- UBC Museum of Anthropology Library & Archives
- Eric Parker fonds
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Dalai Lama + sectaries [sic] 1912
Dalia [sic] Lama bless citizens of Chumbie 1912
PACHEN [sic] Lama
Governor Gyantse Kenchung
Oricle ? [i.e. Oracle]
Chinese Ambum and escort, Gyantse
Oracle Gyentse [?]
Mr. David Macdonald (3rd from left) Trade agent Yutang and Gyantse, Dr. Harland (2nd from the right) Trade Agency Doctor with Tibetan Escort. Yutang
Tibetan officer and troops (Khamba [escort])
Maj. & Hon. Mrs FM Bailey & officers and their wives of the 7th Rajput at Gangtok Sikkim
Rajah Tering and family, at their home outside of Gyantse
Jongpen, Gyantze
Teesta Valley, on the journey up to Tibet
Teesta Bridge, leading into the hamlet of Teesta
Farm in Teesta Valley
Pack animals crossing a river in the Teesta Valley
Landscape of houses in the hills
Road to Gan[g]tok washed out spring 1922
Later repaired
Kalimpo[n]g homes
Farm outside of Kalimpo[n]g
Woman at her weaving (Kalimpo[n]g)
Landscape with houses
Landscape
Kangchenjunga NE
Early morning Gnatong
Early morning Gnatong
Gnatong
Dak bung[a]low
Treeline[?] of Nathula
Chumbie [sic] Valley from Japala
Chumbie [sic] Valley from Japala
Mrs. Parker and Kamchi (Vera), elephant caravan loaded with wool in the background
Jongpen, Chumbie
Monks [at] Chumbie
Chumbie [i.e. Chumbi residency]
Yatong
Yatong
90th Punjabi quarters, Yatong
Our [Parker's] quarters, Yatong
Looking south down the Chumbi Valley towards Yutang
Looking north up the Chumbi Valley towards Yutang
Summer view of Yutang village
Winter view of Yutang
New barracks (Sepoy's) Chumbi summer view
New barracks (Sepoy's) Chumbi winter view
Suspension bridge across a river in the Chumbi Valley
Wooden fence around Yutang village
Where
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- Held by
- — via UBC Museum of Anthropology Library & Archives
- Creator
- Eric Parker
- Dates
- ca. 1910-11 - 198? (indexed as 1910)
- Level
- fonds
- Extent
- 4 cm of textual records 689 photographs : prints and negatives 2 compact discs
- Scope & content
- The fonds consists primarily of material accumulated and/or created by Lt. Col. Parker during the period of his military duties in Tibet and time spent there after his release from the military (1921-1924). This material includes textual records such as correspondence relating to military matters with Sir Charles Bell, and those written to, and received from, Tibetan officers and the 13th Dalai Lama. A few letters written in Tibetan have been recently translated into English and are included in the fonds. Other textual materials includes handwritten speech and other notes, published documents such as an Almanac (written in Tibetan), newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous items such as philatelic materials and handwritten children's rhymes and songs. The fonds also contains a collection of black and white photographs and negatives, the majority of which were images taken by Lt. Col. Parker, while others, predate Parker’s time in Tibet. The photographs are housed in two albums (Photograph Collections A and B), and show Tibet primarily in the 1920s. The images depict military and domestic scenes in Tibet including photographs of individuals from all social strata, as well as local architecture and landscapes. Some of the places (e.g., monasteries) no longer exist. The albums also contain more recent colour prints of the many Tibetan objects acquired by the Parkers (and now housed in the Ethnology Collection at the Museum of Anthropology). Some duplicates occur within and between albums. The negatives correspond to prints in one album (Photograph Collection A). Only a small number of negatives have not been printed. The fonds is arranged in the following 3 series: 1. Correspondence 2. Photographs 3. Miscellaneous Materials
- Places
- Tibet
- Location
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- Genre / form
- Textual record; Graphic material
- Harvested
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