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Description: | The Department of Coins and Medals holds an archive containing the papers of Dr Richard Whitehead (1879-1967), scholar of Indian numismatics from 1904. The holdings are a reference collection accessible by appointment and as such they are not displayed in the Museum.
The contents of the Whitehead Archive are extensive and varied, covering correspondence, academic reviews and papers by himself and others, notes on a variety of related topics, recordings of coins (by photographs, rubbings, drawings and impression) and newspaper cuttings.
Topics mentioned specifically include Kanishka, Zodiacal and Portrait Coins of Jahangir, notes for Ã-A Cambridge History of Indiaà and notes relating to Qureshi and Sir A. Cunningham. A full list of papers is available for consultation on the webspace of the Fitzwilliam Coins and Medals Department. | Subjects: | Numismatics Indian (cultural identity) Articles Indian history Coins | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01223 332 923 | Telephone: | 01223 332 900 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8382 | Go to resource |
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