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Juliette Gordon Low correspondence, series India letters
Journal entries of Juliette Gordon Low during her travels in northern India and Pakistan in 1908 with her 18 year niece, Elizabeth Parker and another friend, Grace Carter.
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Creator
Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927
Date of Original
1908
Subject
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Description and travel
Lucknow (India)--Description and travel
Kānpur (India)--Description and travel
Lahore (Pakistan)--Description and travel
Rawalpindi (Pakistan)--Description and travel
Sialkot (Sialkot District, Pakistan)--Description and travel
Delhi (India)--Description and travel
Meerut (India)--Description and travel
Agra (India)--Description and travel
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947
India--History, Military--20th century
Great Britain--Armed Forces--India--History
East and West
Southern States--Race relations
India--Race relations
Water--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)
India--Religious life and customs
Death--India
Dead
India--History--Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858
Music--India--20th century
Curzon, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquis of, 1859-1925
Sutherland, Bamba Jindan Dhuleep Singh, 1869-1957
Golden Temple (Amritsar, India)
Yamuna River (India)
Mogul Empire--History
Polo--India
Fatehpur Sikri (India)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
Agra Fort (Agra, India)
Chickenpox--India
People
Low, Juliette Gordon, 1860-1927--Correspondence
Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir, 1863-1942
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab, 1780-1839
Hari Singh, Maharaja, 1895-1961
Humayun, Emperor of Hindustan, 1508-1556--Tomb
Location
India, 22.0, 79.0
Pakistan, 30.0, 70.0
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
Medium
diaries
letters (correspondence)
Type
Text
Description
This collection is about Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA. The papers pertain to a trip Juliette Low made in 1908 to northern India and what is today, Pakistan, with her 18 year niece, Elizabeth Parker and friend, Grace Carter. Juliette wrote letters to her family describing her experiences and impressions and, using carbon, copied the pages into a journal. The letters were mailed to various family members and the carbon copy remained intact in the journal and is in the archives at the Wilson Library, UNC. The Juliette Low collection contains the original annotated letters written in pencil that correspond to journal pages 21 – 87 and begins after the group had traveled from Calcutta to Benares. Additionally, the letters contain notes to family members, and in some instances have a second letter written on the back of the page. She describes her visits with high ranking British military officials in India, interactions with locals and observations on life and travel in India.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
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