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- 1965 (Vervaardig)
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Handwritten and typed, 6 pieces
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Christopher Gimson joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and spent most of his career in Manipur, India, eventually becoming Political Agent there in 1933. He retired in 1947 and returned to Leicester, where he died in 1975. He was president of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 1955–56.
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Eugénie Henderson was Lecturer in South East Asian languages and SOAS and Head of the Department 1960-1966. She served as Chair of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 1977 to 1980, and President of the Philological Society from 1984 to 1988.
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Diana Crawford was appointed Secretary and Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1963. She retired in 1977 and was elected a Fellow honoris causa of the Society in 1978.
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Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, asking for updates on the Society’s communication with SOAS in regards to the promotion of the study of Manipuri history. The letter was forwarded to Professor Eugénie Henderson, SOAS, who replies to give her full support but also writes of the difficulty, and that she is willing to meet Gimson in London to discuss further. Six letters, dated 12 October–12 November 1965.