| Title |
Personal papers and correspondence |
| Reference |
CORB 5 |
| Covering Dates |
1906–1946 |
| Extent and Medium |
13 files |
|
| Content and context |
Includes: personal papers on Corbett's career; personal correspondence, including letters from Corbett to General Sir Claude Auchinleck; papers on Corbett's command of the 4th Indian Corps; financial and business papers. |
| Index Terms |
| Auchinleck, Sir Claude John Eyre (1884-1981) Knight, Field Marshal |
| Churchill/CORB 5 contains: |
|
1
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Personal papers. Personal papers, including papers relating to Corbett's Army career, membership of clubs and societies, excerpts from confidential reports on Corbett,.
1 file. |
1906–1939 |
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2
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Gun licence. Corbett's gun licence, issued at Poonah and renewed at Sialkot. First licence bound in book with list by the Revenue Department, Bombay Castle, of the 'close-time' for shooting different types of wild birds and animals.
2 items. |
1924–1938 |
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3
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Correspondence, prospectus for the Premier School of Journalism, and samples of Corbett's fiction writing. Correspondence about a course in journalism Corbett contemplated taking; the prospectus for the course at the Premier School of Journalism, and samples of his fiction writing.
1 file. |
1928 |
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4
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Letters from Claude Auchinleck. Three letters to Corbett from Claude Auchinleck, written from Bombay, London, and Cairo. Including reflections on time in India and comments on Auchinleck's journey back to London.
1 file. |
05 Sept 1932–13 July 1941 |
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5
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Viceroy's certificate awarded to Corbett for services rendered during Quetta earthquake. Viceroy's certificate awarded to Corbett for services rendered during Quetta earthquake, with accompanying note.
1 file. |
1935 |
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6
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Letters. Personal letters to Corbett, mainly from friends in Kenya.
1 file. |
18 Dec 1937–10 Aug 1942 |
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7
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Papers concerning Corbett's insurance policy. Papers concerning Corbett's insurance policy, including for personal effects and uniform.
1 file. |
1938–1940 |
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8
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Correspondence. Personal correspondence, including correspondence with Auchinleck. On matters relating to the army.
1 file. |
1938–1941 |
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9
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Papers concerning Corbett's pay and allowance.
1 file. |
1940–1942 |
|
10
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Typescript of Sir Aurel Stein's chapter on 'Alexander's passage of the Tigris and the site of the battle of Arbela', with map and covering letter. Typescript of Sir Aurel Stein's chapter on Alexander's passage of the Tigris and the site of the battle of Arbela, from his report on 'Surveys of the Roman Lines in Iraq and Transjordan', with map and covering letter.
1 file. |
1941 |
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11
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Corbett's papers on assuming command of 4th Indian Corps. Corbett's papers on assuming command of 4th Indian Corps, comprising Boucher's 'Iraq Force Operation Instruction number 16', Boucher's missive on planning operations, and Corbett's 'Special Order of the Day' on assuming command of the 4th Indian Corps.
1 file. |
04 Jan 1942–22 Jan 1942 |
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12
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Financial and business papers. Corbett's financial and business papers.
1 file. |
12 Jan 1944–13 Feb 1944 |
|
13
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Correspondence. Correspondence, mostly to Corbett, concerning his farm in Kenya.
1 file. |
05 June 1945–28 Feb 1946 |
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