| Description | Personalia, 1903-1971, of George Orwell, including certified copies of baptism (1903), marriage to Sonia Mary Brownell (1949), and death (1950); personal items, 1933-1950, including Independent Labour Party membership card [1938], National Service Registration card and Medical Grade card, 1941; biographical data, 1922-1971, being photocopies of records from the India Office (Judicial and Public file, 6079) relating to Orwell's service in the Indian Imperial Police; personal papers relating to visit to Morocco, 1938, including registration certificates issued to Orwell and his first wife, Eileen, by the British Consulate, Marrakesh, and by the Moroccan authorities, 1938; printed travel guides to Gibraltar, Tangier, Marrakesh and the Atlas mountains [1938]; voyage papers from Morocco visit, 1938-1939; photographs and postcards of Morocco visit [1938-1939]; manuscript of radio talk 'Some books' by E M Forster, broadcast on 19 August 1942 in the Far Eastern Service of the BBC; miscellaneous items [1936-1950], including notes, Christmas cards, luncheon menus, and press-cuttings. |