Correspondence pertaining to Smith's work on Sikkim material, remounting
- GB 235 CAV/1/1/4/23
- Item
- 28/5/1915
Part of George H. Cave Collection
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Correspondence pertaining to Smith's work on Sikkim material, remounting
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection
ledger, Lists of plant names, where collected in Sikkim, date of collection of specimen and seed
Part of George H. Cave Collection
141 pages. Bound ledger with printed columns, labelled: 'Serial Number', 'Name of Plant', 'Divin. of Sikkim', 'Where collected', 'Date of Coll. of specimen', 'Serial No. in Herbm.', 'Serial No. in Ind. Gdn.'
Pages arranged by plant family.
"Notice. Travellers' bungalows in Sikkim and the Darjeeling District"
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Information relating to the use of Travellers bungalows in Sikkim and Darjeeling, 1922.
Useful source for deciphering historic place names mentioned in other material throughout Cave collection.
Lists 47 Travellers Bungalows in Darjeeling and Sikkim, including their distance from major population centres in miles, the height in feet, and the number of bedrooms, dining rooms, sitting rooms, beds and mattresses.
Contains archaic and offensive language in reference to indigenous populations.
Published: F. M. Bailey (Political Officer in Sikkim) and J. T. Donovan (Deputy Commissioner, Darjeeling), K. N. Pradhans Press, 1922.
Notes of itinerary route into Sikkim [Cave + Watt tour 1925?]
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Date May 1925. - Material is not dated with a year but is most likely 1925 on account of item CAV/2/2/1 (Letter of permission for Cave and Watt to travel 15 days in Sikkim) - this itinerary was originally filed alongside the letter (2/2/1)
16th Darjeeling to Jorebungalow
17th Jorebunglow to ‘Tonglo’, now Tonglu
18th to Sandakphu
19th to ‘Phallal’? - Phalut
20th to Dentam
21st to ‘Peirnionchi’ - now Pemayangtse Monastery?
22nd to ‘Timi’ or Temi
23rd to ‘Shomdang’ or now Samdong
24th to ‘Gangtok’, Gangtok
25th to ‘Karponang’, Pusum (Karponang bungalow enroute to Nathula Pass, east of Gangtok)
26th Changu
27/28th? Gnathang
29th Rhenak
30th Kalimpong
Notebook, ms. lists of plants (provisional checklist of plants of Sikkim, Darjeeling)
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Correspondence pertaining to how collected material is attributed to either Cave or Ribu and Rohmoo
Part of George H. Cave Collection
'Notes on Sikkim Orchids', Original handwritten notes
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Identification of Specimens Collected by G. H. Cave in the Zemu and Llonakh Valleys of Sikkim, 1947
Part of George H. Cave Collection
Part of George H. Cave Collection