The papers of Jack Horne and Joan L. G. Horne relating to the plantation industry in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) are composed of...:
Diaries - four 'Letts's' diaries: 1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881
Ledger - dated with entries June 1909 to August 1918
Notebook - various notes on e.g.: bulking teas, shipping, charcoal, tea exchanges, and acreages
Folder - containing Short History of the Ceylon and Indian Planters' Association, 1936, ts, 32pp with appendices
Folder - containing news cuttings on commodities - tea, cocoa etc
Folder - containing letters and legal papers and other items relating to plantations and the Ceylon and Indian Planters' Association
Photographs - three distinct themes of family and social life, plantation activity, and motor vehicles (cars)
Horne Papers relating to plantations in Sri Lanka
This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
- Reference
- GB 237 Coll-1810
- Dates of Creation
- 1881-1937
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 0.16 box
Scope and Content
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