Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.'

Content

The file concerns a proposal by the Kuwait Oil Company to recruit an American nurse in the United States for service to the American and European staff of the Company in Kuwait. The issue arose because the Company had up until that point been dependent for medical and hospital facilities on the American Mission in Kuwait, but this arrangement was deemed to be unsuitable in view of the prospective increase in the Company's staff.

The papers show that the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. concurred in the proposal to recruit an extra nurse.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (8 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 8; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3825

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/104/3

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Jun 1939-31 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Nurses

Places

Kuwait

People & organisations

Kuwait Oil Company

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Coll 30/104(3) 'Koweit: Medical facilities for non-Asiatic staff in Kuwait of Kuwait Oil Co.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3825, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000189> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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