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| RCMS 71 |
The Raj: India, 1890-1920 |
| RCMS 72 |
Letters from India |
| RCMS 73 |
Foundation stones in Manoharpur |
| RCMS 74 |
Lord Ellenborough's ideas on Indian policy |
| RCMS 75 |
Papers and photographs of Reginald Pringle |
| RCMS 76 |
Indian scrapbooks of the Haig family |
| RCMS 77 |
Indian nursing collection of Diana Hartley |
| RCMS 78 |
Papers of the Bombay Club |
| RCMS 79 |
Kashmir diaries of Alan Gardner-Waterman |
| RCMS 8 |
Who built the bandwagon? A study of the founders of the Colonial Society of 1868 |
| RCMS 80 |
The Vale of Kashmir seen under a cloud |
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Indian scrapbooks of the Haig family
| Title |
Indian scrapbooks of the Haig family |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 76 |
| Creator |
Haig, Neil Wolseley, 1868-1926, Major-General; Haig, Gerard Beatrice, b 1887, née Creagh |
| Covering Dates |
1838–1978 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 boxes; paper; Mixed |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Brigadier-General Neil Wolseley Haig (1868-1926) was born on 30 October 1868, the cousin of Sir Douglas Haig, later Field-Marshal. He joined the Inniskilling Dragoons, and served in South Africa, 1899-1900, and in the European War, 1914-1918, retiring in 1922. He died on 18 April 1926.
Gerard Beatrice Fitz-Gerald Creagh was born in Plymouth on 12 May 1887, the daughter of Major-General Fitz-Gerald Creagh. She married Neil Haig on 16 July 1913.
Scrapbooks kept by Neil and Gerard Haig and other members of their family, with related papers.
Presented by Mr G.P.V. Creagh through Sir David Thorne and Dr Ratcliffe, Cambridge University Librarian, 1993.
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Access and Use
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In English, French
Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Indian scrapbooks of the Haig family, RCMS 76
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| Further information |
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MSS Addenda, vol. I. Indexed
This collection level description was created by RAS using information from the original typescript catalogue. The biographical history was compiled with reference to the entry on Neil Haig in 'Who was who', 1916-1928 (London, 1967), pp. 451.
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| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| India |
| Haig, Neil Wolseley (1868-1926) Major-General |
| Haig, Gerard Beatrice (b 1887) née Creagh |
| RCS/RCMS 76 contains: |
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1
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Scrapbooks.
5 boxes. |
1838-circa 1920 |
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2
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General papers.
1 box. |
1898–1978 |
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