Gertrude Bell's India Trip (1902/3)

The Newcastle University Library's Gertrude Bell Project contains trascribed records of Gertrude Bell- this includes diary entries, Letters, and Photographs.

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was born in Washington, in what was then Co. Durham, but, when she was very young, she moved with her family to Redcar. She travelled to India between December 1902 and March 1903.

Letters she wrote during that period -

1. Friday. [12 December 1902] We've arrived
2. Saturday. [13 Decembe 1902] India does make a noise in the morning! (2-liner)
3. [16 December 1902] Tuesday 16. In the train.
4. [22 December 1902] Jeypore [Jaipur]. Tuesday 22nd
5. Agra. Xmas Day. [25 December 1902]
6. [31 December 1902] Delhi Durbar.
7. Jan. 1st. [1 January 1902] We put on our best clothes and started off at 9 for a 4 miles' drive to the Durbar horseshoe.
8. [2 January 1903] Jan 2. 1st Visitor's Camp. Delhi.
9. Sat. 3rd. [3 January 1903] Mr Landon came to breakfast
10. Monday 4 [i.e. 5] [5 January 1903] We had a delightful day.
11. Tues 5 [i.e. 6]. [6 January 1903] This morning I watched a most interesting function.
12. [12 January 1903] Oudeypore (or Udaipur is I see the official spelling).
13. Tuesday. [13 January 1903] This morning our prancing horses took us to the Maharana's palace
14. Wed. [14 January 1903] We made an expedition today to some temples
15. [18 January 1903] Sunday Jan 18th. In the train from Alwar to Delhi.
16. Lahore Monday 19th. [19 January 1903] We got to Delhi at 3
17. [23 January 1903] Peshawar Friday Jan. 23.
18. Sat 24. [24 January 1903] Today we raided a bit of the Amir's country
19. Sun. 25. [25 January 1903] We are back again in Peshawar
20. Monday 26. [26 January 1903] We've had the social day
21. Tuesday 27. [27 January 1903] Well, we've been up the Khyber in gorgeous weather.
22. Wed 28. [28 January 1903] Hugo had for a travelling companion
23. [11 February 1903] Calcutta.
24. [14 February 1903] Darjeeling [Darjiling], Woodlands Hotel Feb 14.
25. Sunday Feb 15. [15 February 1903] Tangloo. 10,074 ft. up.
26. Feb 16. [16 February 1903] This morning, when we got up at 6.30
27. Tues 17. I woke at dawn and looked out and saw Kinchinjunga [Kangchenjunga] wonderfully close.
28. [22 February 1903] S.S. Tara. Bay of Bengal. Sunday Feb 22.
29. [25 February 1903] In the train. Wed.
30. [2 March 1903] On the Irrawaddy

Wow! She was a prolific writer!

She also has a lot of Diary entries for that period -
1. Dec 1902
2. Jan 1903
3. Feb 1903
4. Mar 1903

There are several references to a Charlotte Roche in this archive along with a few photographs.