Papers of Sir Charles Alfred BELL (1870-1945), colonial administrator and Tibetologist
three boxes of material, relating mainly to Bell’s research on Tibet
the material includes diaries, notes and several hand-lists of Bell’s photographs
Related Resources
Collections of papers: British Library (Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections; Manuscript Collections); Royal Society for Asian Affairs; World Museum Liverpool; Cambridge University Library
Collections of objects, photographs, etc.: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford; British Library (Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections); World Museum Liverpool
National Register of Archives: Bell, Sir Charles Alfred (1870-1945) Knight, Indian Civil Servant Link to record (external site)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Bell, Sir Charles Alfred (1870-1945), administrator in India and Tibetologist Link to article (external site)
Full Listing
Box 1
1
Typescript diary (‘DIARY VOL. XV’) of Sir Charles Bell, 3 December 1933 to 9 February 1934; bound with typescript diary of Sir Charles Bell, 9 February 1934 to 29 May 1934
2
Typescript diary (‘DIARY Vol. XVII’) of Sir Charles Bell, 1 June 1934 to 31 August 1934.
3
Typescript diary (‘DIARY Vol. XVIII’) of Sir Charles Bell, 1 September 1934 to 17 November 1934.
4
Typescript diary (‘DIARY Vol. XIX’) of Sir Charles Bell, 19 November 1934 to 8 May 1935.
5
Typescript diary (‘DIARY Vol. XX’) of Sir Charles Bell, 6 May 1935 to 4 August 1935.
6
a. Typescript diary (‘DIARY Vol. XXI’) of Sir Charles Bell, 7 August 1935 to 10 October 1935.
b. Typescript diary (‘D[iary] XXI Carbon Copy’) of Sir Charles Bell, 6 August 1936 to 13 May 1938.
Box 2
1
Miscellaneous notes (‘T.N.B. 1934 Vol. 1’) by Sir Charles Bell relating to Tibet: ‘TIBET NOTE BOOK/ 1934/ VOLUME ONE’
2
Miscellaneous notes (‘T.N.B. 1934 Vol. 2’) by Sir Charles Bell relating to Tibet: ‘TIBET NOTE BOOK./ 1934./ Volume Two.’
3
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence of Sir Charles Bell relating to Tibet (‘Copies of some of the Tibet Random Notes Files’)
4
Typescript index for Sir Charles Bell’s Diaries, Tibet Note Books and Tibet Random Notes Files (‘INDEX OF CARDS, of Diaries XV-XXI; TNB 34 I & 2; Supp. N., & TRN File I & II’)
Box 3
1
Typescript index for subjects and themes in Sir Charles Bell’s diaries and notes, etc., bound with a typscript listing of Sir Charles Bell’s collection of photographs of Tibet, which were used by Bell to aid the writing of his Tibet: Past and Present (1924), The People of Tibet (1928) and The Religion of Tibet (1931) (‘INDEX OF CARDS/ and/ LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS/ (Duplicate copies)’)
2
Typescript listing of Sir Charles Bell’s collection of photographs of Tibet, 1933-34 (‘List of Tibetan Photographs/ 1933/34/ Carbon Duplicate’), including a ‘LIST OF UNIVERSAL JEWEL PHOTOGRAPHS’ (J 1–570) and a ‘LIST OF ROLLEIFLEX PHOTOGRAPHS’ (R 1–323)
3
Typescript index for Sir Charles Bell’s collection of photographs of Tibet, 1933-34 (‘SECTIONAL INDEX TO TIBETAN PHOTOGRAPHS/ 1933/34./ (Carbon copy)’)
4
Typescript listing of Sir Charles Bell’s collection of photographs of Mongolia (‘LIST OF MONGOLIAN PHOTOGRAPHS (STILLS)./ LIST OF MONGOLIAN CINE FILMS./ (Typed fair copies)’)
Enquiries: ms-photo.colls@prm.ox.ac.uk
