Every month the fibiwiki moderators chose an article, image and project to feature on the frontpage of the fibiwiki. Fibiwiki is a website about British India that anyone can edit.
This month’s featured article, image and project are:
The video recording of this excellent talk given by Wendy Pratt (FIBIS Member) and Peter Bleakley at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 22 May 2010 is now available for viewing in the members area of the FIBIS website on the presentations page.
Readers might be interested in a new website funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The Colonial Film website features films from the British Film Institute, the Imperial War Museum, and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum.
From the Colonial Film website
This website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 films are available for viewing online. You can search or browse for films by country, date, topic, or keyword. Over 350 of the most important films in the catalogue are presented with extensive critical notes written by our academic research team.
The Colonial Film project united universities (Birkbeck and University College London) and archives (British Film Institute, Imperial War Museum and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum) to create a new catalogue of films relating to the British Empire. The ambition of this website is to allow both colonizers and colonized to understand better the truths of Empire.
Every month the fibiwiki moderators chose an article, image and project to feature on the frontpage of the fibiwiki. Fibiwiki is a website about British India that anyone can edit.
This month’s featured article, image and project are:
The ‘Gem from the Archive’ feature in this months Who Do You Are Magazine‘s has been chosen by Clare Paterson from the Scottish Business Archives, based at the University of Glasgow. Clare has chosen ‘The Managers and Assistants Letterbooks’ (GUAS Ref: UGD 91/1/6/3/1), part of the Finlay company archive.
A guide to James Finlay & Co Managers and Assistants Letterbooks and further details can be found on the University of Glasgow website where you can find an index of names of staff (A to Z, 37 pages, 2mb 
) and even read pages from The Managers and Assistants Letterbooks’. The pages also include details of a tiger attack on by a one of the firm’s employees Mr Strachan.
The National Army Museum is holding the following event.
18 November 2010 6.30pm
Experience an evening of Indian culture, music, food and tea.
The master tea blenders of The East India Company will demonstrate their skills. A sumptuous Indian meal will be served buffet style, while traditional Indian musicians play in the nearby Indian Army, Indian Art gallery.
This evening will also feature talks by leading experts on the history of The East India Company.
Supported by The East India Company
Standard Tickets: £20.00
Concession Tickets*: £15.00
*For concession tickets (SOFNAM/Students/Seniors/Service Personnel) please contact the Museum Shop.
Tickets can be purchased in the following ways:
* Online: NAM website
* Telephone: 020 7881 6600
* At the Museum: Visit the Museum Shop
The talk given by Wendy Pratt (FIBIS Member) and Peter Bleakley at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 22 May 2010 on ‘Life with Tea and India: diaries of Family Life in the Cachar Area’ is now available for members to listen to in the members area of the FIBIS website, along with the powerpoint presentation that accompanied the talk. You can find these on the presentations page .
Non members can listen to the first 10 minutes of this fascinating talk on our podcasts page.
We hope to have a video recording of this talk available to FIBIS members in the near future.
Date: Saturday, 22 May 2010
Venue: The Chancellor’s Room, Hughes Parry Hall, University of London, 19-26 Cartwright Gardens, London, WC1H.
Note new venue, a short distance due south from the British Library. (See map)
FIBIS members and members of the public are all welcome
Admission Free
Peter Bailey, FIBIS Chairman, and other trustees will be holding a ‘surgery’ in the Chancellor’s Room to offer advice to anyone wishing for help in solving a difficult genealogical problem, or finding their way around the FibiWiki.
The programme will include lectures on:
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Greenbank, Archivist and Administrator
Speakers: Wendy Pratt (FIBIS Member) and Peter Bleakley.
In between talks there will be refreshments and time for members to discuss matters of common interest. There will also be a bookstall selling FIBIS Guides and Fact Files, and other books relating to the history of British India.
Those wishing to attend the meeting on 23 May 2009 are requested to contact Mrs Emma Sullivan, 40 Poulton Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3PY, or alternatively e-mail her at: Membership@fibis.org
