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== Records== | == Records== | ||
From the end of the 19th century special sections covering '''tea plantations''' appear in Thackers Indian Directories. [http://www.shop.fibis.org/fact_files.htm ''FIBIS Fact File No 3 - Indian Directories by Richard Morgan '']states "The tea section lists within each area the names of the firms, their “tea gardens” (areas under cultivation), the trade mark or logo of the company as it was stamped on their tea chests , the postal address, acreage, proprietors, general managers and assistants, Indian agents and addresses, and London Agents and addresses” | From the end of the 19th century special sections covering '''tea plantations''' appear in Thackers Indian Directories. [http://www.shop.fibis.org/fact_files.htm ''FIBIS Fact File No 3 - Indian Directories by Richard Morgan '']states "The tea section lists within each area the names of the firms, their “tea gardens” (areas under cultivation), the trade mark or logo of the company as it was stamped on their tea chests , the postal address, acreage, proprietors, general managers and assistants, Indian agents and addresses, and London Agents and addresses” | ||
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* ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' no 9 contains an article entitled "Jokai Tea Estates" by Dick Barton. This also contains a useful reading list. | * ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' no 9 contains an article entitled "Jokai Tea Estates" by Dick Barton. This also contains a useful reading list. | ||
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==Historical books== | ==Historical books== | ||
*The [[British Library]] has the following book in its catalogue: | *The [[British Library]] has the following book in its catalogue: | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/424/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''] by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 at Archive.org lists four tea companies | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/424/mode/2up ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''] by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 at Archive.org lists four tea companies | ||
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| + | *[[Schools#D|Schools-Dr Graham's Homes]], Kalimpong, founded for the children of tea workers. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/index.html Koi-Hai] a site for those who lived and worked in North East India, particularly in the Tea industry. Includes articles, list of relevant books, photos, some grave inscriptions, tourism information | *[http://www.koi-hai.com/index.html Koi-Hai] a site for those who lived and worked in North East India, particularly in the Tea industry. Includes articles, list of relevant books, photos, some grave inscriptions, tourism information | ||
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*[http://shangrilajournals.com/shangrilajournals.com/Assam%20-%20Where.html Assam Where?] Growing up in the tea growing district of Cachar during the late 1940s and the 1950s from Shangrilajournals.com. (There are links at the bottom of the page) | *[http://shangrilajournals.com/shangrilajournals.com/Assam%20-%20Where.html Assam Where?] Growing up in the tea growing district of Cachar during the late 1940s and the 1950s from Shangrilajournals.com. (There are links at the bottom of the page) | ||
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*Very interesting and detailed [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/robertson.html interviews] of many aspects of the life and work of a tea planter. Travancore State, Calcutta, Darjeeling, N.W.F.P. Recorded by A.S. Robertson and his son, A.F. Robertson (1976 and 1979) from [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies]]. Listen to the interviews, or read the transcripts. | *Very interesting and detailed [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/robertson.html interviews] of many aspects of the life and work of a tea planter. Travancore State, Calcutta, Darjeeling, N.W.F.P. Recorded by A.S. Robertson and his son, A.F. Robertson (1976 and 1979) from [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies]]. Listen to the interviews, or read the transcripts. | ||
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*[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-10/1255213630 Tea Planter in Bengal] a posting from the rootsweb India mailing list archives giving advice and information on researching Tea Planters. | *[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-10/1255213630 Tea Planter in Bengal] a posting from the rootsweb India mailing list archives giving advice and information on researching Tea Planters. | ||
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* [http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/s-z.htm Business records relating to tea companies] in the Guildhall Library, London. It seems likely these companies are ones registered in the U.K. | * [http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/s-z.htm Business records relating to tea companies] in the Guildhall Library, London. It seems likely these companies are ones registered in the U.K. | ||
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*[http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Assam Old Indian Photos] has pictures of Assam and tea. | *[http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Assam Old Indian Photos] has pictures of Assam and tea. | ||
| + | *[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81070 The Story of India Tea] 1917 British Pathe film clip | ||
[[Category:Occupations]] | [[Category:Occupations]] | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 29 April 2010
Contents
Records
From the end of the 19th century special sections covering tea plantations appear in Thackers Indian Directories. FIBIS Fact File No 3 - Indian Directories by Richard Morgan states "The tea section lists within each area the names of the firms, their “tea gardens” (areas under cultivation), the trade mark or logo of the company as it was stamped on their tea chests , the postal address, acreage, proprietors, general managers and assistants, Indian agents and addresses, and London Agents and addresses”
An example, is given of how a genealogical history can be obtained by using the annual directories in this context.
Fibis Resources
- FIBIS Journal no 9 contains an article entitled "Jokai Tea Estates" by Dick Barton. This also contains a useful reading list.
Historical books
- The British Library has the following book in its catalogue:
Taylor’s Maps of the following Tea Districts, Darjeeling, Terai, Jalpaiguri and Dooars, Darrang, Golaghat, Jorhat Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Sylhet, with complete Index to all Tea Gardens, published 1910
Historical books online
- Report No 23 : Report upon the present condition and future of tea cultivation in the north-west provinces and in the Punjab from Selections from the records of the Government of India (Home Department) 1857 Google Books
- "Industrial Resources of British India" in The Quarterly Review contains a section on tea, Google Books, 1863
- Old times in Assam by T Kinney 1896 Archive.org A tea planter’s life in the early 1860’s. Reprints from columns in the Englishman and Indian Planters’ Gazette.
- A tea planter's life in Assam by George M Barker 1884. Archive.org. With seventy five illustrations by the author.
- The tea industry in India : a review of finance and labour, and a guide for capitalists and assistants by Samuel Baildon 1882 Archive.org
- The Tea planter's vade mecum : a volume of important articles, correspondence, and information of permanent interest and value regarding tea etc by the Editor of the Indian Tea Gazette 1885 Archive.org
- Tea producing companies of India and Ceylon, showing the history and results of those capitalised in sterling by Gow, Wilson & Stanton, Tea and Tea Share Brokers 1897 Archive.org
- Indian Tea, its Culture & Manufacture by Claud Bald 1907. Archive.org (One of the books on the reading list in the Fibis Article mentioned above).
- The early history of the tea industry in north-east India by Harold Hart Mann 1918 Archive.org
- Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 at Archive.org lists four tea companies
Related articles
- Tea
- Schools-Dr Graham's Homes, Kalimpong, founded for the children of tea workers.
External links
- Koi-Hai a site for those who lived and worked in North East India, particularly in the Tea industry. Includes articles, list of relevant books, photos, some grave inscriptions, tourism information
- Assam Where? Growing up in the tea growing district of Cachar during the late 1940s and the 1950s from Shangrilajournals.com. (There are links at the bottom of the page)
- Very interesting and detailed interviews of many aspects of the life and work of a tea planter. Travancore State, Calcutta, Darjeeling, N.W.F.P. Recorded by A.S. Robertson and his son, A.F. Robertson (1976 and 1979) from University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies. Listen to the interviews, or read the transcripts.
- Tea Planter in Bengal a posting from the rootsweb India mailing list archives giving advice and information on researching Tea Planters.
- Business records relating to tea companies in the Guildhall Library, London. It seems likely these companies are ones registered in the U.K.
- Old Indian Photos has pictures of Assam and tea.
- The Story of India Tea 1917 British Pathe film clip
