zulu and Indian communities; the climate in India and Barbara's health; rumours about Sukumar Pagare.

Cwl BBR 1/84

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's desire to return to India; Harry Bruce's work on atomic energy; life in Kotagiri; her health; Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan tour.



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NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/85

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date29 April 1955.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her health; living alone; David Hoggett's work in India with the Bhoodan movement; arranging for David Hoggett to stay with Barbara; Molly Tandy's visit to India.

NoteWith envelope (wrong one).

Cwl BBR 1/86

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, and her sister Margaret Barr.

Date5 June 1958.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentTo Barbara: covering note for letter to her sister Margaret. Asks about Barbara's involvement in the Whitsun peace march to a US base near Oxford [Aldermaston]. To Margaret: discusses Marjorie Sykes' speaking on Christianity and sarvodaya at a missionary conference; reaction to Marjorie Sykes and other Europeans being invited by Vinoba Bhave to enter Hindu temples in Maharashtra; a picnic with the Howards from Rasulia.



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Cwl BBR 1/87

TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date15 April 1967.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the political situation in India; famine and floods; organising Mission sales; her health; a forest fire; Donald Groom's visit to Kotagiri.

NoteWith envelope; first part of letter is a typescript circular entitled 'Diary letter 1964-66'.

Olwen Battersby, War on Want

Cwl BBR 1/88

TitleTypescript letter from Olwen Battersby, War on Want, London, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

DateNo date [October 1966].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent convention; news from Donald and Erica Groom; lack of information from Radnakrishna about funded projects; her mother's death; her plans to resume her pacifist activities.

Cwl BBR 1/89




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the relationships between Frank Harcourt-Munning of War on Want, Radnakrishna of the Bhoodan movement and Donald Groom, and the need for more information about the spending of funds raised for Indian villages.


Cwl BBR 1/90


DateNo date [1966].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses various fundraising schemes; contact with Donald Groom; a letter from the Indian village befriended by Upton-on-Severn.

Cwl BBR 1/91

TitleHandwritten letter from Olwen Battersby, War on Want, London, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

DateNo date [1966].

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentReports her conversation with Frank Harcourt-Munning about Donald Groom's relationship with War on Want, on the eve of Frank's visit to India; relations between Donald and Wilfred Kerr.


Cwl BBR 1/92

TitleHandwritten letter from Olwen Battersby, War on Want, London, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

DateNo date [1966].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses writing to Lucy Middleton and Derek Walker about the situation within War on Want.


Ethelwyn Best

Cwl BBR 1/93

TitleHandwritten letter from Ethelwyn Best, Service Civil International, Faridabad Camp, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date30 April 1950.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses conditions and work at the camp; plans to move on to work in Chumba with Horace Alexander; attending Meeting for Worship; Agatha Harrison's work on the refugee question.

Cwl BBR 1/94

TitleHandwritten letter from Ethelwyn Best, Khajiar, Chamba, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date20 August 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses moving to Khajiar from Faridabad; working on a project to bring drinking water and irrigation to Khajiar; her nursing work; Flora Freeman's classes with local girls.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/95

TitleHandwritten letter from Ralph, Khajiar, Chamba, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date20 August 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses various projects and encourages Barbara to consider returning to work with them in India.

NoteEnclosed with Cwl BBR/1/94.



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Cwl BBR 1/96

TitleHandwritten letter from Pierre [Offlisen], Khajiar, Chamba, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

DateNo date [August 1950].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses adapting to life in England again; living in the hills; relations with the local people.


Cwl BBR 1/97

TitleTypescript letter from Ethelwyn Best, New Delhi, to Mr and Mrs Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

DateDecember 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work with Vietnamese volunteers in Paris and with the Service Civil International in Lahore; the situation of the Bengalese community in Pakistan; her experiences of staying with Pakistani families; and her translation of the biography of Pierre Ceresole.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/98

TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Ethelwyn Best, c/o H Sato, Visionville, Bagalur, to Mr and Mrs Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her translation of the biography of Pierre Ceresole; living with a Japanese American couple who were Service Civil International volunteers in the 1950s.

Harold Bing

Cwl BBR 1/99

TitleHandwritten letter from Harold Bing, War Resisters' International, East Leake, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends personal news and news of the Clay family living in Malvern.

Cwl BBR 1/100

TitleHandwritten letter from Harold Bing, chairman, War Resisters' International, East Leake, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the differences between the National Peace Council and War Resisters' International. Encourages Barbara to support WRI and reminds her of its links to Gandhi. Sends personal news.



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Chandrasekhar

Cwl BBR 1/101

TitleHandwritten letter from Chandrasekhar, Hindu University, Banaras, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date24 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his university studies and his brother's plans to train as a doctor; the rainy season in Banaras.

Cwl BBR 1/102

TitleHandwritten letter from Chandrasekhar, Jeppakulam, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date12 June 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her stay in Aruvankadu, journey to Mysore and return to Sevagram.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/103

TitleHandwritten letter from Chandrasekhar, Raj College, Jaunpur, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date11 August 1950.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's return to England; his work; recent events in India.

Dr Chatterji

Cwl BBR 1/104

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Chatterji, Bhowanipur, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Khedi, near Betul.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends thanks for nursing him during his illness and for the time they spent together at Santiniketan.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/105

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Chatterji, Bhowanipur, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Khedi, near Betul.

Date15 March 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the state of emergency in Calcutta and the fear of war.



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Manimala (Moni) Roy Choudhary

Cwl BBR 1/106

TitleHandwritten letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date14 April 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of developments at the hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/107

TitleHandwritten letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date3-9 May 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her work and training at the hospital. Refers to the departure of Sushila Nayar. With letter from Mathutai on same sheet, informing Barbara that he is leaving Sevagram soon.

Cwl BBR 1/108

TitleHandwritten letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of developments at the hospital, including nursing/midwifery training. Discusses her desire to leave Sevagram.

Cwl BBR 1/109


Date10 March 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses relations between the doctors and other workers at the hospital, and between the hospital and the Hindustani Talimi Sangh; her desire to retain responsibility for training in her role as matron; her disillusion with the hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/110



Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Prabhakar's departure from Sevagram and lack of news from Barbara; her nursing training; the development of the hospital. Sends news of Kamala's marriage to Dr Desikan.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/111

TitleHandwritten letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date28 May 1963.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGives details of Sushila Nayar's visit to London. Regrets that Barbara has not kept in touch or returned to India.

Cwl BBR 1/112

TitleTypescript letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses whether she could travel to England to work with Barbara.

Cwl BBR 1/113

TitleHandwritten letter from Monimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date31 May 1968.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses dropping the idea of undergoing some training.



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Cwl BBR 1/114

TitleTypescript letter from Manimala Choudhary, Secretary, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 July 1971.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health; Kasturba Health Society; the establishment of a medical college at Sevagram; contact with Prabhakar; the decline of the Hindustani Talimi Sangh.

NoteAttached to typescript report, 'A brief record of developments of the College from the commencement to 31 March 1971'.

Cwl BBR 1/115

TitleTypescript letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date19 August 1971.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plans to visit India and advises against visiting border areas during tension with Bangladesh.

Cwl BBR 1/116

TitleHandwritten letter from Manimala Roy Choudhary, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of Margaret Barr; Prabhakar's plans; the development of the medical college.

G Leslie Cross

Cwl BBR 1/117

TitleTypescript carbon copy letter from G Leslie Cross, Section Leader, Friends Service Unit, New Delhi office, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentWelcomes Barbara back to India and discusses plans for work she might do in co-operation with Margaret Jones.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/118

TitleTypescript letter from G Leslie Cross, Section Leader, Friends Service Unit, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentExpresses disappointment that Barbara is already fully involved in essential work at Sevagram. Discusses the need for support for Swarn Sarin in undertaking relief work in the state of Kapurthala.



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John Dennithorne, Dowlais

Cwl BBR 1/119

TitleHandwritten letter from John Dennithorne, Dowlais, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the World Pacifist Conference; his regret at being unable to visit her in Sevagram; contact with Harry [Bruce]; the British general election; putting his pacifist witness into practice at Dowlais.

Cwl BBR 1/120

TitleHandwritten letter from John Dennithorne, Dowlais, to Barbara and Harry Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date19 April 1951.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health and his need for a break from Dowlais.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/121

TitleHandwritten postcard from John Dennithorne, Dowlais, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentArranging for Asha Devi Aryanayakam and her husband to visit Dowlais with Barbara.

Cwl BBR 1/122

TitleHandwritten letter from John Dennithorne, Dowlais, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date11 August 1952.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDeclines a invitation to visit due to other commitments. Discusses Molly Tandy.

NoteWith envelope.

Kamala Desikan

Cwl BBR 1/123

TitleHandwritten letter from Kamala Desikan, Bilaspur, to [Barbara Hartland, Sevagram].

Date15 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSingle sentence.

LanguageHindi.



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Cwl BBR 1/124

TitleHandwritten letter from Kamala Desikan, Old Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date16 May 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends Sushila Nayar's address in New York and news of changes at Sevagram, including Prabhakar's departure to take part in the Bhoodan movement.

Siddharaj Dhadda

Cwl BBR 1/125

TitleCarbon copy typescript letter from Siddharaj Dhadda, Joint Secretary, All India Sarva Seva Sangh, Khadigram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGives details of a forthcoming European tour by Jayaprakash Narayan to promote the Bhoodan movement and his own involvement on behalf of the Sarva Seva Sangh.

Cwl BBR 1/126

TitleTypescript letter from Siddharaj Dhadda, Akhil Bharat Sarva Seva Sangh, Rajghat, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date5 October 1960.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentArranging subscriptions for Barbara and John Dennithorne to the Bhoodan Weekly. Confirms his attendance at the War Resisters' International conference in December.

Shah Dhonnehal, Itarsi

Cwl BBR 1/127

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, c/o Mannahal Jain Dewan, Pandhana, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date2 January 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his mother's health. Reflects on truth and beauty.

Cwl BBR 1/128

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, c/o Mannahal Jain Dewan, Pandhana, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReflects on natural beauty. Discusses a revised list of satyagrahis from Mahakoshal approved by Gandhi; whether Sukumar Pagare will offer satyagraha; his mother's health.



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Cwl BBR 1/129

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, Rashtriya Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Marjorie Sykes, Santiniketan.

Date27 April 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her departure from Itarsi, and that of Mrs Dongre; Sukumar Pagare's political activities, arrest and trial; his own decision to sign the satyagraha pledge.

Cwl BBR 1/130

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date3 May 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Sukumar Pagare's trial and sentence; restrictions on the number of letters he can receive in prison; continuing the work of the press; his plan to offer satyagraha; his hopes of a new world.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/131

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date24 May 1941.



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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Gandhi's statement on satyagraha; a letter from Sukumar Pagare in prison; prison food; Santiniketan; writing stories; reading a book about Vinoba Bhave.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/132

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, Manager, Rashtriya Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date15 June 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the work of the press during Sukumar Pagare's imprisonment; news received about Pagare and his impending release; the state of the satyagraha movement; Santiniketan; eastern and western civilisations.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/133

TitleHandwritten letter from Shah Dhonnehal, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland.

Date14 August 1941.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health and asks about her future plans. With note from Sukumar Pagare discussing the death of Rabindranath Tagore.

MP Diwan

Cwl BBR 1/134

TitleHandwritten letter from MP Diwan, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date15 June 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends news of various people currently in jail, including Sukumar Pagare; also of Dr Ludlam and Dr Matthews.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/135

TitleHandwritten postcard from MP Diwan, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr R Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date12 July 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends his appreciation of Mr and Mrs Tagore. Sends news of Dr Matthew's appointment at the hospital in Khandwa; Sukumar Pagare's return to Itarsi; and Dr Jacob being alone at the hospital.



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Cwl BBR 1/136

TitleHandwritten letter from MP Diwan, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Bishop's House, Calcutta.

Date11 August 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentThanks her for sending a rakhi. Discusses her health and the death of Rabindranath Tagore.

NoteWith envelope.

Parvati Devi and Sudhir Chandra Dongre, Itarsi

Cwl BBR 1/137

TitleHandwritten letter from Parvati Devi Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date20 May 1970.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses changes at Lakadgang sawmill; the trend for western people to wear Indian-style dress; Donald Groom; contact with Janet Ludlam and her children; Barbara learning to speak Hindi.

Cwl BBR 1/138

TitleHandwritten letter from Sudhir Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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DatePostmark [1970].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her mother's memories of working with Barbara at the hospital in Itarsi; the changes which have taken place there; news of her family.

Cwl BBR 1/139

TitleHandwritten letter from Sudhir Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 June 1973.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her mother's emotions on receiving Barbara's letters. Discusses the drought in India and the worst affected states; her memories of Barbara, as a child in the late 1940s; the preservation in Itarsi of the ambulance used by Subhash Chandra Bose to travel to the elections in Tripura.

Cwl BBR 1/140

TitleHandwritten letter from Sudhir Chandra Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date14 August 1973.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses independence day celebrations in Itarsi; the rainy season; the cost of living; Sukumar Pagare being honoured as a freedom fighter; the festival of Rakhi.



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Cwl BBR 1/141

TitleDiwali card from Sudhir Chandra Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date22 October [1973].

Extent2 items.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/142

TitleHandwritten letter from Sudhir Chandra Dongre, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date22 May 1974.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the khadi coat which Barbara is wearing in a photograph; labour unrest in India.

Verrier Elwin

Cwl BBR 1/143

TitleTypescript letter from Verrier Elwin, Jagdalpur, to Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi.

Date21 May 1940.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentThanks her for her congratulations on his marriage. Discusses the risk of malaria and his planned expedition.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/144

TitleTypescript letter from Verrier Elwin, Bastar, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRegrets that he is unable to accommodate her over Christmas in Mandla.

Herbert and Lucille Fischer

Cwl BBR 1/145

TitleTypescript letter from Lucille, Herbert and Karl Fischer, Parole Centre, Purandhar, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Mrs Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date21 May 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends news of being re-united with her husband, and asks for this to be passed on to Marjorie Sykes. Discusses a letter from Margaret Jones; Barbara's stay at Santiniketan; life in the parole centre.

NoteWith envelope; marked 'Service of Prisoners of War' and 'Passed by censor Purandhar'.



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Cwl BBR 1/146

TitleTypescript letter from Herbert Fischer, Purandhar, to Barbara Hartland, [Santiniketan].

Date14 July 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health; her inability to work with Edith [Bevan] at Itarsi; her life at Santiniketan; being re-united with Lucille and Karl.

Cwl BBR 1/147

TitleHandwritten letter from Lucille Fischer, Parole Centre, Purandhar, to Barbara Hartland, c/o the Bishop's House, Calcutta.

Date8 August 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the need for Barbara to rest; the hospital; Dr Tagore's health; a visit from Mrs Whitby from Bombay; buying a goat .

NoteWith envelope marked 'Service prisoners of war' and 'Passed by censor Purandhar'.

Cwl BBR 1/148

TitleTypescript letter from Karl, Lucille and Herbert Fischer, Parole Centre, Purandhar, near Poona, to Barbara Hartland, Khedi Sarligarh.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health; the effect of Tagore's death; the difficulty of overcoming obstacles alone.

NoteWith envelope marked 'Service prisoners of war' and 'Passed by censor Purandhar'.

Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim and Bonn

Cwl BBR 1/149

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentReflects on education, religious faith, the importance of teaching children to think for themselves; and Gandhi's death.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/150

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date6 June 1948.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentReflects on the nature of religious faith, including finding truth through one's own experiences and the differences between pantheism and Christianity.

Cwl BBR 1/151

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date20 June 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReflects on his experiences of nature and how they help him achieve calm amidst his daily life.

Cwl BBR 1/152

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram] .

Date28 July 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his studies; currency reform in Germany; relations between East and West and fears of war.

Cwl BBR 1/153

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muelheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentRefers to harvesting wine in the French zone of Germany. Discusses his decision to go to university in Bonn to train as a priest; his decision to work as a labourer first; and the outbreak of war between India and Pakistan.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/154

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muelheim, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date3 August 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his studies; the pictures with which Barbara illustrates her letters; the importance of her work.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/155

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Bonn, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDescribes working to raise money for his studies and his spiritual connection with Barbara and 'all the other people striving for the light'. Discusses the possibility of meeting if Barbara returns to Europe.

Cwl BBR 1/156

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Bonn, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plans to return to England and the differences in climate between India and Europe.

Cwl BBR 1/157

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Bonn, West Germany, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date10 May 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's return to England; his desire to travel to England; comparisons of Indian and European thought.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/158

TitleHandwritten letter from Jakob [Foris], Muehlheim, West Germany, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date20 March 1951.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his plans to study in Freiburg; inflation; visiting England.

NoteWith envelope.

Mary and SK George, Trichur

Cwl BBR 1/159

TitleHandwritten postcard from Mary George, Koorkenchery, Trichur, to Barbara Hartland (addressed as Vasantiben), Gloucester.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on Barbara's marriage and news of her husband's appointment as teacher of English at the Commerce College in Wardha.

Cwl BBR 1/160

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary George, Koorkenchery, Trichur, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date4 May 1959.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her husband's health; the Fellowship of Friends of Truth.

Cwl BBR 1/161

TitleHandwritten letter from Mary George, Koorkenchery, Trichur, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date5 May 1959.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her husband's health. Sends good wishes to David Hoggett.

Jogneshwar Gogoi

Cwl BBR 1/162

TitleHandwritten letter from Jogneshwar [Gogoi], London, to Barbara [Hartland, Itarsi].

DateNo date.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses their relationship; his work at the hostel; his plans to study co-operation in Manchester or London; a letter from Lucille Fischer.

Cwl BBR 1/163

TitleHandwritten letter from Jogneshwar [Gogoi], Hindustan Community House, London, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].



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Date15 April 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his recent stay with Bill and Molly Tandy and reminiscing about Itarsi; his studies at the Co-operative College in Manchester; his failure to meet her parents in London.

Cwl BBR 1/164

TitleHandwritten letter from Jogneshwar [Gogoi], Hindustan Community House, London, to Barbara Hartland, Itarsi.

Date24 April 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks her to send a copy of the bye-laws of the co-operative store in Itarsi and rupee notes issued by the store.

Erica and Donald Groom, Kodaikanal and Rasulia

Cwl BBR 1/165

TitleCarbon copy typescript statement on 'The proposed Mid India Rural Development Co-operative Society Ltd', by Donald Groom, Warden, Friends' Settlement, Rasulia.

DateNo date [1942].

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentCovers the aims and objects of the society, and plans for developing craft training centres and Basic Schools in Rasulia, Khedi and Nimsaria.



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NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/166

TitleHandwritten letter from Erica Groom, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

DatePostmark 20 October 1948.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentForwarding letter from Margaret Jones dated 7 October 1948. Describes a recent trip to Pachmarhi and visitors to Rasulia.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/167

TitleHandwritten letter from Donald Groom, Rasulia, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentOrders some cloth from Barbara. Refers to a recent visit to Pachmarhi and the prospect of Barbara staying at Rasulia.




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Cwl BBR 1/168

TitlePostcard of cattle grazing, from Erica Groom, Kodaikanal, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date10 May 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes Donald Groom's work in the villages; their cottage in the hills; and Odelia Koenig, a German doctor who lives with them.

Cwl BBR 1/169

TitleHandwritten letter from Erica Groom, Rasulia, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Sushila Pai's visit to see Barbara; village work around Rasulia, including milk distribution; the redevelopment of the hospital in Itarsi; Sukumar Pagare's cancelled visit to Rhodesia. With note from Donald Groom discussing the funds she has left in his care for supporting work in India.

Cwl BBR 1/170

TitleHandwritten letter from Donald Groom, London, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date23 May 1966.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentDiscusses relations between the Friends Service Council and War on Want; his plan to resign [from 'the Peace Committee'] and return to India as a private individual.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/171

TitleHandwritten letter from Donald Groom, London, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date8 June 1966.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's support for his return to India; his resignation from 'the Peace Committee'; Horace Alexander's support; his desire to visit the village supported by Upton-on-Severn.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/172

TitleHandwritten letter from Donald Groom, c/o Quaker House, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date16 August 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Radhakrishna's work and his own relations with War on Want; local opinion of War on Want's activities in India; Vinoba Bhave's approval of small direct grants to villages; the idea of adopting groups of villages; improvements at Sevagram due to Asha Devi Aryanayakam.



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Dr DM Gupta

Cwl BBR 1/173

TitleHandwritten postcard from Dr DM Gupta, Rajshi College Hostels, to Barbara Hartland, Pachmarhi.

Date29 May 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentComplains about her failure to reply to his letters. Asks about her work at Itarsi.

Cwl BBR 1/174

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Dhruba Mohon Gupta, Civil Assistant Surgeon, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentPraises Barbara's work and commitment in India. Discusses whether India is fit for independence; his work teaching and practising medicine.

NoteWith envelope.

Tore and Hemlata Hakansson, Calcutta

Cwl BBR 1/175

TitleHandwritten postcard from Tore Hakansson, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Mission Hospital, Itarsi.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of his forthcoming engagement and becoming a Hindu, with a new name, Sakhan Kumar. Discusses his studies at Calcutta University; plans to go to Santiniketan and a scientific conference; Barbara's photographs; Verrier Elwin's marriage.


Cwl BBR 1/176

TitleHandwritten postcard from Tore Hakansson, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses mutual friends; his new home in Calcutta; his plans to tour Wardha and Bombay, and attend the Congress in Meerut in November, and hopes to meet Barbara there.

Cwl BBR 1/177

TitleHandwritten letter from Tore Hakansson, c/o Swedish Consulate, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date12 June 1949.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses a meeting with Donald Groom at the [Friends Service] Unit; Leonard Schiff's return to Kaupur; his work relating to cottage industries, and Indian arts and crafts; his father's death; his return to Sweden to organise an exhibition of Indian textiles; his return to India and hopes to work for UNESCO; his relationship with his Indian wife.

Cwl BBR 1/178

TitleHandwritten letter from Mrs Hemlata Hakansson, c/o Tore Hakansson, ILO Expert, UNESCO Fundamental Education Centre, Hingurakgoda, Ceylon [sent from London], to Barbara Hartland, c/o Friends House, London.

DatePostmark 22 June 1953.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her stay in London; her husband's work for UNESCO on cottage industry and co-operatives; visiting her children at school in Sweden.

NoteWith envelope.

Swarup Kumar Jain

Cwl BBR 1/179

TitleHandwritten letter from Swarup Kumar Jain, Sanawad, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date26 June 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentInvites her to attend his wedding in Barwaha.



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Cwl BBR 1/180

TitleHandwritten letter from Swarup Kumar Jain, Sanawad, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date10 July 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about visiting Mandhata and Dharmshala with her. Invites her to meet his wife.

Cwl BBR 1/181

TitleHandwritten letter from Swarup Kumar Jain, Indore, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about being with Barbara and other friends in Mandhata. Advises her about her work in India.

Cwl BBR 1/182



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentInvites her to settle in Indore and join his circle of friends.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Sukumar Pagare's imprisonment and Barbara's commitment to looking after Pagare's family; her work at Sewa-Bhawan and his invitation to Indore; his respect for Pagare.

Margaret Jones

Cwl BBR 1/184

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o NWM Hospital, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date26 April 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses receiving financial support from Sevagram; difficulties in communicating by post in India; a recent visit to see Bob and plans to meet Mrs Whitby; relations with her co-workers; wearing khadi; Chandel's work with a village family; the riots and curfew in Bombay; the attitude of most Anglo-Indians and Europeans.

Cwl BBR 1/185

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date19 May 1941.



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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her relations with the nurses; starting work in the labour ward; her love of singing; her relationship with Gandhi and how he is treated by others at Sevagram; the nature of beauty.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/186

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, NWM Hospital, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland.

Date15 June 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent visit to Khedi; the possibility of Chandel moving to Bombay to work for the Maharashtra Charkha Sangh if the situation at Khedi changes; visiting Sukumar Pagare in jail.

Cwl BBR 1/187

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Sohagpur, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date25 June 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara settling at Santiniketan; her recent visit to Narkanda in the Himalayas, comparisons with Almora, and the flowers and wild strawberries which grew there.



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NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/188

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hemlata Bose, Calcutta.

Date17 July 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses contrasting approaches to working with Indian people and her opinion of Mary Barr; meeting Mrs Khatan; Winston Churchill and the war; her opinion of Mahesh Dutta Misra; her midwifery training.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/189

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Khedi, to Barbara Hartland.

Date13-14 January 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends correspondence between herself and Mary Barr. Turns down an offer to go to Santiniketan. Discusses being prepared to die fighting.

Cwl BBR 1/190

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland.



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Date9 August 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends a coded message from [Sukumar Pagare?] and message on reverse from Kamala .

Cwl BBR 1/191

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Betul, to Barbara Hartland.

Date30 May - 1 June 1943.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses nursing Chandel; Barbara's plans to go to Bengal.

Cwl BBR 1/192

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Friends Service Unit, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Educational Settlement, Dowlais.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her journey to India, including stopping over in Lydda, Palestine, and Karachi, Pakistan. Discusses meeting Margaret Wright, Deputy Section Leader of the Friends Service Unit, and various refugee camps where she might be sent to work; meeting Gandhi; a visit to a camp for Muslim refugees; Horace Alexander's arrival; financial support for the FSU from the Indian government; milk distribution work.



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Cwl BBR 1/193

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Friends Service Unit, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her move to Pakistan to work in a refugee camp; Richard Symonds' work in East and West Punjab and subsequent illness; plans for a conference of Indian pacifists at Rasulia; meeting various people at Gandhigram and Sevagram, including Nehru and Gandhi.

Cwl BBR 1/194

TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Friends Service Unit, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Educational Settlement, Dowlais.

Date9-10 December 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses nursing Richard Symonds of the FSU; visits by Gandhi and Nehru; the lack of midwives in East Punjab; the need for a medical team in Jammu and nurses in Kurukshetra refugee camp; living in Birla House.

Cwl BBR 1/195

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends Service Unit, Khanewal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, c/o JP Patel, Bombay.

Date7 January 1948.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her journey to Khanewal from Lahore; the conditions suffered by refugees in the town; the FSU relief work, including distributing bedding, clothes and milk, and plans to start a hospital and food rationing.

Cwl BBR 1/196

TitleHandwritten postcard from Margaret Jones, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's arrival in India; Gandhi's assassination; ordering books through Sukumar Pagare; the new sister at Itarsi hospital, Carol Baker.

Cwl BBR 1/197

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Mrs Marriott, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks Barbara to obtain a copy of the book of Hindi hymns used at Gandhi's prayers. Refers to leaving India tomorrow.



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Cwl BBR 1/198

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends Service Unit, Khanewal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date26 Feburary [1948].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the need for extra nursing support for Swarn Sarin's work in Jullundur, East Punjab; her commitment to working with refugees in Pakistan; setting up the hospital with Dr Mallick; Dorothy Schlick's care of typhoid cases; milk distribution; giving up nursing for administration; the need to improve sanitation. Asks for her charka (spinning wheel) to be sent to Delhi.

Cwl BBR 1/199

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Khanewal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date2 April 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the refugee situation in West Punjab; the creation of a school for refugee children; the possible role of the Friends Service Unit in the rescue of abducted women; the views of Mridulabai Sarabai.

Cwl BBR 1/200

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends Service Unit, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date18 May 1948.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the situation she left behind in Khanewal; FSU relief work in the North West Frontier Province; the need for the FSU to maintain a longterm interest in India and Pakistan; T Ramchandra's work with refugees in East Punjab; the situation in Sevagram; a visit from a family from Khanewal.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland 'and any villagers interested', [Sevagram].

Date31 May 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Evangeline Ingram's work on behalf of the Meo people; T Ramchandra's work with the resettlement of refugees in East Punjab; working in the Friends Service Unit office; Amit Kaur's suggestion that she work in the refugee camps in Jammu, Kashmir; midwifery training in Bengal; plans to visit Surgaon; the situation in Gram Panchayat; divisions between Muslims and Hindus, and within the Hindu caste system.

Cwl BBR 1/202

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Friends Service Unit, Village Pifa, Bengal, to Barbara Hartland 'and the Groom family', [Rasulia].

Date17 June 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her visit to Calcutta and Pifa with a view to working there; Gladys Elphwick; the FSU approach to village work; meeting Verrier Elwin and the Lama Anagarika Govinda; her mother's health and whether she should return to England;



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plans to visit Assam; the marriage of Dorothy Schlick and Francis [Stan]; a visit from Sudhir Ghosh.

Cwl BBR 1/203

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, [Friends Service Unit], Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date6 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her decision not to go back to England; her brother Harry; her plans to go to Chittagong with Margaret Bradley to develop a new maternity hospital and child welfare centre in co-operation with the Red Cross; relations between Muslims and Hindus in Chittagong; whether to move on to Madras or West Pakistan after finishing in Chittagong; the organisation of the FSU in India and her commitment to serving with them.

Cwl BBR 1/204

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Friends Service Unit, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the delay in departing for Chittagong; volunteering at the Dufferin Hospital in Calcutta; the World Pacifist Conference; the Indian position on Kashmir; her experiences in Pakistan, including attending a Muslim wedding; Donald Groom; Margaret Barr.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Red Cross Society, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date7 October 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her journey to Chittagong; the layout, facilities and staffing of the new hospital; plans to develop hospital services in co-operation with the Red Cross.


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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Red Cross Society, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Memorial Trust, Sevagram.

Date9 January 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work in Chittagong, including running a milk canteen for children, setting up a committee to oversee the maternity and child welfare clinic, staffing the hospital and the need to train local midwives; the cease-fire in Kashmir; spending Christmas in the hills; plans to visit West Punjab.

NoteWith envelope.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's work at Sevagram; the creation of a fellowship for those 'seeking after the Truth underlying all things and trying to live towards the spirit shed abroad by Gandhiji' [Fellowship of Friends of Truth]; advice from SK George; divisions within the Red Cross in the area and the management of the hospital and child welfare centre; the care of an abandoned baby. Hopes to travel to Rasulia, Sevagram and southern India, and for a visit from Horace Alexander and Agatha Harrison.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, c/o Red Cross, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of a 'ladies working party' to support the hospital; the official opening of the hospital; advertising for a sister to take charge; whether Barbara could fill the role temporarily.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Magaret Jones, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.



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Date26 July 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentExplains the current situation at the maternity hospital in the hope that Barbara might decide to join her there as a midwife. Discusses the role of the Civil Surgeon, the Red Cross and the Friends Service Unit; managing home births for women in strict purdah; and the training of other staff.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/210

TitleHandwritten letter from Magaret Jones, Jameson Maternity Hospital, Chittagong, East Bengal, Pakistan, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date18 August 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's decision not to come to Chittagong; the development of the hospital; the role of the Red Cross; her request to the Friends Service Unit to extend her term of service; living in Pakistan; Barbara's plans. Sends news of mutual friends.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends' Mission Hospital, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of Sushila Chandel, and Dr Mammen and her husband. Discusses her appearance before the [IP Committee] in London to gain their consent to return to India; her duties at the hospital in Itarsi and her contact with the nurses.

Cwl BBR 1/212

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends' Mission Hospital, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date8 January 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Asha Devi Aryanayakam's visit to see Barbara; touring the villages with an ambulance; the appointment of a nursing superintendent; Mary Barr's health and admittance to hospital in Itarsi; Fellowship of Friends of Truth conferences; Donald Groom's return to England and his relationship with the Friends Service Council; Sudhir Ghosh's work in Faridabad.

Cwl BBR 1/213

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Rasulia, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Miss Nansiah, the new nursing superintendent at Itarsi Hospital; nursing work in the villages; difficulties with two doctors; Mary Barr's health and plans to move to the Nilgiri Hills with her sister Margaret.



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Date30 March 1952.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends news of Donald Groom's arrival in England and other mutual friends. Discusses applying the practices developed at Sevagram at the Friends' Hospital in Itarsi; the arrival of a new Sister; the old hospital association; celebrating the arrival of spring at Sevagram and the journey back to Itarsi; Sukumar Pagare's support for the work at Rasulia.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/215


Date17 July 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks about the visit by Donald and Erica Groom. Discusses Bill and Molly Tandy; Mary Barr's health; the need for more support workers in the Itarsi area; problems with the new sister and one of the doctors at Itarsi Hospital.




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Cwl BBR 1/216


Date5 October 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work at Rasulia; the imminent arrival of Donald Groom and Dr Richard Fox; plans to go to Gandhigram and Kotagiri; the government's community project covering education, health, food and sanitation in villages in selected areas; divided opinions about Nehru's plans and the dangers of not addressing village problems.

Cwl BBR 1/217

TitleHandwritten letter from Margaret Jones, Friends' Settlement, Rasulia, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 January 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses meeting the Grooms in Bombay; her visits to Mary Barr in Kotagiri and Soundram Ramachandran in Gandhigram; Soundram's community project scheme in Chinnalapatty; the work of Odelia Koenig, a German doctor in charge of the hospital at Chinnalapatty; the arrival in Rasulia of midwives trained at Sevagram; the state of the hospital in Itarsi.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses difficulties running the hospital at Itarsi; Odelia Koenig and her work with Soundram and G Ramachandran [at Gandhigram?]; Donald Groom's discussions about the future of Friends' work in India; Marjorie Sykes' plans to visit England.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent holiday with Odelia Koenig from Gandhigram; Odelia's experiences in Berlin during the war and her current work as a doctor; her midwifery work; meeting Miss Snyder, an American birth control expert; a village mela; her opinion of the Society of Friends.

Cwl BBR 1/220


Date18 June 1954.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her plans to return to England in September; the death of Agatha Harrison; applying for membership of the Society of Friends at the same time as Odelia Koenig; staying with Erica Groom in Kodaikanal and with Odelia Koenig in Gandhigram; progress at the hospital.



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Janet Ludlam

Cwl BBR 1/221

TitleHandwritten letter from Janet Ludlam, Carlisle, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her opinion of Carlisle; her husband's medical practice; her children and their upbringing; and comparisons between living in India and England.


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TitleHandwritten letter from Janet Ludlam, Carlisle, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date28 August 1951.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentDescribes a visit from the Tandys; a local couple who sculpt and make puppets; her husband Martin's medical practice; her children; losing contact with Indian friends.

NoteWith envelope and photograph of herself, her husband Martin and son Ian.



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David and Richenda Martin

Cwl BBR 1/223

TitleHandwritten letter from Richenda Martin, Ambassador Hotel, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's invitation to visit Sevagram; uncertainty about her husband David's work in Bombay; what they could contribute at Sevagram and living conditions there.

Cwl BBR 1/224

TitleHandwritten letter from David Martin, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date18 February [1948].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's invitation to visit Sevagram; what they could contribute at Sevagram and living conditions there; Gandhiism and communism; Gandhi's assassination and the development of the Congress Party and India under Nehru; his desire to tour India with the People's Theatre; Donald and Erica Groom; Jehangir Patel's advice. Reminisces about Dowlais.

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TitleHandwritten letter from David, Richenda and Jan Martin, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].



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Date15 March 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a visit to Shri Krishna 'Kervali' near the [Yogahuan] caves; the withdrawal of British troops; his work as a journalist and writer; relations between Indian men and women; his humanist beliefs; making contact with Donald Groom.

Cwl BBR 1/226

TitleTypescript letter from David Martin, [Bombay], to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date15 April 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her article on basic education at Sevagram and makes comparisons with Booker T Washington's Negro agricultural school. Discusses plans to move to Kodaikanal or Kotagiri to concentrate on his writing and sends news of his family.

Cwl BBR 1/227

TitleHandwritten letter from Richenda and David, Kodaikanal, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date2 June 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses their move to Kodaikanal; living in the mountains; their son Jan; David writing a play for the National Union of Mineworkers; and their desire to visit China and Eastern Europe. Declines Barbara's invitation to a wedding.



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Cwl BBR 1/228

TitleTypescript letter from Jan, Richenda and David Martin, Kodaikanal, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date30 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses writing a book; reasons for not wanting to live in an Indian village; his views of cottage industry, the Gandhian constructive programme and the Congress Party; Horace Alexander's call to pacifists to rally at Santiniketan.

Kishorlal Mashruwala

Cwl BBR 1/229

TitleHandwritten letter from Kishorlal Mashruwala, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentHoping to meet Barbara as she passes through Bombay on her way home to England. Suggests that she speaks of her experiences to the people of the ashram before she leaves.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Kishorlal Mashruwala, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends Settlement, Itarsi.

Date3 March 1950.



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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentArranging to meet Barbara as she passes through Bombay on her way home to England.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/231

TitleHandwritten postcard from Kishorlal Mashruwala, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Rasulia.

Date10 March 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAbout arrangements to meet.

Raghunath Meritz

Cwl BBR 1/232

TitleHandwritten letter from Raghunath [Meritz], Seva Sangha, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangha, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Gandhi's recent visit to Midnapur; his brief interview with Gandhi; views of Gandhi's constructive programme.



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NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/233

TitleHandwritten letter from Raghunath [Meritz], Seva Sangha, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Tamili Sangha, Sevagram.

Date5 July 1946.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her health and the possibility of a local girl undergoing midwifery training at Sevagram. Asks about the nature cure clinic at Poona.

NoteWith envelope.

Mahesh Dutta Misra

Cwl BBR 1/234

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Harda, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Mission Hospital, Itarsi.

Date7 June 1940.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses ideas for setting up a cultural society. Invites Barbara to attend a celebration of the life of the late Shakur [Gulzarsingh], and a satyagraha camp.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/235


Date28 June 1940.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent camp; ideas for setting up a cultural society; contact with Itarsi. Enclosed is a letter to Sukumar Pagare.

LanguageLetter to Pagare in Hindi.

Cwl BBR 1/236

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Jabalpur, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Mission Hospital, Itarsi.

Date19 August 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentMentions attending an All India Congress Committee meeting in Poona. Discusses ideas for setting up a cultural society and undertaking social welfare work in Khedi; existing cultural societies in Itarsi and Harda; Tore Hakansson's plans in India.

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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses failing to meet Barbara in Itarsi. Invites Barbara to attend a social event at a girls' school in Harda. Enclosed is a similar letter to [Dr Martin Ludlam] inviting him and his wife to the same event.

Cwl BBR 1/238

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Timaru, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Mission Hospital, Itarsi.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Tore Hakansson's postcard; his plans to attend a meeting organised by Donald Groom and his support for his work. Arranges to stay with Barbara and hopes to meet Sukumar Pagare.

Cwl BBR 1/239

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hemlata Bose, Calcutta.

Date13 August 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of Rabindranath Tagore; Sukumar Pagare's release from prison; awaiting his next satyagraha and trial at Hoshangabad.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/240

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Camp Harda, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date21 May 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health and his imprisonment in Nagpur; visits to Harda by Molly Tandy and Erica Groom; Donald Groom's work with the Bhoodan movement and at Rasulia; his desire to visit Europe; urban life.

Cwl BBR 1/241

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Dutta Misra, Department of Political Science, University of Jabalpur, to Harry and Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date27 July 1962.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his move from Allahabad to Jabalpur University in September 1960; his defence of the Muslim position during communal riots in Jabalpur in February 1961; his election as Congress Party MP in the recent general election; Donald Groom's attendance at an anti-nuclear conference in Delhi.

Cwl BBR 1/242

TitleHandwritten letter from Mahesh Misra MP, Jabalpur, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Ruth Richardson staying with him in Jabalpur; election campaigning; standing down from parliament.

Vinodini Namjoshi, Bhuj

Cwl BBR 1/243

TitleHandwritten letter from Vinodini and GK Namjoshi, General Hospital, Bhuj, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date16 August 1958.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSending condolences on the death of Margaret Jones.

Cwl BBR 1/244

TitleHandwritten letter from Vinodini Namjoshi, General Hospital, Bhuj, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of Margaret Jones; the Bhoodan movement and a recent visit by Vinoba Bhave; Jayprakash Narayan's tour of England; fear of the atom bomb.



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Dr Sushila Nayar

Cwl BBR 1/245

TitleHandwritten card from Dr Sushila Nayar, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date9 July 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses organising home visits in surrounding villages; medical equipment required to set up a health centre and operating theatre.

NoteAnnotated 'love Bapu' [Gandhi] ; photocopy at Cwl BBR/1/418.

Cwl BBR 1/246

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Sushila Nayar and Prabhakar, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentBoth welcoming the news of Barbara's plan to return to India to work at Kasturba Hospital.

Note

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Cwl BBR 1/247

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, John Hopkins University, School of Hygiene, Baltimore, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date22 August 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses running the School of Hygiene as an experiment in equality; and her desire to meet Barbara either in India or England.

Cwl BBR 1/248

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, New Township Hospital, Faridabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date12 May 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work in Faridabad; Margaret Jones' role there; meeting Barbara on a recent visit to England.

Cwl BBR 1/249

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date21 August 1952.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of a Basic Rural University at Sevagram, beginning with a College of Nursing; government support for constructive work.

Cwl BBR 1/250

TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date18 April 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the situation at Kasturba Hospital and relations with the Hindustani Talimi Sangh; conflicting ideas of medical training; the need for a matron to sit on the Kasturba Trust Advisory Board; visits from Prabhakar and Reddy.

Cwl BBR 1/251

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Indian Delegation to the United Nations, New York, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date4 June 1955.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the need for her to return to India to represent the position of constructive workers on a government committee.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/252

TitleHandwritten letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses failing to meet her in England; the training of nurses and midwives at Sevagram; her relationship with the Kasturba Hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/253

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Director, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date20 July 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses whether Barbara can return to India to organise nursing services at Sevagram and relieve the pressure on Manimala Roy Choudhary.

Cwl BBR 1/254

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Chairman, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date29 August 1972.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses recruiting a nurse to work at Sevagram in the role which Barbara performed in the 1940s. Invites her to visit Sevagram .

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/255

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Director, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date30 August 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the news of Donald Groom's death in an air crash near Palam airport.

Cwl BBR 1/256

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Chairman, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date11-12 October 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAgrees with the suggestion of Erica Groom joining Sevagram as a nurse. Refers to Donald Groom's death.

Physical conditionLetter is torn in half.

Cwl BBR 1/257

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentExplains that they particularly needed Barbara's help at Sevagram, not just any trained nurse from overseas.

Cwl BBR 1/258

TitleTypescript letter from Dr Sushila Nayar, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, to Mr JH Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date29-30 June 1976.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health and difficulty writing; the delay to their plans to visit India.

BR Pagare, Khandwa

Cwl BBR 1/259

TitleHandwritten letter from BR Pagare, Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland, Santiniketan.

Date5 June 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSending love to Sukumar Pagare in prison in Nagpur, for Barbara to pass on to him. Refers to Mahadev [Desai] and Jayaprakash Narayan. With note from GR Sarwandal.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/260

TitleHandwritten letter from BR Pagare, Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Bishop's House, Calcutta.

Date5 August 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentExpresses concern for Barbara's health. With note from GR Sarwandal.

NoteWith envelope.

Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi

Cwl BBR 1/261

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland, Friends' Mission Hospital, Itarsi.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his departure for Khandwa to visit his parents and his opinion of her character; his fears for the future; contact with Mahesh Dutta Misra.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/262

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Marjorie Sykes, Santiniketan.



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Date25 April 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his impending imprisonment; meeting Indira Nehru and Upadnya; Sahjagrahi's health.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/263

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi railway station, to Barbara Hartland, Santiniketan.

Date29 April 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of his sentence and journey to Nagpur. Asks for books and weeklies.

Note

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Cwl BBR 1/264

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, 'Prisoner 7648', Central Jail, Nagpur, to Barbara Hartland, Santiniketan.

Date19 May 1941.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses restrictions on writing and receiving letters; conditions in prison; the work of the press. Asks for news about friends, family and the press.

NoteMarked 'censored' and 'sanctioned, Superintendent, Central Jail, Nagpur'.

Cwl BBR 1/265

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, 'Prisoner 7648', Central Jail, Nagpur, to Barbara Hartland, Santiniketan.

Date5 July 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses visits from Margaret Jones, Ramnarain and Dongre; his release on 17 July; problems with the press in Itarsi; his feelings about the war.

NoteMarked 'censored' and 'sanctioned, Superintendent, Central Jail, Nagpur'.

Cwl BBR 1/266

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Santiniketan.

Date19 July 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health; the work of the printing press; meeting a group of Christian missionaries in Nagpur; Dr Matthew's new job at the hospital in Khandwa.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/267

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Jubbulpore, to Barbara Hartland, [Santiniketan].

Date27 July 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his plans, Barbara's health and his desire to see her. Includes good wishes from Dongre and another friend.


Cwl BBR 1/268

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland.

Date22 August 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health and his; the political situation in Itarsi; an invitation for her to work at the village dispensary in Buldhana; his family's reaction to his involvement in satyagraha; looking at the world through the eyes of poor people.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/269

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland.



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Date30 August 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses arrangements for her to come to Khedi.

Cwl BBR 1/270

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Hoshangabad.

Date23 November [1941].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his work in [Burhanpur]; Gandhi's decision to suspend the Satyagraha movement in Mahakoshal; his desire to meet Barbara before she leaves Hoshangabad.

Cwl BBR 1/271

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, to Barbara Hartland, Hoshangabad.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses attending the Kisan conference; a visit from Mahesh Dutta Misra, his understanding of Gandhi's views on non-violence, and plans for a conference of All India Congress Committee members; his plans to publish a series of political pamphlets.



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Cwl BBR 1/272

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Mary Barr, Khedi Saoligarh.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Mahades' forthcoming marriage; his visit to Saraf Oil Mill in Wardha; arranging to meet.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/273

TitleCarbon copy typescript 'Recommendations of the informal gathering held at Kharraghat, Hoshangabad on 6 January 1941 [sic]. Present: [Sukumar] Pagare, Mahesh Dutta Misra, B[arbara] Hartland, J[oseph] Short, M[artin] and J[anet] Ludlam, D[onald] and E[rica] Groom'.

Date6 January [1942].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRecommends the creation of Co-ordination Committees in each district to undertake emergency and constructive work. Describes the creation of a Centre in Itarsi to take forward this work in Hoshangabad district.




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Cwl BBR 1/274

TitleCarbon copy typescript 'Proposed India Welfare Society', 'DGG' [Donald Groom], Kharraghat.

DateNo date [January 1942].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the purpose of the Society, the personal qualities of members, and beginning in a small way in Itarsi and Hoshangabad .


Cwl BBR 1/275

TitlePrinted leaflet.

DateNo date.

Extent1 item.

LanguageHindi.


Cwl BBR 1/276

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, to Barbara Hartland, Hoshangabad.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Gandhi's travel plans; Barbara's training; Pandit [Nehru's] forthcoming visit; the publication of a pamphlet.

NoteIncomplete; with envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/277

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Hoshangabad.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Pandit [Nehru's] visit to the hospital; attending the Kisan conference; joining the child welfare committee; his marriage plans.

Cwl BBR 1/278

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Khadi Bhandar, Narsinghpur.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses arrangements for her and Janet Ludlam to visit Khandwa. Asks her to take care of Parwah on her return from Khandwa.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/279

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Khadi Bhandar, Narsinghpur.

Date18 March 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses travel arrangements for Parwah; resolutions by the Congress Party about withdrawal from the Civic Guard and meetings of the War Committee; a 500-strong meeting of volunteers for a 'peace army'; skirmishes between soldiers and local people in Itarsi .

Cwl BBR 1/280

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Khadi Bhandar, Narsinghpur.

Date26 March 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent meeting with Pandit Nehru; his plans to visit Khadi; the Cripps mission.

Cwl BBR 1/281

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Khedi-Saoligarh.

Date7 April 1942.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses her plan to come to Itarsi; the doctor in Bhopal; being invited to speak to Young Friends about the Cripps mission .

Cwl BBR 1/282

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland.

Date9 August 1942.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; the political atmosphere in Bombay during the All India Congress Committee meeting. Informs her that Gandhi and all the members of the Working Committee have been arrested, but he still plans to leave Bombay in the morning.


Cwl BBR 1/283

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, to Barbara Hartland.

DateNo date [August 1942].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the dramatic political situation and whether he will be able to continue to write to Barbara. Makes various arrangements in the interim, including about his 'scheme'.




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Cwl BBR 1/284

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, the People's Co-operative Stores Ltd, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Ambulance Unit, Contai.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's work for the FAU and her return to Sevagram; producing a special issue of the Nagpur Hindi newspaper Nav-Bharat; his desire to assist with co-operative or village reconstruction work undertaken by Friends in Bengal.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/285

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Secretary, the People's Co-operative Stores Ltd, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his journey to a recent conference; a visit from [Sujate] and Janet Ludlam; and reading 'Letters from Vivcharnand'.

Cwl BBR 1/286

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Secretary, the People's Co-operative Stores Ltd, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date15 March 1945.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses an unpleasant experience Barbara has written to him about and suggests Asha Devi Aryanayakam as a source of advice. Discusses plans for him to marry a young woman from Indore. Refers to his model scheme for the [Sawagre Gram Sewa].

Cwl BBR 1/287

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare Sukumar, Secretary, the People's Co-operative Stores Ltd, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date5 April 1945.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes his recent spell in hospital. Thanks Barbara for showing his village scheme to Kishorlal Mashruwala and discusses how it might operate and how the co-operative movement might develop in the area.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/288

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date12 April 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for her to visit the area during her two month holiday; his plans to stay in the village of [Silnali] for a few months; his desire to visit Bengal with Barbara.



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Cwl BBR 1/289

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sukumar Pagare, the People's Co-operative Stores Ltd, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date10 July 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGives advice about Indian customs and feelings, including his personal dislike of injections and desire for fresh vegetables.

Cwl BBR 1/290

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.

Date3 August 1945.

Extent4 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of a society (unnamed) in which Barbara is the first shareholder.

LanguageHindi.

NoteWith enclosed share certificate and leaflet (both in Hindi), and envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/291

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.



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Date8 August 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentTurns down a request for him to help with 'co-operative work' with people from Sevagram. Discusses moving into 'the house in the village'.

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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her departure from Bengal and arrival in Wardha; her meeting with Dr Mahaday; pressure from his family to marry. Asks Barbara to visit his proposed bride, Saraswah, and send her opinion.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/293

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentExplains his decision to remarry and how he chose Saraswah. Discusses Saraswah's education, upbringing and her imprisonment in 1942.



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NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/294



Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his recent illness and care by Dr Jacob; a visit by Mrs Kripalani; his complicated personal situation; Barbara's health.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/295

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rasulia, Hoshangabad, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's health; their relationship as brother and sister and vows to remain so; the importance of her consent to his marrying Saraswah; the pressure from his family.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/296

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rasulia, to Barbara Hartland, Birla House, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health and recuperation at Rasulia. Asks Barbara to visit him in Itarsi as soon as possible.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/297

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare MLA, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, [Uckfield].

Date1 May 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses meeting Donald Groom at Rasulia, and Margaret Jones; a labour dispute in Bagra; publishing the first issue of 'Jan-Shakti', a Hindu weekly; travelling from Wardha to Nagpur with Sushila Nayar.

Cwl BBR 1/298

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare MLA, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date16 May 1947.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks whether Barbara can purchase a printing machine for him in England. Discusses an inquiry into labour conditions at Bagra; Horace Alexander's investigations into the situation at the Friends' Hospital in Itarsi; Dr Samuel's desire for Barbara to return as sister at the hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/299

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare MLA, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o JP Patel, Bombay.

DatePostmark 9 January 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's return to India; the refugee problem; India in transition following independence; constructive work in the districts; the growth of political extremism. Sends news of Margaret Jones working for the Friends Service Council in Pakistan.

Cwl BBR 1/300

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentWelcomes her back to India in the aftermath of Gandhi's assassination. Asks her to visit him in Nagpur, where the Assembly will be in session. Sends news of his co-operative work and a new Hindu weekly.



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Cwl BBR 1/301

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Hoshangabad Tahsil Sahakari Kisan Sangh Ltd, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date10 April 1948.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentApologises for failing to come to Wardha. Discusses his resignation from the assembly and his freedom now to travel to England.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/302

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date17 June 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; his resignation as an MLA [Member of Legislative Assembly] and from the Congress Party; his wife's pregnancy; purchasing books for Barbara; and his relationship with Barbara.

Cwl BBR 1/303

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, editor of 'Jan-Shakti', Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDisputes Barbara's opinion that he has changed, and defends his character and beliefs. Discusses his financial situation and his relationship with his wife; Donald's views on work in the villages; the current state of the Indian nationalist movement.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/304

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, editor of 'Jan-Shakti', Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his discontent with his current situation, his poor health and his inability to decide what to do with his life. Sends news of mutual friends.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/305

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date7 May 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; his village programme and desire to create an ashram; his co-workers; Barbara's decision to return to England.



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Cwl BBR 1/306

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rashtriya Printing Press, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date16 June 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses meeting Barbara for tea as he passes through Wardha on his way to Nagpur; the possiblity of a local girl joining the midwifery course [at Sevagram].

Cwl BBR 1/307

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Provincial Secretary, Socialist Party, Central Provinces & Berar, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date16 July 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his desire to visit Europe once Barbara has returned to England; the situation of a Gond girl in his care; his work; the decline of the Friends' Mission Hospital in Itarsi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/308

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sukumar Pagare, c/o Socialist Party of Indore, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date25 July 1949.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGives details of his movements and plans to reach Sevagram in August.

Cwl BBR 1/309

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date31 August 1949.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentAsks for news of Vrinda. Discusses Barbara's spiritual connection with India. Encloses cutting about accompanying Jayaprakash Narayan, the Socialist leader, on a visit to Wardha.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/310

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes his recent travels and makes arrangements to come to Wardha to see Binda [his sister].

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/311

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, editor, 'Jan-Shakti', Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date3 October 1949.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Binda's future and requests that Barbara train her in midwifery; his desire to spend time in Warda.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/312

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 April 1951.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his Socialist Party activities; establishing a centre for Gond people in the Bori forests; the closure of his paper, 'Jan-Shakti'; the hospital in Itarsi. Includes a letter from Ramharayan on reverse.

LanguageLetter from Ramharayan in Hindi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/313




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Date25 May 1951.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his resignation from the Legislative Assembly; his financial problems; selling his printing press; his desire to start an ashram in Betul.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/314


Date25 July 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks her for money received via [Donald Groom]. Asks for news about Barbara's work and mutual friends from India. Discusses his plans to move to Betul district; the decline of the Friends hospital and settlement in Itarsi; her letter to Kishorlal Mashruwala.

Cwl BBR 1/315

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Rasulia, to Barbarba Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date1 April 1952.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his decision to leave politics and work with Donald Groom and Margaret Jones at Rasulia; Binda's departure from Sevagram and her current situation.



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NoteIncludes press cutting, 'Ahmeditations' column, the Hindustan Times, 31 March 1952.

Cwl BBR 1/316

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Hoshangabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 March 1953.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes the Hindu festival of Holi. Discusses his decision not to return to Itarsi and to live temporarily in Hoshangabad; his debts and worries about earning a living; his desire to travel to England and America as a lecturer; his relations with Donald Groom and Margaret Jones.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/317

TitleHandwritten letter from Sukumar Pagare, Chairman, Tribal Development Commission, Hoshangabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 July 1970.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of the death of Asha Devi Aryanayakam in Nagpur; and meeting Donald and Erica Groom in Rasulia after 16 years. Discusses his decision to leave Itarsi in 1954 and move to Assam to work with various tribes; his return to live in Hoshangabad; his opinion of Itarsi.



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Cwl BBR 1/318


Date[7] June [1971].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes finding solace in the past and sends condolences to Dr Bill Tandy. Discusses plans for Barbara and her husband to visit India, and his social welfare work amongst the tribes of Bhopal, Hoshangabad and Betul districts.

Cwl BBR 1/319


Date10 August 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about 11 August 1942. Discusses a recent visit to Rasulia by Donald Groom; Barbara's health; his work investigating the conditions of various tribes; meeting Lucille Fischer and Herbert Fischer's post as head of the German Democratic Republic diplomatic mission in Delhi.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Donald Groom's death in an air crash near Palam Airport, Delhi. Refers to Lucille and Herbert Fischer.

Cwl BBR 1/321


Date25 May 1973.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent letter from Erica and his sadness at Donald Groom's death; his report into the conditions of the Adiwasis in Madhya Pradesh. Sends news of his children and mutual friends.

Cwl BBR 1/322


Date4 July 1973.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; mutual friends, including Herbert Fischer; plans to visit the Soviet Union as a delegate to the World Peace Conference, and also Berlin.



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Cwl BBR 1/323



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the recent Narmada floods in Hoshangabad district which prevented him from travelling to the Soviet Union. Sends news of his health and his children.

Cwl BBR 1/324


Date15 March 1974.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his personal and financial situation, and his attempt to re-enter the political arena. Makes reference to Harry Bruce having worked with Albert Einstein.

Cwl BBR 1/325



Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses her planned visit to India in spring. Refers to various people who remember her work in Itarsi and Rasulia.

Cwl BBR 1/326



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks for news of her planned visit to India. Describes a festival where villagers come to bathe in the Narmada river; and the local irrigation system.

Ranjit Pandhe, Anand Bhawan

Cwl BBR 1/327

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranjit Pandhe, Wardha, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date3 May 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentApologises for her experiences on a recent visit to Khali. Sends details of his journey via Itarsi.

Cwl BBR 1/328

TitleHandwritten letter from RS Pandhe, Anand Bhawan, Allahabad, to the 'wild woman of India' [Barbara Hartland, Itarsi].



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Date7 May 1940.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his plans to travel to Lucknow for his daughter's birthday; Barbara's character.


Cwl BBR 1/329

TitleHandwritten letter from RS Pandhe, Khali, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date5 June 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his plans to visit Kashmir and asks her to join him.

Cwl BBR 1/330

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranjit Pandhe, Anand Bhawan, Allahabad, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date16 June 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Jawaharlal Nehru's departure for Wardha and being unable to accompany him to Kashmir and the frontier. Invites Barbara to visit Allahabad and Khali.



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Cwl BBR 1/331


Date7 October 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentInvites her to visit his farm in Khali. Refers to his published articles on the political situation .

Cwl BBR 1/332

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranjit Pandhe, Fatehpur, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date8 October 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses being on tour as directed by the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee; plans to lay a pipeline at Khali and plant fruit trees; the uncertain political situation. Invites her to visit Khali and describes his house.

Cwl BBR 1/333

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranjit Pandhe, Anand Bhawan, Allahabad, to [Barbara Hartland, Itarsi].


Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses arranging for Margaret Finch to visit Khali; letters received from abroad supporting Indian independence; his daughters' education; cancelling his plans to plant fruit trees at his farm.

Cwl BBR 1/334



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses cancelling his plans to lay a pipeline and plant fruit trees at Khali; a visit by Gladys Owen; writing to Margaret Finch; meeting Donald and Erica Groom. Invites her to visit.

Cwl BBR 1/335

TitleHandwritten letter from RS Pandhe, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, Anand Bhawan, to Barbara Hartland, [Santiniketan].

Date22 June 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentForwarding a letter from Miss Barr [not attached]. Discusses her relations with Congress Party members.

Cwl BBR 1/336

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranjit Pandhe, Carlton Hotel, Lucknow, to Barbara Hartland.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his release from prison; a scheme to establish a co-operative near [Munoori] and her possible role there; plans to meet; meeting Donald and Erica Groom.

Dr S Pandit, New Delhi

Cwl BBR 1/337

TitleTypescript letter from S Pandit, Maternity and Child Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the need for improvements in training [at Kasturba Hospital]; Barbara's booklet on common ailments; the need for a health visitor at the hospital.


Cwl BBR 1/338

TitleTypescript letter from S Pandit, Maternity and Child Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date7-8 March 1950.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentGives details of her official positions.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/339

TitleTypescript letter from Dr S Pandit, Red Cross, New Delhi, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on Barbara's marriage.

Jehangir Patel, Bombay

Cwl BBR 1/340

TitleHandwritten letter from Jehangir, Patel Brothers, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.

Date12 April 1945.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's work at Sevagram, including the opening of the child welfare centre. Invites her to visit with Asha Devi Aryanayakam.

NoteWith envelope.



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Cwl BBR 1/341

TitleTypescript telegram from Jehangir, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, on board SS Andes.

Date22 February [1947].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGood wishes for her journey.

Cwl BBR 1/342

TitleHandwritten letter from Jehangir Patel, Patel Brothers, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.

Date9 June 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAgrees not to send anymore food parcels. Discusses their relationship; his forthcoming trip to Japan as part of an Indian trade delegation; the independence and partition of India.

Cwl BBR 1/343

TitleTypescript letter from Jehangir Patel, Patel Brothers, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.

Date5 January 1948.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plans to return to India and hopes to meet her when she arrives in Bombay.

Cwl BBR 1/344

TitleTypescript letter from Jehangir Patel, Hotel Belmont Plaza, New York, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date31 March 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his disappointment with India; their friendship; his departure for England.

Cwl BBR 1/345

TitleHandwritten letter from Jehangir Patel, Patel Cotton Co. Ltd., Bombay, to Barbara Hartland.

Date31 August 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a meeting with Barbara's parents and brother in London; her plans to sail to England; Asha Devi Aryanayakam.

Cwl BBR 1/346

TitleTypescript letter from Jehangir Patel, Patel Brothers, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the Aryanayakams and their Basic Education work with refugees; Barbara's personal situation; a new publication on Ajanta.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/347

TitleHandwritten letter from Mari Sofi and Jehangir [Patel], Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date29 June 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses their newly married life; alterations to their garden; lunch with Asha Devi Aryanayakam; the arrival of the rainy season in Bombay.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/348

TitleTelegram from Sofi and Jehangir [Patel], to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

DatePostmark 12 September 1950.

Extent1 item.




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Prabhakar

Cwl BBR 1/349

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses publication of a handbook; her visit to Delhi and return journey. Sends staff and medical news from [Kasturba] hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/350

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Patel Brothers, Bombay.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentInforms her that he is sending a letter from Kishorlal Mashruwala and a message from Gandhi. Asks her to write about her experiences in India for publication in Harijan. Sends news of the hospital, including the third anniversary of the Kasturba child welfare centre.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/351

TitleTypescript letter from Vijaya and Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.



Bradford

Date26 April 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of developments at the hospital, including Vijaya's ante-natal work in Woroda, and of co-workers and friends, including Jajuih's resignation as president of the All India Spinners Association.

Cwl BBR 1/352

TitleHandwritten letter from Kishorlal Mashruwala, Anane Ranade, and Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Date17-21 June 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentMashruwala discusses the condition of England after the war and relations between England and India. Ranade discusses being in charge of the labour ward in Vijaya's absence and plans for him to train in opthalmology in Bombay. Prabhakar sends news of the nurses and their training.

Cwl BBR 1/353

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes organising the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations in Andhra. Sends news of developments at the hospital, including midwifery training, and of co-workers and friends.



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Cwl BBR 1/354

TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of an English man who has joined the ashram; Barbara's co-workers, including Sushila Nayar and Dr Wardekar; the construction of a maternity ward and child welfare centre in the village. Describes his daily routine.

Cwl BBR 1/355

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends Society, Rasulia.

DatePostmark 24 August 1948.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses developments at the hospital, including the preliminary training lectures, a dispute between co-workers; independence day celebrations; the garden; attending the ashram for midday meals and evening prayers. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/356

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, [Sevagram], to Barbara Hartland.

Date28 May 194[9].



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of co-workers and developments at the hospital, including making mango pickles. Encourages Barbara not to return until he asks her to and hopes she reaches Mysore.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentFollowing up various matters relating to [Kasturba hospital], including a visit by an English nurse and the publication of a book.

Cwl BBR 1/358

TitleHandwritten postcard from Prabhakar, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Asha Devi Aryanayakam, Nai Talim Centre, Refugee Camp, Faridabad.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentPromises to send a handbook. Sends news of Sevagram, including problems with the water works.

Cwl BBR 1/359




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Date7 March 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of various developments at [Kasturba] hospital and the ashram, including the lease of more land for cultivation.

Cwl BBR 1/360

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date27 April 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses attending a Sarvodaya conference and sends news of various co-workers at Kasturba Hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/361

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date30 April 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent tour of basic schools in Andhra by Marjorie Sykes and his wish to distribute Barbara's booklet on medical treatment for village teachers. Summarises progress in publishing the booklet. Sends personal and medical news from the hospital.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/362


Date13 May 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the idea of passing responsibility for the hospital to Manimala Roy Choudhary and Kamala Desikan. Requests books to be sent to him. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

Cwl BBR 1/363


Date27 May 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of friends and co-workers, including Manimala Roy Choudhary's illness, and developments at the hospital.

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Scope and contentDiscusses the publication of a medical pamphlet. Sends news of friends and co-workers, and developments at the ashram and the hospital.

NoteIncomplete.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland , c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.

Date21 July 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses photographs received from Barbara; Shantaben's illness; a cholera outbreak in Wardha district; Itarsi hospital; contact with Sushila [Nayar]; developments at the hospital and the ashram, including adult education work with labourers. Sends personal news of friends and co-workers.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on her marriage and news of friends and co-workers. Discusses the election of Mr Tandon as President of the Indian National Congress.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar and ?, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date9-13 November 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentPrabhakar discusses her marriage. Sends news of developments at the hospital, and of friends and co-workers. ? discusses her husband; Gandhi's views on the unity of all ashramites wherever they live.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes touring various medical centres with Sushila Nayar. Discusses translating her booklet on common ailments; organising an All India Nai Talim conference; Sushila Nayar's appointment as chief medical officer in Faridabad; starting leprosy work in Selukata village; a visit from Erica Groom. Sends news of other friends and co-workers.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Agra, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


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Scope and contentDiscusses his tour with Manimala Roy Choudhary to naturopathy clinics and constructive centres in southern India; Kamala Desikan's work organising health care in a village near Faridabad; the activities of the Sarva Seva Sangh in villages around Sevagram. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

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Date12 March 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes all the meetings he has attended recently, including the Nai Talim annual conference and the All India Gandhi Fund Leprosy Sub Committee. Sends news of developments at the hospital and the ashram, including Manimala Roy Choudhary's health.

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Date10-22 April 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; Barbara's booklet on common ailments; preventitive health work in local villages.

LanguageHindi.

NoteLetter includes a sheet in Hindi dated 4 April 1951.



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Date6 May 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of developments at the hospital and the ashram, including training in maternity care and growing food. Discusses the publication of Barbara's booklet on common ailments; his planned tour of villages in communist areas of southern India; and whether Binda should marry. Ends with a note to Harry Bruce describing Barbara's work in India.

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TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date4 June 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for Binda to work at Kasturbagram, Indore; recognition of the hospital as a training centre for midwifery and general nursing, and other resolutions passed by Madhaya Pradesh Nurses Registration Council. Sends news of friends and co-workers, including Vinoba Bhave's sarvodaya pilgrimage in Hyderabad state. Sends news of other developments at the hospital, including growing vegetables and new buildings.

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Date9 July 1951.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses developments at Sevagram, including midwifery training, recognition of the hospital by the Nursing Council, and the vegetable garden. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

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Date24 July 1951.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentSends news of co-workers and developments at the hospital, including the medical board of the Kasturba Trust and the departure of Brinda for Indore. On reverse: carbon copy typescript biographical details of the staff at Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram - includes Barbara Hartland as Nursing Superintendent; carbon copy typescript memorandum granting government recognition to the qualifications in nursing and midwifery issued by the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust.

NoteWith envelope and press cutting about the publication of 'Common ailments of the village'.

Cwl BBR 1/376


Date25 August 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses developments at Sevagram, including separating the management of the hospital from the ashram; Sushila Nayar's new health centre in Faridabad; plans for



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses arrangements for Barbara to meet Dr Anuikar in London; Vinoba Bhave's journey on foot to Delhi; a new organisation for village constructive work; a cholera outbreak; the health centre at Faridabad. Sends news of developments at the hospital, including the new management committee.

Cwl BBR 1/378


Date28 March 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of friends and co-workers, including Asha Devi Aryanayakam and Sushila Nayar, and developments in Sevagram. Discusses Brinda's behaviour; the need for Barbara to return to oversee the work at the hospital; the Bhoodan movement.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar and Kamala Desikan, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Date10 & 15 June 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of developments at the hospital, including midwifery training and leprosy work. Letter from Kamala is the first she has written to Barbara in English.

Cwl BBR 1/380


Date8 October 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses co-operation with the Talim Sangh; a planned visit by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to open a rural university at Sevagram; the success of the hospital's work with local women; Manimala Roy Choudhary's husband; Kishorlal Mashruwala's death.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Old Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes his travel plans over the next month, attending various conferences. Sends news of friends and co-workers from Sevagram, including Shantaben's work in the villages.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Camp Andhra, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date29 May 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses combining living at Sevagram with touring for the Bhoodan movement; leprosy work at Sevagram, Jaipur and Yesamba; relations between the hospital and the Hindustani Talimi Sangh at Sevagram; the creation of the Sarva Seva Sangh. Sends news of Kamala Desikan and Manimala Roy Choudhary.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, on board an aeroplane from Delhi to Secundrabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 August 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a fast being undertaken by a co-worker in Bellary; a 'nonviolent' dog adopted by Kamala Desikan; training work at Sevagram; his Bhoodan work.

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Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of the Sarva Seva Sangh; leprosy work at Sevagram, Jaipur and Yesamba; progress of the Bhoodan movement in Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra. Sends news of friends and co-workers, and developments at the hospital and the ashram.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Camp Bezwada, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his Bhoodan work in Andhra and Asha Devi Aryanayakam's in Bengal; a planned meeting in Sevagram to discuss the future of the hospital and a health education scheme; leprosy work and other developments at the hospital; training a medical worker to take over from Margaret Jones in Rasulia.

Cwl BBR 1/386



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of friends and co-workers, including Manimala Roy Choudhary's daughter; his plan to leave for Andhra for Bhoodan work; leprosy work.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's subscriptions to 'Harijan' and 'Sarvodaya'; Tulsi's wedding; her plans to visit India; departing for further Bhoodan work in Andhra. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

Cwl BBR 1/388


Date7 May 1954.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses changes in the organisation of Sevagram, leaving only two institutions, the Sarva Seva Sangh and the Gandhi Memorial Fund. Sends news of the development of Kasturba hospital, including midwifery and nursing training and leprosy work.

Cwl BBR 1/389


Date4 July 1954.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the decision made at a recent Sarvodaya conference to integrate the Talim Sangh into the Sarva Seva Sangh; the running of the hospital by the Gandhi Memorial Foundation; the death of one of Chandel's children in the river Narbade.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of co-workers and developments at the hospital. Arranges Molly Tandy's visit to Sevagram. Discusses his desire to leave Sevagram to undertake Bhoodan work; the remaining institutions at Sevagram; leprosy work.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Patamata, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date15 June 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the closure of Gandhi's hut and the ashram at Sevagram to devote energy to the Bhoodan movement; developments regarding the hospital there; reaction to the closure of the ashram; prospects for spreading the Bhoodan movement across India; Barbara's membership of Sarvodaya.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Patamata, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


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Scope and contentDiscusses his departure from Sevagram in May to join the Bhoodan movement, organising the movement in Andhra Pradesh and a walking tour with Vinoba Bhave; Kamala Desikan's decision to help the movement in Orissa; developments at the hospital in Sevagram. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

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TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Sarvodaya Karyalaya, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 April 1958.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his contact with Donald Groom in Bangalore; his work for the Bhoodan movement in Andhra Pradesh; the tenth Sarvodaya Sammelan in Pandaripur; a European tour to promote Sarvodaya ideas; his recent visit to Sevagram and the conversion of many of its inhabitants to Buddhism. Sends news of co-workers and friends from Sevagram.

Physical conditionTorn.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date19 April 1960.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his work for the Sarvodaya movement in Andhra Pradesh; the recent Sarvodaya conference in Sevagram; celebrations of the birth of the Bhoodan movement in Hyderabad; various projects, including development of villages,



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implementation of the Prohibition Act and propagating the ideas of 'partyless democracy' and 'law-free society'.

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DatePostmark 4 January [1961].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses organising the 13th Sarvodaya Sammalen in Hyderabad; the adoption of democratic decentralisation of power in Andhra Pradesh; inviting Barbara, Jawaharlal Nehru and Donald Groom. Sends news of friends and co-workers at Sevagram and of Vinoba Bhave's activities.

Cwl BBR 1/396


Date25 May 1964.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Donald Groom's visit to India; spreading the idea of sarvodaya patra in England as a means of raising funds for sarvodaya work; how this method has worked in India. Includes a typescript explanation of sarvodaya patra.

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Date26 August 1964.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses organising sarvodaya patra with Barbara and spreading this to mothers and children. Sends news of friends and co-workers, and his plans to visit Gandhi constructive institutions in southern India.

Cwl BBR 1/398

TitleTypescript carbon copy letter from Prabhakar, President, Cuddapah District Nava-Nirman Samithi, to Donald Groom, London.

Date8 May 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of a Gramdan area organiser, PM Changal Reddy, in a road accident, and support for his family; the election of officers of the Sarva Seva Sangh.

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TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her warnings about Kasturba Hospital and a personal case to be discussed with Radnakrishna; the growth of the Sarvodaya movement; Frida Laski's recent visit to India; plans to meet Donald Groom; the development of Blockdan in Andhra Pradesh.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Shivarampalle, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date14 July 1967.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of EW Aryanayakam; the Gandhi centenary programme; plans to discuss the future of Sevagram. Sends news of Kamala Desikan.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Shivarampalle, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date6 June 1969.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the violent unrest in Andhra Pradesh; the impact of a recent cyclone in the coastal region; his plans to fast; his routine of spending a week at Hyderabad, a week at Sevagram and two weeks touring; divisions amongst workers of the Talim Sangh; the death of Ramades Gandhi; and news of Manimala Roy Choudhary.

Cwl BBR 1/402

TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, President, Sarvodaya Relief Committee, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReturns a bankers draft which could not be cashed.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of a trust for the ashram; running camps at Khadi Vidyalaya; Vinoba Bhave's return from Bihar. Sends news of friends and co-workers. Describes his routine of spending a week at Sevagram, a week at Hyderabad and two weeks touring.

Cwl BBR 1/404


Date5 July 1970.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes Asha Devi Aryanayakam's illness and death in Nagpur, and funeral at Sevagram. Includes a typescript carbon copy invitation to join the memorial service in prayer.



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Cwl BBR 1/405

TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, ashram, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses changes at Sevagram, including visitors who come to see Bapu Kuti [Gandhi's hut]. Sends news of friends and co-workers, including Vinoba Bhave, who now confines himself to [Paramdham] ashram. Arranges for Barbara to meet Kamala's husband, Dr Desikan, in London. Discusses the situation in Bangladesh and refugees in West Bengal.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Prabhakar, Ashram, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date26 June 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his involvement in spreading the Bhoodan movement from village to village; his memories of working with Barbara at Sevagram; news of life at the ashram.

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Date18 July 1972.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the revitalisation of the Bhoodan movement through a people's march; the building of a medical college at Sevagram; running the Nai Talim school; the All India Nai Talim Conference in October; the leprosy colony at Dattapur .

Cwl BBR 1/408


Date5 October 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a national education conference at Sevagram; the death of Donald Groom; a planned visit to Europe by nature cure experts; the medical college at Sevagram; famine in India due to poor rains.

Cwl BBR 1/409

TitleTypescript circular letter from Prabhakar, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce , Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentCelebrating Christmas, with a handwritten note about developments at Sevagram.

Cwl BBR 1/410

TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Shivarampalle, Hyderabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of Vinoba Bhave's activities at Powanar ashram, where he has confined himself after touring the country. Summarises the current problems in Andhra Pradesh.

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TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Ashram, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date27 May 1973.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentDescribes his recent work at the ashram and beyond, including the development of a nature cure institution. Discusses a recent All India Education Conference held at Sevagram. Barbara's reply discusses arrangements for his planned visit to Europe.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleTypescript letter from Prabhakar, Secretary, Sevagram Ashram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

DateDecember 1976.

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Scope and contentCircular Christmas message discussing the will of the common man and the creation of the kingdom of God.

Devi Prasad, Sevagram

Cwl BBR 1/413

TitleHandwritten letter from Devi and Janaki Prasad, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce.

Date25 January - 11 February 1952.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Asha Devi Aryanayakam's visit to see Barbara; their work at the Talim Sangh at Sevagram. Sends personal news and a list of art materials for Barbara to purchase in London.

Cwl BBR 1/414

TitleHandwritten letter from Devi Prasad, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date8 October 1953.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends personal news and describes the work of an art student at Sevagram.

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Date7 August 1955.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of the death of Janaki's father. Discusses running an art class at Sevagram and Radhakrishna's plans to travel to England to take up a fellowship at London University.

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TitleTypescript and handwritten letter from Devi Prasad, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date11 June 1959.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about his wedding at Sevagram in 1949. Asks about plans to start a sarvodaya ashram in Wales. Sends news of the merger of the Hindustani Talimi Sangh with the Sarva Seva Sangh.

Cwl BBR 1/417



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses creativity and fellowship, and communities which support this; a piece of artistic work; his desire to receive 'Peace News'.



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Cwl BBR 1/418

TitleBundle of photocopies of letters from Gandhi and Nehru to Barbara Hartland, received via Devi Prasad, with covering letter to Mr Hubbard.

Date1939 - 1982.

Extent7 items.

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TitlePhotocopy of handwritten letter from Devi Prasad, London, to Mr Hubbard .

Date15 March 1982.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentForwarding photocopies and originals of letters to Barbara Hartland from Gandhi and Nehru.

NoteAnnotated by [Cedric] Hartland with decisions about who should keep various originals.

Cwl BBR 1/418

TitlePhotocopy of handwritten postcard from Mahesh Dutta Misra, on behalf of Gandhi, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Calcutta.

Date22 August 1941.

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Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's letter to Gandhi in which she raised concerns about Mahesh engaging in satyagraha again; Tagore's death.

Cwl BBR 1/418

TitlePhotocopy of handwritten postcard from Gandhi, Sevagram, to Barbara Fisher [sic], Friends' Hospital, Itarsi.

Date7 March 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentBrief note that he has moved.

Cwl BBR 1/418

TitlePhotocopy of typescript letter from Gandhi, New Delhi, with handwritten letter from Sushila Nayar, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.

Date22 July 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentGandhi refers to her work in England and India. Sushila discusses the possibility of two [English] doctors joining Sevagram and whether they will adjust to life there. Sends news of friends and co-workers.

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TitlePhotocopy of handwritten letter from Sushila Nayar, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date9 July 1945.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses organising home visits in surrounding villages; medical equipment required to set up a health centre and operating theatre.

NoteAnnotated 'love Bapu' [Gandhi]; original at Cwl BBR/1/245.

Cwl BBR 1/418

TitlePhotocopy of handwritten letter from Jawaharlal Nehru, Allahabad, to a 'friend' [Barbara Hartland].

Date5 March 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the removal of Drs Bill and Molly Tandy from Itarsi Hospital; the inability of the Congress Party to assist the hospital; approaching the provincial authorities; raising the matter with the Party at its Tripuri Congress.

Janaki Prasad, Sevagram

Cwl BBR 1/419

TitleHandwritten letter from Janaki Prasad, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Devi Prasad's involvement in the Bhoodan movement; developments at Sevagram.



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Cwl BBR 1/420

TitleHandwritten letter from Janaki Prasad, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Devi Prasad's involvement in the Bhoodan/Gramdan movement; visiting Kerala for a sarvodaya conference. Sends personal news.

Cwl BBR 1/421

TitleHandwritten letter from Janaki Prasad, London, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date12 April 1966.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's invitation to the opening of an exhibition; financial support.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/422


Date7 June 1966.

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Scope and contentCongratulates Barbara on her project, and sends thanks for a donation and their recent visit. Sends news of the death of her niece in childbirth.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/423


Date18 June 1966.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends thanks for a donation to support development work in India.

NoteWith envelope.

Radnakrishna

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TitleHandwritten letter from Radnakrishna, Sarva Seva Sangh, Rajghat, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date19 March 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for Donald Groom to come to India to assist with Gramdan mission work; the political situation in India; the closure of the journal, English Bhoodan.



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Cwl BBR 1/425

TitleTypescript letter from Radnakrishna, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date20 June 1969.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his appointment as secretary of the Gandhi Foundation and its work; the Gandhi centenary celebrations and a visit to London by R R Diwakar and Devendra Kumar Gupta; his continued work for War on Want in India .

G Ramachandran

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TitleHandwritten letter from G Ramachandran, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Adyar, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.

Date21 April 1946.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRemembers their farewell at Wardha railway station. Suggests that she spends the summer with him and Soundram. Sends news of Dada to pass on to his mother.

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TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Adyar, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.




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Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses how he prefers to be addressed; her plans to visit Ajanta; his teacher training camps in Mysore and Andhra; arrangements for her to visit his brother in England; arrangements to meet before she leaves India. Suggests she joins Soundram in her work in the south.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/428

TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Director, Gandhigram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his work as Chairman of the Basic Education Assessment Committee; whether Barbara's husband could usefully work in India.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/429

TitleHandwritten letter from G Ramachandran, Director, Gandhigram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


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Scope and contentDiscusses his work as chair of the Standing Committee for Basic Education; Margaret Jones' health; a visit from Horace Alexander; visiting JC Kumarappa in hospital; England's role in the world.

Cwl BBR 1/430

TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Secretary, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date12 August 1958.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of Margaret Jones; SK George's health and support for him and his wife Mary.

Cwl BBR 1/431

TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Secretary, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date14 June 1960.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the creation of the Gandhi Peace Foundation; the deaths of Margaret Jones, Mary George and SK George; a visit from Horace Alexander; Vinoba Bhave's work with the dacoits (armed bandits) of Chambal; developments at Sevagram; the state of the world peace movement; relations between India and China.

Cwl BBR 1/432

TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Chairman, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Bombay, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



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Date3 July 1972.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his article on CF Andrews; memories of Janaki Prasad; the anniversary of the death of Asha Devi Aryanayakam; his new role as chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleTypescript letter from G Ramachandran, Hon. Director, Gandhigram Rural Institute, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date3 May 1975.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentRemembers her work at Sevagram. Discusses the deaths of Margaret Jones, Molly Tandy and Margaret Barr. Refers to his work as chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission of India and his recent return to Gandhigram. Discusses the development of Gandhigram; Indira Gandhi; the Jayaprakash Narayan movement.

Ruth Richardson

Cwl BBR 1/434

TitleHandwritten letter from Ruth Richardson, Jabalpur, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses staying with Mahesh Dutta Misra in Jabalpur; the inauguration of a branch of the Fellowship of Friends of Truth; her plans to go to Delhi to the Gandhi Peace Foundation; her stay in Gandhigram.

Cwl BBR 1/435

TitlePostcard of Gandhi, from Ruth [Richardson], India, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

DatePostmark [1967].

Extent1 item.

Kshitis Roy, Santiniketan

Cwl BBR 1/436

TitleHandwritten postcard from Kshitis Roy, Santiniketan, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Asha Devi Aryanayakam, Sevagram.

Date12 April 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the best edition of Tagore's 'Gitanjali', published in Bengali by the Indian Press, Allahabad.

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TitleHandwritten letter from [Kshitis Roy], Santiniketan, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.



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Date19 April 1945.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her understanding of India; his translation work; staying at Santiniketan.

NoteWith envelope.

Pulin Bihari Sen

Cwl BBR 1/438

TitleHandwritten letter from Pulin Bihari Sen, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date5 June 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of his work, studies and family. Discusses her work with Gandhi; the opening of a Hindu school in Contai.

Cwl BBR 1/439

TitleHandwritten letter from Pulin Bihari Sen, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of the village dispensary and plans for a medical unit. Discusses police reaction to a student march in Calcutta; Gandhi's planned visit to Contai; meeting Leslie Cross.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/440

TitleHandwritten postcard from Pulin Sen, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses forthcoming visitors to Contai; medical supplies received for the village medical unit from American friends [Friends?].

Cwl BBR 1/441

TitleHandwritten letter from Pulin Bihari Sen, Contai, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Gandhi's visit to Contai and to Pulin's home village of Erinchi; the Midnapur Congress Workers Conference; the activities of the Red Cross in Contai; his son's illness and admission to the Famine Relief Emergency Hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/442

TitleHandwritten letter from Pulin Bihari Sen, Ajoya, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.


Extent2 items.



Bradford

Scope and contentDiscusses the independence and partition of India; his work at a new secondary school in Ajoya; the closure of the medical unit which Barbara set up there.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/443

TitleHandwritten letter from Pulin Bihari Sen, Tikashi, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.

Date19 June 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes his activities since graduating; his disappointment with the Indian National Congress since independence; his decision to join the Socialist Party of India.

NoteWith envelope.

Ben Sharma

Cwl BBR 1/444

TitleTypescript letter from Ben Sharma, Oldbury, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date26 August 1967.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends thanks for a recent stay with Barbara.

NoteWith envelope.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/445

TitleTypescript letter from Ben Sharma, Oldbury, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReturns a postal order from Barbara. Describes his schedule before his planned return to India.

PC Sharma

Cwl BBR 1/446

TitleHandwritten letter from PC Sharma, 'The Karmaveer', Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date6 July 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes his opinion of Barbara as a seeker of truth. Discusses the need for an active life and a life of chastity.

Cwl BBR 1/447

TitleHandwritten letter from PC Sharma, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date16 May 1941.

Extent2 items.



Bradford

Scope and contentExpresses his appreciation of Rabindranath Tagore and his ashram at Santiniketan; and his pleasure that Barbara is settled there.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/448

TitleHandwritten note from PC Sharma, 'The Agamikal', Khandwa, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentOffers his support in Sukumar Pagare's absence. Refers to the fact that he is not in prison himself.

HB Shilat, Ahmedabad

Cwl BBR 1/449

TitleTypescript letter from HB Shilat, Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses problems with her subscription to 'Harijan'.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/450

TitleTypescript letter from HB Shilat, Sales Manager, Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date11 August 1956.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAcknowledges a donation.

Sunyata (Alfred Emanuel Sorensen), Almora

Cwl BBR 1/451

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date1 May 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses failing to meet her in Itarsi; a visit from Francis Watson en route from Delhi to Simla. Discusses the personalities of Francis and Tore Hakansson. Invites Barbara to visit Almora and describes the people she would meet. Lists the places he visited in India during a winter tour.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/452

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Uttara Brindaban, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.



Bradford

Date25 July 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's stay at Santiniketan; a recent journey through the Himalayas. Reflects on nothingness, silence and inner peace. Discusses fellow pilgrims at Uttara Brindaban, including Niels Olaf Chrisanden; the time he spent at Santiniketan in 1932; meeting Tagore at Dartington Hall in 1930. Reflects on the difficulties of spoken language.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/453

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes a recent visit to a fair in the border country and heavy snow on the return journey. Reflects on living at Almora, silence and battling with the ego. Discusses the books he is reading; the 'Harijan' newspaper and Gandhi's involvement in politics; and a short story by DH Lawrence, 'Things'.

Cwl BBR 1/454

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, Itarsi.

DateJanuary 1943.

Extent2 items.



Bradford

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's pilgrimage; a visit from Francis Watson and his ideas of earth, heaven and hell; a letter from Valentine Penrose and her experience of India. Reflects on silence and consciousness. Describes morning in the Himalayas. Concludes with some stanzas written when he was 21.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/455

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date4 August 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about Sevagram. Describes various artists living nearby and invites her to visit with [Juliet Menston] in September. Discusses Francis Watson's plans and his new wife.

Cwl BBR 1/456

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his plans to visit Delhi and Bombay. Reflects on consciousness and God.

Cwl BBR 1/457

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram.



Bradford

DateJuly 1946.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentReflects on the rains in the Himalayas, the nature of silence and the Self. Describes life with his new dog, Sri Wuii; the abundant fruit growing around his home.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/458

TitleCarbon copy typescript essay on 'Four quartets' by TS Eliot, by Sunyata.

DateMay 1946.

Extent1 item.

NoteSent with Cwl BBR/1/457.

Cwl BBR 1/459

TitleHandwritten letter from Sunyata, Almora, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais Educational Settlement, Dowlais.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses a visit from Horace Alexander; contact with Francis Watson; Ethel Menston settling at Tiruvanmalai. Reflects on consciousness and Being, including the writings of TS Eliot, Aldous Huxley and Soren Kierkegaard. Remembers staying with Jack Lewis in Dowlais.



Bradford

NoteWith envelope.

Badri Parshad Swami, Makrana

Cwl BBR 1/460

TitleHandwritten letter from BP Swami, Nagour Zila Sarvodaya Mandal, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date28 April 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's interest in Gramdan villages; a visit by Sudarshan Kumar Kapoor to the village of Pitholavo; famine relief work in the village of Shrikrishnapura, funded by War on Want; attempts to establish village assemblies [gram sabha] and transform all villages in the district to the Gramdan model before 1969. Includes a message from villagers and children in Shrikrishnapura, describing developments, including spinning cloth, creating a village shop and the problem of clean water.

Cwl BBR 1/461

TitleHandwritten letter from Badri Parshad Swami, with typescript translation from the Hindi, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses publicity about the village of Shrikrishnapura in the local press in Upton-on-Severn. Asks about agriculture in Upton-on-Severn. Sends news of activities in the village and co-operation with other villages.

LanguageEnglish and Hindi.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/462

TitleHandwritten letters from BP Swami, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent3 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses an invitation from Barbara and invites her in return to visit Shrikrishnapura to taste Bajri bread and cow's milk curd. Discusses the need to repair the reservoir in the village.

LanguageEnglish and Hindi.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/463

TitleTypescript letter from Badri Parshad Swami, Nagour District Sarvodaya Mandal, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date14 July 1967.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes developments at the village of Shrikrishnapura. Discusses writing to her in Hindi. Asks about agriculture in Upton-on-Severn.

Cwl BBR 1/464

TitleCarbon copy handwritten letter.

Datec 1967.



Bradford

Extent1 item.

LanguageHindi.

Physical conditionTorn and on fragile paper.

NoteMay relate to Cwl BBR/1/463.

Cwl BBR 1/465

TitleCarbon copy handwritten report.

Datec 1967.

Extent1 item.

LanguageHindi.

NoteMay relate to Cwl BBR/1/463.

Cwl BBR 1/466

TitleHandwritten letter from BP Swami, to Barbara Bruce, [Upton-on-Severn].

Date15 April 1968.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes activities in the village of Shrikrishnapura, including the reservoir and the election of the village parliament. Promises to send a report of his visit to Rajasthani.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/467

TitleHandwritten letter from BP Swami, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes flood and famine relief work in Gramdan villages, with 22,000 out of 30,000 villages affected; the creation of 'Rajasthan Dan', the province-wide union of Gramdan villages in Rajasthan.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/468

TitleHandwritten letter from BP Swami, Nagour Zila Sarvodaya Mandal, Makrana, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's interest in Gramdan villages; food shortages and floods dealt with over the past year; the development of Blockdan in the villages; a decision by Rajgir Sarvodaya Sammelan to create village parliaments.

NoteWith envelope.



Bradford

Marjorie Sykes

Cwl BBR 1/469

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

Date23 May 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of her recent activities and those of other friends and co-workers. Discusses the possibility of going to Bengal to undertake reconciliation work on behalf of the Friends Service Unit; and of going to Sohagpur to create a Basic school.

Cwl BBR 1/470

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends congratulations on Barbara's marriage and questions about Harry Bruce. Her translation of three of Tagore's plays will be sent separately as a wedding present. Sends update about Barbara's booklet on medicine for village teachers.

Cwl BBR 1/471

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date21 July 1952.



Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentInforms Barbara that Asha Devi Aryanayakam is in England to attend the Friends World Conference. Sends various publications issued by the Hindustani Talimi Sangh. Discusses her plans to visit to England.

Cwl BBR 1/472

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the death of Kishorlal Mashruwala; developments in the training offered at Sevagram; Asha Devi Aryanayakam and her recent visit to England.

Cwl BBR 1/473

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's booklet; plans for Barbara to write another book to be published by the Hindustani Talimi Sangh; her departure for England; Asha Devi Aryanayakam's work for the United Nations Organisation; Barbara's opinion about Sushila Nayar.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/474

TitleHandwritten letter from Marjorie Sykes, editor of 'The Friendly Way', Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date29 August 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Donald Groom's death and her desire to publish a record of his service in the next issue of her journal. Asks for Barbara's memories of Donald in Spain and India.

Molly Tandy

Cwl BBR 1/475

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, Coleford, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 October 1954.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent meeting of Quakers in London about displaced people; her desire to return to Itarsi despite the opinion of Paul Sturge and the lack of funding from the India Committee.

Cwl BBR 1/476


Date8 October 1954.



Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses advice received from Barbara and Margaret Jones about returning to Itarsi.

Cwl BBR 1/477



Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent visit to see Barbara; arranging her visit to India.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/478

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, c/o Donald Groom, Rasulia, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her arrival in Bombay and her journey on to Rasulia by train; visiting Itarsi to see the Friends' Hospital and old friends .

Cwl BBR 1/479

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, Rasulia, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.



Bradford


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a visit to Sanchi; the Friends' Hospital in Itarsi; the opening of a co-operative store in Rasulia; her hope of meeting Prabhakar.

Cwl BBR 1/480

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, Sevagram, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her arrival and experiences at Sevagram; her impressions of Kasturba Hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/481

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, Quaker Centre, Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her recent stay at Sevagram; visiting Vinoba Bhave; her impressions of Kasturba Hospital; attending a Bhoodan conference at Betul with Donald Groom.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/482

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, c/o Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her stay with Mary Barr; lunch with Sushila Nayar; a visit to the Taj Mahal.

Cwl BBR 1/483

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, c/o Mary Barr, Kotagiri, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses arrangements for her to stay with Ranganayaki Thatham in Srirangam after visiting Odelia Koenig at Gandhigram.

Cwl BBR 1/484

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly Tandy, Srirangam, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her stay with Ranganayaki Thatham and the contrast with her other visits to poverty-stricken villages; departing from Bombay next week.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/485

TitleHandwritten letter from Molly [Tandy], London, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn .


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses working for the BBC and the possibility of making a programme on Radnakrishna and Vinoba Bhave.

NoteWith envelope.

Christopher Taylor, Calcutta

Cwl BBR 1/486

TitleTypescript letter from Christopher Taylor, Friends Ambulance Unit, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland, Contai.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks her for her work in running the children's hospital in Contai and discusses how to keep the hospital in operation. Refers to her plan to undertake midwifery training with the Kasturba Memorial Trust.

Cwl BBR 1/487

TitleTypescript letter from Christopher Taylor, Friends Ambulance Unit, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland .



Bradford


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks her for her work in Contai and asks her to write a report. Discusses the publication of a report of the Unit's work since mid 1943, including Barbara in the list of FAU personnel.

Cwl BBR 1/488

TitleHandwritten letter from Christopher Taylor, Friends Ambulance Unit, Calcutta, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work in Contai and its significance to the FAU. Thanks her for sending reports.

Ranganayaki Thatham (alias Kumutini), Srirangam

Cwl BBR 1/489

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date24 July 1946.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses letter writing. Encourages Barbara to write a book about her seven years in India. Sends news of her son.



Bradford

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/490

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Uckfield.

Date2 April 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's reunion with her family after seven years. Encourages her to write a book about her experiences in India. Asks for her opinion of the role of women in the new India. Expects a visit from Asha Devi Arnyanayakam.

Cwl BBR 1/491

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Highgate, London.

Date19 June 1947.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends family news, including the appointment of a nephew as Under Secretary to the [Niyain's] Legislative Council. Discusses a visit by Margaret Jones and her opinion of her; Barbara's return to England.

NoteWith envelope.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/492

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the situation in India and the need for relief work; Barbara's stay in Wales; her plan to visit England; sending the gift of a sari.

Cwl BBR 1/493

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Educational Settlement, Dowlais.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her plan to visit England; a visit to England by MS Sundaram and his wife; the forthcoming All India Women's Conference in Madras; her article on women in a free India.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/494

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Educational Settlement, Dowlais.




Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her sister's deafness and the possibility of travelling to England for an operation.

Cwl BBR 1/495

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Young Women's Christian Association, London.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for her to visit England and asks about the talks Barbara gives on India. Gives advice about putting down roots in England and suggests a role for Barbara as liaison officer for the All India Women's Conference.

Cwl BBR 1/496

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, c/o JP Patel, Bombay.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentLooking forward to meeting Barbara again once she arrives in India, and taking her to visit Ajanta and shrines in southern India.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/497

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date17 May 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for two family weddings in July and invites Barbara to join them.

Cwl BBR 1/498

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, [Sevagram].

Date27 May 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses railway workers' strikes in the area; Barbara's letters from England; a family wedding; Prabhakar's role at the hospital.

Cwl BBR 1/499

TitleHandwritten postcard from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Mylapore.

Date5 June 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's holiday plans and offers to accommodate her.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/500

TitleHandwritten postcard from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date25 July 1949.

Extent1 item.


Cwl BBR 1/501

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends' Settlement, Rasulia.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses Barbara's plan to visit Delhi, including the possibility of meeting her daughter Devaki in Bhopal en route; Barbara's marriage.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/502

TitleTelegram from Ranganayaki Thatham, [Srirangam], to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester.

DatePostmark 14 September 1950.

Extent1 item.



Bradford


Cwl BBR 1/503

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date2 April 1951.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDeclines Barbara's invitation for her to visit England because of her daughter's pregnancy and confinement at the family home. Imagines Barbara's life in England. Describes her home in India and discusses rationing in England.

Cwl BBR 1/504



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans to go to Bhadri-nath in the Himalayas; her hope of visiting England in 1953.

Cwl BBR 1/505





Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of Asha Devi Aryanayakam; her grandaughter; her son-in-law's role in land reclamation work in central India.

Cwl BBR 1/506



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the seizure of land owned by her husband's Brahmin family and the destruction of the caste system by the Congress Party government; reconciling her principles with her duty to her husband; her idea for a machine to make poppadoms.

Cwl BBR 1/507



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentArranges for Molly Tandy to visit.

Cwl BBR 1/508




Bradford

Date11 April 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentExchanging presents. Sends news of a visit by Molly Tandy.

Cwl BBR 1/509



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for her niece Kamala to travel to England so that her husband can undergo training as an engineer in Stafford.

Cwl BBR 1/510


Date2 January 1956.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks Barbara for meeting Kamala in London. Discusses inventing an electrical appliance.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/511



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentLaments her failure to travel abroad. Discusses her relations who met Barbara during a recent stay in England. Introduces her brother, an Indian civil servant training in London.

Cwl BBR 1/512



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks for the birthday gift. Discusses Barbara's visit to see her sister-in-law Kamala and Kamala's lack of empathy with Gandhian teachings; the difficulty of obtaining the consent of her Brahmin mother-in-law to visit England.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/513





Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends personal news, including the death of her son-in-law and her son Reghu's plans to study in England.

Cwl BBR 1/514


Date27 August 1962.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her son's plans to travel to England in September to take up a place as a student at Manchester University.

Cwl BBR 1/515



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for her son to visit Barbara; her uncertainty about a gift for Barbara; her desire for Barbara to write about her life in England rather than her memories of India.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/516



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her son's recent visit to see Barbara.

Cwl BBR 1/517

TitleHandwritten letter from Ranganayaki Thatham, Srirangam, to Barbara Burce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date8 March 1963.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks Barbara for helping her son Reghu with his financial situation.

Cwl BBR 1/518



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks for advice about Reghu's desire to study physics at Oxford.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/519



Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends thanks for advice received about Reghu and his university studies.

S and Chandra Venkatiaman, New Delhi

Cwl BBR 1/520

TitleHandwritten letter from S Venkatiaman, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date27 April 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for a friend to travel to Scotland to join her husband at Glasgow University; her journey from England to Delhi with Mr Dixit, who lived at Sevagram during Barbara's time there.

Cwl BBR 1/521

TitleHandwritten letter from Chandra Venkatiaman, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date30 May 1957.



Bradford

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends thanks for a recent stay with Barbara.

Cwl BBR 1/522

TitleHandwritten letter from S and Chandra Venkatiaman, New Delhi, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

DatePostmark 21 December 1961.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends good wishes for Christmas and new year and news of their son Kumar.

Sikander Ali Wajd

Cwl BBR 1/523

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Aurangabad, to Barbara Hartland, 'passenger on SS Andes, Bombay, sailing 22/2/47'.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDescribes his appreciation of Barbara's friendship. Refers to Sultana's illness and his desire to take her for a nature cure in [Pruna].

NoteWith envelope.



Bradford

Cwl BBR 1/524

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Aurangabad, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Jehangir Patel, Bombay.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses their recent visit to Ajanta; his journey home; her forthcoming voyage.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/525

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Aurangabad, to Barbara Hartland, St. Hilda's College, Oxford.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his health; the partition of India; Barbara's return to India; their trip to Ajanta.

Cwl BBR 1/526

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, District Magistrate, Momhiabad, to Barbara Hartland, c/o John Dennithorne, Dowlais.


Extent1 item.



Bradford

Scope and contentDiscusses the achievement of Indian independence; a holiday in Bombay; writing a poem, 'The dawn of liberty'.

Cwl BBR 1/527

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, District Magistrate, Jalna, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date6 April 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the impact of Gandhi's death; writing a poem about Gandhi; his opinion of Jalna; the political situation in India, including the communist threat.

Cwl BBR 1/528

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Jalna, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends Co-operative Society, Rasulia.

Date26 August 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentExpresses sadness at not hearing from her for so long. Discusses the political situation in India; the effect of Gandhi's death; writing a poem about Gandhi .

Cwl BBR 1/529

TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Jalna, to Barbara Hartland, Friends Rural Co-operative Development Centre, Rasulia.

Date30 August 1948.



Bradford

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentExpresses surprise that Barbara has returned to India and insists that she comes to Jalna. Discusses his disillusionment with the political atmosphere in India since Gandhi's death; the difficulty of living as free people.

NoteWith envelope.

Cwl BBR 1/530

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sikander Ali Wajd, Jalna, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.

Date6 October 1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAcknowledging Barbara's letter and requesting her to visit Jalna.

Cwl BBR 1/531

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sikander Ali Wajd, Jalna, to Barbara Hartland, Sevagram.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAcknowledging Barbara's letter of 12 September.

Cwl BBR 1/532

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sikander Ali Wajd, Bidar, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.



Bradford

Date7 June 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThanks her for three letters received whilst in Bombay.

Cwl BBR 1/533


Date11 June 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentApologises for missing the chance to meet.

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Date1 July 1949.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks Barbara to write to him.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Asifabad, to Prabhakar, [Sevagram].



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Date6 January 1950.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSends thanks for his recent stay at Kasturba Hospital.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, District Judge, Asifabad, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.


Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her journey to Hyderabad via Asifabad. Invites her to stay with him in Bombay before she sails for England. Sends good wishes to her co-workers at Sevagram.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date24 March 1950.

Extent2 items.



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Scope and contentEnjoying life in Bombay after time in Hyderabad and Asifabad. Requests a set of pictures of Ajanta as inspiration for a poem.

NoteWith envelope.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, District Magistrate, Nizamabad, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 May 1955.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the publication of his poetry; sending a picture to India.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Sikander Ali Wajd, Additional Sessions Judge, Nanded, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date1 June 1956.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses his various postings and recent promotion. Sends thanks for a picture of [Katin]. Discusses the publication of his poems and taking part in a poetry reading; his plan to visit England next year.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the British invasion of Egypt; his recent stay in the valley of Kashmir; his English friends. Encourages Barbara to return to India.

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Date6 July 1957.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAsks Barbara to purchase some coins from a dealer in London. Refers to the flu epidemic in India.

Francis Watson, Simla

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TitleHandwritten letter from Francis Watson, c/o Kishore Sahu, India Artists Ltd, Bombay, to Barbara Hartland, [Itarsi].

Date31 July 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the photographs of their recent travels in India.



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Cwl BBR 1/543

TitleHandwritten letter from Francis Watson, General Staff, Army Headquarters, Simla, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan.

Date25 May 1941.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses his work; the impact of the war on his life in India; his memories of Itarsi; his desire to visit Tagore before he dies; staying at Almora with Sunyata.

NoteWith envelope.

Yniarh, Sevagram

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TitleHandwritten postcard from Yniarh, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends Rural Co-operative Society, Rasulia.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReassures Barbara about taking leave and her health.

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TitleHandwritten postcard from Yniarh, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom, Friends Rural Co-operative Society, Rasulia.




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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Kamala Desikan's health; Barbara's leave and her diet; planned examinations at the hospital.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Yniarh, Sevagram, to Barbara Hartland, Gloucester .


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSends news of Sushila Nayar's visit to Sevagram; plans to set up a rural university; official recognition for midwifery training at Kasturba Hospital; Kishorlal Mashruwala. With congratulations on her marriage from other co-workers at Sevagram.



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CWL BBR 2. LETTERS SENT

Date1939 - 1972.

Extent52 items.

Scope and content2/1-41: letters to her family. 2/42-52: draft or copy letters.

To her family

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, on board SS Stratheden in the Indian Ocean, to 'Grannie (and family)'.

Date9 January 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the warmth of the weather; the other passengers on board, including Sir Bannister Fletcher, German and Austrian refugees en route to Australia, Indian students and English and American missionaries; docking at Port Sudan and Aden; a trip to a Bedouin village.

Note‘1st letter’.

Cwl BBR 2/2

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, 'on the train travelling from Bombay to Wardha', to Cedric.

Date[January 1939].



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes arriving in Bombay; travelling 3rd class by rail in a women only compartment; the villages and countryside she passed through .

Note‘2nd letter’.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tandy, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to 'Auntie Muriel and everyone else' and her mother.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the women she travelled with from Bombay; arriving at Wardha station; her stay at Seagon [Sevagram] with Asha Devi and EW Aryanayakam; village industries; travelling on by rail to Nagpur and Itarsi; arriving at the Friends' Hospital; visiting Gond villages and encampments in the local jungle; eating butter and cream made of buffaloes' milk; the flowers, fruit and trees growing in the local area.

Note‘3rd letter’.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to Grannie.


Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDescribes Drs Bill and Molly Tandy; the town of Itarsi; bullock carts; the organisation of the hospital, including the 'cottages' (private wards); her fellow sister, Lucille Fischer, and her husband Herbert; the staff bungalows.

Note‘4th letter’.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to Auntie Muriel, Grannie Hartland and her parents.

Date9-17 February 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes a new building scheme at the hospital; the contrasting weather in England; relations between Bill Tandy and his patients; learning Hindi from a local Congress Party member [Sukumar Pagare?]; a visit by Dr Kagawa of Japan; the staff at the hospital; attending a Hindu mela in the hills at Pachmarhi; the surrounding jungle; Indian Christians; a visit by Jawaharlal Nehru.


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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to her mother.

Date2 March 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes conflict between the Tandys and other Quaker missionaries over the treatment of Indian people and their conversion to Christianity; the Harijan caste; the decision of the India Committee of the Society of Friends to recall the Tandys from



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India; plans to attend the All India Congress; Herbert Fischer's co-operative store at Itarsi; her work at the hospital.


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Date15 March 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes attending the All India Congress in Tripuri; travelling there in the dispensary van; Leonard Schiff; the simplicity of the arrangements for Congress; relations between Gandhi, Bose, Nehru and Bengall; the creation of a militant youth movement; discussions with Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan from the North West Frontier; drinks with Nehru; meeting Alfred Emanuel Sorensen [Sunyata]; Verrier Elwin's work with the Gond people; exhibitions of handwoven materials, village industries and the new basic education scheme; debate amongst delegates on British imperialism; visiting a temple .


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Date7 April 1939.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the operation of the hospital during their absence in Tripuri; Lucille Fischer's maternity leave; recent medical cases at the hospital; attempts to encourage Indians to become self-reliant; Vidiamundah schools; the inadequacy of



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the traditional Quaker combination of medical work and preaching Christianity; the Quaker fear of political engagement; visiting the jungle.


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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to 'Grannie (big and little)' .


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes bathing in the Nebruddah river; visiting ancient rocks and prehistoric cave paintings near Hoshangabad; attending the Singaji Fair with a Brahmin friend; meeting a swarni (holy man); people taking pahu leaf.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to her parents.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the weather; Lucille Fischer's situation during her husband's internment; visiting a Hindu fair at Bandnahahn with Vinia Kumar; Hindu culture; developments at the hospital since the departure of the Tandys; missionary attitudes.

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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the mosquitoes; the cold weather; her work at the hospital; various patients, including cases of typhoid and smallpox; conflict with the new sister over how to run the Mission and the hospital; Herbert Fischer's internment; a journey by bullock cart to view some prehistoric cave paintings in the jungle; meeting Gondi people in the jungle; eating pahu leaf; visiting villages owned by her friend, a Brahmin landowner; a meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru.

NoteMay be incomplete.

Cwl BBR 2/12

Titlefragment belonging to another letter from Barbara Hartland.

Datec 1940.

Scope and contentTells a story about Miss Evans, a missionary who lives alone and runs a dispensary.

Cwl BBR 2/13

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to 'everyone'.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes Lucille Fischer's departure from the hospital; a recent visit to Khandwa to stay with a Brahmin family; Hindu philosophy; daily routine in a Hindu household; her social life at the hospital; a meeting in Itarsi addressed by Nehru; nursing Margaret Jones through a critical illness.



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Date25 February - 3 March 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes listening to gramphone records; Margaret Jones' recovery from losing her husband and her baby; the prospect of Herbert and Lucille Fischer returning to the hospital; a meal with an Indian family; visiting the temples at Mandatta; returning to Khandwa; helping with the birth of a baby; writing to the India Committee of the Society of Friends and changes in Edith [Bevan's] attitude; relations between India and England; plans to attend the All India Congress.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to Cedric.

Date20 April 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses why she does not write to him personally and encourages him to visit her in India to change his perceptions.

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Date19 September - 12 October 1940.

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses whether she will return to England and letter writing. Describes the new doctor and his wife, Martin and Janet Ludlam; the Indian dress which she wears; a visit from friends who had undertaken relief work in Hungary amongst Polish refugees; meeting Nehru at Itarsi station; the opening of the new hospital buildings; the political situation; delivering a baby; her thoughts about what to do after leaving the hospital; local electioneering; Indian Christians.

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Date7-14 November 1940.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the political situation, including Jawaharlal Nehru's arrest and the closure of 'The Harijan'; awaiting the arrival of a new sister and missionaries; the opening of the new hospital buildings; Nehru's recent speech at Hoshangabad; visiting Bhopal and the temple at Sanchi; going to Sevagram to meet Gandhi; the possibility of going to Santiniketan to nurse Rabindranath Tagore.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to 'Grannie, Auntie Muriel Elizabeth and Auntie Meg'.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the impact of the war in England. Describes her journey to see Gandhi; staying in a village in the Satpura Hills en route to Sevagram; the ashram and the daily routine of living there; meetings and discussions in Gandhi's hut.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to her parents, Cedric, Grannie and 'everyone else'.

Date22-30 January 1941 & 5 February 1942 [sic].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the impact of the war in England. Describes spending time with Margaret Jones near Betul; meeting the foreign secretary of the Congress Party; the spinning scheme in Margaret's village; a request from Dr Tagore's family for her to come to Santiniketan to nurse him; a letter from John Dennithorne in Dowlais. Refers to JB Priestley's wartime radio broadcasts and reflects on her philosophy of life .

Note2nd sheet has bottom cut off.

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Date11-26 March 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes a visit to the jungle near Hoshangabad; her daily routine at the hospital; her vegetarian diet; supper with the missionaries; discussions with her Indian friends; the opening of the new electricity works.

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TitleHandwritten incomplete letter from Barbara Hartland, [Calcutta], to [her parents].

Date[April 1941].



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes Sukumar Pagare's imprisonment in Nagpur; difficulties in continuing work in Itarsi; inequalities in wealth in India; the imprisonment of Congress Party leaders; the possibility of going to stay with Dr and Mrs Tagore at Santiniketan or to work with Asha Devi Aryanayakam at Sevagram; Indian food; Arthur Moor, a retired journalist living in Calcutta; visiting a Nepalese friend's house near Kalimpong.

NoteMissing pp1-2.

Cwl BBR 2/22

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to her parents, Cedric, Grannie and 'everyone else'.

Date14 April - 1 May 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses finishing her official work at the hospital and her opinion of the sister in charge. Describes Indian customs and culture; the position of women in Indian households; potential to develop the town of Itarsi; people offering satyagraha, including Sukumar Pagare; attending a Congress Party meeting; attending various meals and parties before leaving Itarsi; the journey to Santiniketan; Dr Tagore's house and the daily routine there; attending Dr Tagore.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, c/o Dr Tagore, Santiniketan, to Auntie Meg, her parents, Grannie and 'everybody else'.

Date17-30 June 1949 [sic, should be 1941].

Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDescribes her fears about what is happening in Europe; the school and the university at Santiniketan; Dr Tagore's son Rothindranath; her relations with the Tagore family; an invitation to go to the Himalayas. Discusses why she does not return to Europe; and English attitudes towards Indians.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, c/o the Tagores, Calcutta, to Auntie Muriel Elizabeth.

Date5-14 August 1941.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes Dr Tagore's death on 7 August; staying with Leonard Schiff at the Bishop's House in Calcutta; Indian customs; her health; visits from Sukumar Pagare and Verrier Elwin; dining with the Bishop; English society after the war; a letter from Lucille Fischer in the internment camp at Purandhar; Margaret Jones' maternity training in Bombay; plans to go on holiday to Ranshi .

Cwl BBR 2/25

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends' Hospital, Itarsi, to her parents 'and the rest of the family'.

Date[8 November 1941].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentReminisces about childhood Christmasses. Describes leaving the Tagores in Calcutta to recover from illness and travelling back to Itarsi. Discusses the new atmosphere of co-operation and constructive work at the hospital and the mission; her decision not to return to her role as a sister at the hospital.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Khedi Saoligarh, Betul, to her parents, Cedric and 'everybody else'.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the threat of Japan invading India and the German invasion of Russia. Describes the village; the prospect of famine; her daily routine; her nursing work; her diet; plans to go Wardha to attend the All India Congress Committee with Sukumar Pagare; her Indian name; learning spinning; plans for a programme of constructive work in Itarsi in co-operation between local Quakers (including Donald Groom) and Congress members; the isolation of the Friends' hospital; her plans to remain working in this part of India.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Spinning Training Camp, Singhpur Village, near Narsingpur, to her parents, 'Auntie Mew and Meg and Grannie'.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the Japanese invasion of Singapore, the threat to India and Gandhi's position. Describes the problems with Indian village schools; the spinning training camp; running a dispensary for the camp and the village; attending a Hindu wedding in Khandwa and a supper party with a local Congress Party member. Discusses the opinions of an Indian army officer about the war; Subhash Chandra Bose's alliance with Hitler; and her fears that Gandhi and Nehru might die in the coming struggle.



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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, 'on Betul station platform (waiting for a late train)', to Auntie Meg.

Date18 March 1942.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the heat; her daily routine; the cost of living; encouraging the self-sufficiency of villages through spinning, weaving, soap making and paper making; comparisons with China; the outcome of the war.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Sewa-Bhawan, Itarsi, to her parents.

Date10 May 1943.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the heat; different types of houses; the shortage of water in Itarsi; sleeping outside; the custom of bathing and changing one's clothes before the midday meal; her daily routine living with an Indian family. Discusses the resolution passed by the All India Congress Committee in August 1942; Allied war aims; the need for Indian independence; British treatment of Gandhi; opening a Basic school at Itarsi.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Sewa-Bhawan, Itarsi, to her mother.

Date3 -10 June 1943.

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Scope and contentDiscusses her decision to live completely amongst Indian people. Describes travelling by train with Margaret Jones to attend a wedding near Nagpur; visiting the ashram at Sevagram; rural development work; food shortages; the heat; her work at the hospital; bathing in the holy river at Hoshangabad; plans to stay with Mrs Tagore near Darjeeling for a few months. Discusses the need for Gandhi to be allowed to express his political opinions.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Chitrabhanu, Kalimpong, to her parents, Cedric 'and all the family'.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes celebrations of the anniversary of Dr Tagore's death; the monsoon; her old house in Itarsi; the people living in Kalimpong.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Meshwagot Destitute Home, near Contai, to 'everyone at home'.

Date25-29 December 1943.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes milk distribution at the Friends' Destitute Home; the suppression of agitation for indepencence in Contai; relief work following a recent cyclone; her plans to move to Sevagram to set up a children's hospital and undertake medical work at the school; her memories of childhood holidays; education and other work taking place at the Friends' Settlement near Hoshangabad; the possibility of renewing this work at Itarsi.



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Cwl BBR 2/33

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Sevagram Ashram, to her parents, Cedric and Valerie, Auntie Mew, Margaret 'and all friends', Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her arrival at Sevagram and being welcomed by Gandhi; being invited to Sevagram by Asha Devi Aryanayakam; plans to establish a hospital at Sevagram, and to spread maternity and child welfare centres and adult education for women throughout Indian villages; working with Dr Sushila Nayar to devise a training syllabus for women to run village dispensaries; running the village dispensary in Sevagram; Margaret Jones, Sukumar Pagare and Donald Groom undertaking similar work in Itarsi and Hoshangabad; the war; her homespun clothing.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, c/o Donald Groom Friends' Settlement, Rasulia, to LS Hartland (her father), Uckfield.

Date1 May 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentSummarises her work and her movements in India between June 1943 and May 1945. Discusses moving on from working with the Hindustani Talimi Sangh to running the new hospital, on her return to Sevagram in July. Describes the village, the ashram and the other departments of Gandhi's work in Sevagram, and the importance of co-operative methods and self-reliance. Sends news of her stay with Margaret Jones at Rasulia and a visit from Sukumar Pagare.



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Cwl BBR 2/35

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Friends Rural Settlement, Rasulia or c/o Mahatma Gandhi, Sevagram, to her mother, Uckfield.

Date24 June 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the political situation in India; Sukumar Pagare and his political views; a visit to the Friends hill station in Pachmarhi; the social reconstruction of India; her views of Gandhi and Nehru; developing village industries, health services and education on a co-operative basis; the establishment of the hospital at Sevagram; spreading the co-operative model throughout India; financial support from Indian industrialists.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram, to her mother, Uckfield.

Date29 July 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her letter about constructive work; her friends from Itarsi and Hoshangabad going to England in spring; her decision not to live in the ashram; organising dispensaries and the village health centre; the annual conference on post-Basic Education .

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, c/o Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram, to her parents, Uckfield.



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Date23 August 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses adapting to India and working with village people; visiting Tibet; the local wildlife; living conditions in the village, including child health and the local diet .

Cwl BBR 2/38

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Sevagram, to her parents, Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her work as the medical member of staff at the Hindustani Talimi Sangh, and at the village health centre on behalf of the Kasturba Trust; dealing with cholera; drinking tea despite it being contrary to the rules of the ashram; her journey to Calcutta by train and plans to visit Contai and Puri.

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TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Aurangabad, to her mother, Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses plans for when she is back in England. Describes her stay in Hyderabad with a relative of Ranganayaki Thatham; the Muslim influence in Hyderabad; viewing Moghul illuminated manuscripts in the local museum and the excavation of a 4000 year old burial ground; her journey to Aurangabad; staying at the home of the Taluhda Saheb.



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Cwl BBR 2/40

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Sevagram, to her mother, Uckfield.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her journey back to England; her recent visits to Aurangabad, Ellora and Ajanta to view the caves; meeting the magistrate of Aurangabad [Sikander Wajd].

Cwl BBR 2/41

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Itarsi, Ajanta and on board SS Andes, Bombay, to Cedric and her parents, Uckfield.

Date9-21 February 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes her journey to Bombay; visiting the caves at Ajanta with an Urdu poet [Sikander Wajd]; the friends she stayed with en route, including Jehangir Patel.

Draft or copy letters

Miss TK Adranvala

Cwl BBR 2/42

TitleHandwritten copy of letter from Barbara Bruce, to Miss Adranvala.

DateMarked 'sent 10 June 1952'.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentExplains the reasons for not being able to meet her in Delhi before sailing to England in early 1950. Discusses differences between nursing in England and India, her desire to improve the nursing profession in India and developments at Sevagram.

Olwen Battersby

Cwl BBR 2/43

TitleHandwritten [copy of] letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Olwen Battersby, War on Want.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent convention session on the Bhoodan movement addressed by Radnakrishna; prioritising the installation of wells in villages over agricultural training for poor farmers; the need to spread Gramdan villages across India; the best approach for War on Want to support the Bhoodan movement; contact with Prabhakar on the subject .

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TitleHandwritten [draft] letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Olwen Battersby, War on Want.


Extent1 item.



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Scope and contentDiscusses relations between Radnakrishna, Frank Harcourt-Munning and Donald Groom; the idea of funding rural training colleges in India; contact with Prabhakar on the subject.

Mr Hill

Cwl BBR 2/45

TitleHandwritten copies (2) of letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Mr Hill.

Date15 June 1969.

Extent3 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses divisions of opinion amongst the community in Upton-on-Severn; a project to [restore] a local tower; ideas to develop a row of cottages as a community centre.

NoteWith envelope; both copies are incomplete.

Cwl BBR 2/46

TitleHandwritten copy of letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Mr Hill.

Date23 June 1969.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses divisions of opinion amongst the community in Upton-on-Severn; a project to [restore] a local tower; ideas to develop a row of cottages as a community centre.



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Sushila Nayar

Cwl BBR 2/47

TitleHandwritten [draft] letter from Barbara Bruce, to Sushila Nayar.

Date1 October 1952.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses her desire to help in carrying on Gandhi's work; the scheme for a rural university and the need for the hospital to be involved in this; building the work on Basic foundations.


Cwl BBR 2/48

TitleHandwritten [draft] letter from Barbara Bruce, Dilke Memorial Hospital, Gloucestershire, to Sushila Nayar.

Date[March 1953].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Manimala Roy Choudhary's letter of 10 March 1953; Prabhakar's decision to retire from active involvement in the hospital; Barbara's own motivations for working in Sevagram; attempts to organise nurses' training on Basic lines; the attitudes of the doctors at Sevagram; the role of matron; the role of the hospital in developing the Rural Health Faculty of the Hindustani Talimi Sangh; the need for a matron to sit on the Kasturba Trust Medical Board .



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Prabhakar

Cwl BBR 2/49

TitleHandwritten draft letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Prabhakar.

Date1 August 1972.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a syllabus which she wrote whilst at Sevagram, which combined nurses' training with the concept of Nai Talim. Declines Sushila Nayar's invitation to return to Sevagram to work at the hospital.

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TitleHandwritten draft letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Prabhakar.

Date12 July 1973.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses arrangements for his visit to Europe.

Marjorie Sykes

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TitleHandwritten draft letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Marjorie Sykes.

Date2-3 September 1972.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses Donald Groom's death; his motivation for returning to India; his experiences as the son of a conscientious objector.

Cwl BBR 2/52

TitleHandwritten copy of letter from Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn, to Marjorie Sykes.

Date6 September 1979 [sic, may be 1972].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the discussions on the unity of all religions held at Itarsi during 1939, which influenced the creation of the Fellowship of Friends of Truth.

Cwl BBR 2/53

TitleHandwritten draft letter from Barbara Bruce, to Marjorie Sykes.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the discussions on the unity of all religions held at Itarsi during 1939, which influenced the creation of the Fellowship of Friends of Truth.



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CWL BBR 3. PHOTOGRAPHS

Date1935 - 1956.

Extent11 bundles & 1 item.

Cwl BBR 3/1

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of sculptures and temples in India, mostly unidentified.

Date1940s.

Extent17 items.

Name of creatorBarbara Bruce.

Scope and contentIncluding: entrance to Hindu temple at Mandhata; gateway at Sanchi.

Cwl BBR 3/2

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of the exterior and interior of various buildings in India, mainly temples and archaeological sites.

Date1940s.

Extent34 items.


Scope and contentIncluding: Taj Mahal; Jain temple at Sarnath; various sites in Delhi; Akhhar fort, Agra; Barbara Hartland's bungalow at the Friends' Mission Hospital, Itarsi;



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Rabindranath Tagore's house in Santiniketan; mosque at Aurangabad; gateway at Sanchi.

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TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of temples, sculptures and archaeological sites in India.

Date1940s and June 1956.

Extent27 items.


Scope and contentIncluding: Golden Temple at Amritsar; Rabindranath Tagore's house in Santiniketan; the Himalayas seen from Kalimpong; Daresmaram temple near Tanjore.

Cwl BBR 3/4

TitleBlack and white photographs of stone sculptures.

Date1940s.

Extent2 items.

Name of creatorDepartment of Archaeology, India.

Scope and contentComprising: a) terracotta head of Parvati, from Ahichhattra in Bareilly District, 5th century AD; b) Mother and child, Kusham period, 2nd century AD, Mullra Museum.

Conditions of accessCopyright Department of Archaeology, India.



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Cwl BBR 3/5

TitleEnvelope containing colour and black and white postcards and photographs of the Sigiriya frescoes, temples and archaeological sites in India.

Date1940s.

Extent18 items.

NoteContained in envelope from Margaret Jones, Khedi Saoligarh, addressed to Barbara Hartland, Friends Ambulance Unit, Contai, postmark 28 June 1944.

Cwl BBR 3/6

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of various individuals and groups of people, many of whom are patients, friends and co-workers of Barbara Hartland.

Date1939 - 1954.

Extent102 items.


Scope and contentIncluding: Friends' Mission Hospital, Itarsi, and dispensary van; Tagore family in Kalimpong and Santiniketan; delegates to the Tripuri All India Congress 1939; Bill and Molly Tandy; Tore Hakansson; Herbert and Lucille Fischer; Margaret and George Jones; Mary Barr; Manimala Choudhary; [Prabhakar]; Dr Jacob; Sukumar Pagare; Mahesh Dutta Misra; MP Diwan; the Aryanayakams; Jogneswar Gogoi; Brinda; school at Sevagram; Gond people; road to Almora; visit to Mandatta. Barbara Hartland features in several group photographs.



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Cwl BBR 3/7

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of rural scenes, and various individuals and groups of people, some of whom are friends and co-workers of Barbara Hartland.

Date1939 - 1949.

Extent53 items.


Scope and contentIncluding: Satpura Hills; temple at Sanchi; village of Tripuri and the All India Congress; Akhar fort, Agra; the Tagore family at Kalimpong; Chindwara; Calcutta; Margaret Jones; Sukumar Pagare; David Martin and his son Jan; the milkwoman at Itarsi; Manimala Choudhary. Barbara Hartland features in several group photographs, including one labelled 'Me, still among missionary folk', and another labelled 'Dr Evans-Wentz (folklorist and author) and a wild woman of India, Almora UP'.

Cwl BBR 3/8

TitleBlack and white photograph of the workers at Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Datec 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentIncluding Barbara Hartland (2nd row, 3rd from right), Prabhakar (sitting on her right) and Manimala Roy Choudhary, head nurse (2nd row, 1st on right).

Cwl BBR 3/9

TitleBlack and white photographs of staff, patients and their families at the Friends' Mission Hospital in Itarsi.



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DateNo date [1939 - 1943].

Extent8 items.

Name of creatorJack Skeel.

Scope and contentOne of these features Barbara Hartland.

Conditions of accessCopyright Jack Skeel.

Cwl BBR 3/10

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of men, women and children at work and at school, mainly taken by the Times of India.

Date1940s.

Extent48 items.

Name of creatorTimes of india; Barbara Bruce.

Conditions of accessCopyright Times of India.

Cwl BBR 3/11

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of bullocks, and the landscape around Santiniketan.

Date1939 - c 1941.

Extent11 items.



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Cwl BBR 3/12

TitlePackets of photographic negatives of people and places in India.

Date1940s.

Extent35 items.


NoteSee Cwl BBR/3/1-3, 5-7, 10.



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CWL BBR 4. WAR ON WANT

Date1962 - 1968.

Extent13 items & 3 bundles.

Cwl BBR 4/1

TitlePamphlet. 'One man's journey. Tribute', War on Want.

Datec 1964.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentPublished extracts from Donald Groom's diary of his journey to India to visit those villages supported by War on Want's Freedom from Hunger campaign, December 1963 - January 1964.

Conditions of accessCopyright War on Want or Donald Groom.

Cwl BBR 4/2

TitleLeaflet, 'War on Want and the Bhoodan movement'.

DateMid 1960s.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the support provided to the Gramdan movement through War on Want's Freedom from Hunger campaign; and discusses the efficacy of overseas aid.



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Cwl BBR 4/3

TitleFlyer for War on Want's Freedom from Hunger campaign: 'Why not adopt an Indian village?'.

DateMid 1960s.

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 4/4

TitleBlack and white postcards of scenes from villages in India supported by War on Want.

DateMid 1960s.

Extent5 items.

Scope and contentPrinted on reverse with statement of War on Want's aims.

Conditions of accessCopyright War on Want.

Cwl BBR 4/5

TitleBlack and white photographs of agricultural and village scenes in India, documenting projects supported by War on Want.

DateMid 1960s.

Extent10 items.

Scope and contentCovering the following states: Madras, Orissa, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Bihar.



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Conditions of accessCopyright War on Want.

Cwl BBR 4/6

TitleTypescript circular letter from Frank Harcourt-Munning, Administrator, War on Want, with attached report by Damodardas Mundada, Satpura Hills.

DateNo date & 8 November 1962.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentSending details of village conditions and development in Maharashtra, an area supported by funds from War on Want .

Cwl BBR 4/7

TitleCarbon copy typescript report, 'Details about Shrikrishnapura Gramdani village'. With carbon copy handwritten original in Hindi.

DatePost 1963.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDescribes the geographical situation; population; education; housing; agriculture and village industries; cattle breeding; health; customs and the role of the village committee; problems.

LanguageHindi.

Cwl BBR 4/8

TitleCarbon copy typescript report of a meeting in Upton-on-Severn which decided to befriend an Indian village.



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Datec 1966.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentThe meeting was called to discuss the fundraising of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign and was addressed by Donald Groom, who described his walking tour of Indian villages with Vinoba Bhave.

Cwl BBR 4/9

TitleEnvelope relating to the Shrikrishnapura Village project, funded by Upton-on-Severn via War on Want.

Date1965 - 1968.

Extent1 bundle.

Cwl BBR 4/9a

TitlePress cuttings about the adoption of the village of Shrikrishnapura by Upton-on-Severn and fundraising events for development and flood relief work.

DateJune 1965 - October 1968.

Extent18 items.

Cwl BBR 4/9b

TitleUpton-on-Severn Parish Magazine, no. 119.

DateDecember 1966.



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Extent1 item.

Scope and contentIncludes a summary from Barbara Bruce of a recent letter from Shrikrishnapura.

Cwl BBR 4/9c

TitleHandwritten notes, 'Upton-on-Severn completes its Indian village project', by Barbara Bruce.

Datec 1968.

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 4/9d

TitlePress cutting, 'Desert reclamation in Rajasthan', India News.

Date20 April 1968.

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR/4/10

TitleTypescript letter from Wilfred Kerr, International Officer, War on Want, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date28 June 1966.

Extent6 items.

Scope and contentLetter of thanks for her donation to the Bhoodan movement.



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NoteWith envelope, receipts (3) and compliments slip.

Cwl BBR/4/11

TitleTypescript letter from Roy Corbet-Milward, The Worcester Diocesan Messenger, Worcester, to Barbara Bruce, Upton-on-Severn.

Date15 June 1966.

Extent2 items.

Scope and contentArranging for a photograph of her committee to be taken at a local school.

NoteSee Cwl BBR/4/12.

Cwl BBR/4/12

TitleBlack and white photograph of the War on Want fundraising committee in Upton-on-Severn, with school pupils and other supporters at Hill County Secondary School.

Date21 June 1966.

Extent1 item.

Name of creatorMichael Dowty.

Scope and contentFeatures Barbara Bruce, organising secretary (front row, 5th from left).

Conditions of accessCopyright Michael Dowty.



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Cwl BBR/4/13

TitleEnvelope containing black and white photographs of scenes in the village of Shrikrishnapura.

DateSeptember 1966 & no date.

Extent11 items.

Scope and contentTypescript circular letter enclosed from International Officer, War on Want, about the activities of Freedom from Hunger groups.

Note7 with 3 enlargements.



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CWL BBR 5. PRESS CUTTINGS

Date1942 - 1969.


Cwl BBR 5/1

TitleHarijan - Notes: Civil disobedience vs. Rebellion; To whom would you be loyal?', by Kaka Kalelkar.


Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 5/2

TitleGujarat Bulletin: Ahmedabad muncipality's fight for swaraj [independence]', by Bande Mataram.


Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 5/3

TitleCarbon copy printed sheet.

Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.



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LanguageHindi.

Cwl BBR 5/4

TitlePress cutting of poem, 'Who is to guide us now?', by Rabindranath Tagore.

Date[1949].

Extent2 items.

NoteEnclosed in envelope dated 2 October 1949, from SK Pagare, Itarsi, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Cwl BBR 5/5

TitlePress cuttings of book review of 'India, democracy and education' by Jossleyn Hennessy, and related letters to the Manchester Guardian.

Date27 January - 10 April 1956.

Extent5 items.

Scope and contentIncludes letter from Barbara Bruce.

Cwl BBR 5/6

TitleBundle of press cuttings including articles, and letters to the press by Barbara Bruce.

DateFebruary 1962 - May 1969.

Extent8 items.



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Scope and contentCovering: the development of a row of cottages in Upton-on-Severn; fundraising to support the village of Shrikrishnapura; the arms race; religion in India; birth control in India.

Cwl BBR 5/7

TitlePress cutting, 'Incorrigible Andrews', by G Ramachandran.

Date[1960s].

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentAnecdotes about CF Andrews (Deenabandhu) during his stay with Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram in 1926.

Cwl BBR 5/8

TitlePress cutting, 'Gandhi and coffee', by G Ramachandran.

Date[1960s].

Extent1 item.



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CWL BBR 6. MISCELLANEOUS

Date1930s - [1960s].


Cwl BBR 6/1

TitleTypescript, 'Gandhi and education', by Barbara Hartland.

Date1948.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the evolution of Basic Education (Nai Talim).

Cwl BBR 6/2

TitleSketchbook of [Barbara Hartland].

DateMid 1940s.

Extent1 vol.

Scope and contentContains very few sketches, including the elephant goddess Ganesh and the goddess Shiva. Also includes a collection of miscellaneous press cuttings (including of Gandhi); and various letters and drafts written and received by Barbara Hartland whilst working at Kasturba Hospital in Sevagram.

Physical conditionPoor condition - front cover has come off.



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Cwl BBR 6/2a

TitleHandwritten note about the BBC's Indian service and attitudes to Gandhi.

Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 6/2b

TitleHandwritten drafts of letter from Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Margaret [Jones].

Date[June 1948].

Extent4 items.

Scope and contentDiscusses the letters she wrote from Itarsi to Amy Montford describing the difficulties there; the unequal relationship between missionary Friends in India and the local population; attempts by Bill Tandy and Herbert Fischer to change this in Itarsi; their treatment by the Society of Friends in London; the need for Quakers to learn from Gandhi.

Cwl BBR 6/2c

TitleHandwritten postcard from Sushila Nayar, to Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram.

Date1 January 1947.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentEncourages Barbara to return to England as planned.



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Cwl BBR 6/2d

TitleHandwritten incomplete draft of letter from Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Dr Pandit.

Date20 March 1950.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses being addressed by her as Vasanthiben.

Cwl BBR 6/2e

TitleHandwritten notes on the mechanism of labour [birth], by Barbara Hartland.

Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 6/2f

TitleHandwritten incomplete draft of letter from Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Shyanlalji, Office Secretary, GM Trust, Bajajwadi.

DatePost 1945.

Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses a recent report into the hospital by Dr S Pandit and support for her recommendations.



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Cwl BBR 6/2g

TitleHandwritten incomplete document discussing harmony and friendship.

Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.

NoteAuthor unknown.

Cwl BBR 6/2h

TitleHandwritten letter from Barbara Hartland, Kasturba Hospital, Sevagram, to Mr Summers, Nigeria.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses the attitude and methods of English missionaries in Africa and India; Pandit Nehru's speech to the United Nations General Assembly; the type of education being carried out by the Hindustani Talimi Sangh.

Cwl BBR 6/2i

TitleHandwritten letter from Krishna Chandry, to Barbara Hartland.


Extent1 item.

Scope and contentDiscusses her letter comparing artists and scientists, and the lack of 'wise men' in England.



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Cwl BBR 6/3

TitleHand painted postcards of rural landscapes in India, marked 'sold to Barbara'.

Date1930s.

Extent6 items.

Scope and contentTwo of these have printed text on reverse reading: 'Mahidharpura, Gundi Sheri, Surat'.

Cwl BBR 6/4

TitlePrinted poem on card, 'United Nations! - it's yours!', Heberto M Sein.

DateNovember 1946.

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 6/5

TitleHandwritten note .

Date[1960s].

Extent1 item.

LanguageHindi.

Cwl BBR 6/6

TitleHandwoven bag.



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Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.

Cwl BBR 6/7

TitleWooden combs.

Date[1940s].

Extent2 items.

Cwl BBR 6/8

TitleWooden implement.

Date[1940s].

Extent1 item.


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