Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 17-07-1901 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
206 binded laminated sheets
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sir John Eliot was born on 25 May 1839. He served as the second meteorological reporter to the Indian government and also as the director-general of Indian observatories from 1899 to 1903.
Repository
Archival history
The documents were transferred from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory to IIA Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The documents were acquired from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fond contains letters, annual expenditure reports and bills of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories. It also contains correspondence of John Eliot,Charles Michie Smith and R.E.V.Arbuthnot during July 1901 to March 1903 regarding the index slip, meteorological summaries, seismological reviews and disturbances and other reports like annual expenditure, bills, and telegraphs. It has a report on the condition and proceedings of the government observatory, Colaba, written by N.A.F.Moos. It also has letters from the Royal Society of India, H. Grubb, J. Larmer, R. Fuess, William Butler and Charles P. Butler to the Meteorological Department and Kodaikanal & Madras Observatory.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The documents were transferred to the IIA archives and have been preserved
Accruals
Further accruals are expected
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically according to the year of events
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign IIA Archival access agreement
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by IIA Archives
Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
Language and script notes
All the documents in this fond are in English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some fonts have obscured due to time and some handwritten fonts are not recognizable
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The originals were located in the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Existence and location of copies
The original files are transferred to Bangalore campus, then processed and archived
Related units of description
Earlier files of a similar nature are catalogued as papers of Evershed, and other past directors of IIA
Notes area
Note
Digitized and made available online in IIA Institutional Repository
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Eliot, John (Subject)
- Smith,Charles Michie (Subject)
- Arbuthnot, R. E. V. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Archival description is based on ISAD(G), second edition.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
English
Script(s)
Latin
Sources
Archivist's note
Processed by IIA Archives