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Papers related to a Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic student project entitles "My Village". A paper entitled "Problems and Solutions - Indian Village" by KN Chowdhury a sketch map of the 18 National Units of India dated 1946. Also included is a paper by Percy Johnson-Marshall entitled "Policy for Rural Settlements" Summer School Report dated 1976 and some statistics derived from the original completed questionnaires for the "My Village" Project.

Scope and Contents A tranche of material acquired in 2012 is composed of diaries and journals, notebooks, notes, talks and broadcast scripts, letters, newspaper clippings, more specifically: Box containing school reports, a copy of school newspaper, and letters: Merchant Taylors’ School (Crosby) Terminal Reports, Summer Term 1930 to Winter Term 1936; a copy of Merchant Taylors School newspaper, ‘Weekly Echo’, No.1. (ed....

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Articles and papers about the history of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) - some manuscript and some typescript in Percy Johnson-Marshall's hand. Includes a draft and final paper on SATO and the Burma Plan and some personal development notes by Percy Johnson-Marshall.

Scope and Contents Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of files of correspondence with the following regional groups of the organisation: Agra Group, 1944-1945 Lahore Group, 1944-1945 Bangalore and Madras Group, 1943-1945 Kirkee and Bombay Group,1943-1945 Quetta Group, 1944-1945 Sialkot Group,...

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13 x brass sheets lacquered recto verso with black text, and gilt decorations, on dark red lacquer background. Loosley collected inside 2 x red lacquer and gilt wooden board covers.

The ornate script is called 'Magyi-zi' or tamarind Seed, written in the Pagan style. Brass sheets were introduced late in the 19th century and area relatively uncommon format.

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Photograph of the Salween river in Burma in the early 20th century. It shows the banks of the river, two boats in the water and several men standing on the shore.

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Administrative details, course outlines, timetables and lecture notes for the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) 12th Army Polytechnic, South East Asia Command (SEAC). This organised pre-release training across Burma. Includes a letter dated 18 January 1938 to Percy Johnson-Marshall from the Royal Institute of British Architects, telling him that he had passed his examination in professional practice, and an outline map of Bengal.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to the 12th Army Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic in Rangoon. Includes assorted copies of Burma Star ( December 1945-March 1946) published by the Army Educational Corps HQ Twelfth Army: Burma - with SATO lectures highlighted. Also includes a photograph of Major CEJ Riley, SATO Radio Instructor demonstrating modern civil radio repair at the SATO...

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The administration files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) consist of:

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Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic consists of: