Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Language: English / Place: Bengal, India - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP261/1
Title:: Digital archive of early Bengali drama
Scope & Content:: Rare and unique material of, and on, Bengali drama covering the 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection includes texts of formal 'modern' drama, texts of jatra or traditional Bengali folk theatre, books of songs from plays, and secondary material of that period. Nearly all the material ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:: 112,174 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1
Title:: Sikkim Palace Archives
Scope & Content:: While it is an archive that represents elite perspectives, the Sikkim Palace Archives, is also the first collection of local origin to be made freely and universally accessible for international scholarship, presenting a perspective of events and characters as experienced from within looking out...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Dzongkha, English, French, Hindi, Lepcha, Malayalam, Nepali, Tibetan, and Urdu
Date Range:: 1807-1998
Extent:: 89249 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/1
Title:: Domestic Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to domestic affairs. Original file reference: SPA/DA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 34306 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/1/288
Title:: Notes on the Sidlon of Sikkim
Scope & Content:: Notes related to state affairs. Original file reference: SPA/DA/MS/002. Extent of original material: 177 pages. This file contains the following 102 items: EAP880/1/1/288/1: Meeting minutes regarding the completion of ropeway and taking over by the Indian Army, 1969-1972, [4 images]; EAP880/1/...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1969-1972
Extent:: 178 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/2
Title:: Foreign Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to foreign affairs. Original file reference: SPA/FA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Hindi, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 6183 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/2/3
Title:: Victor Hope's (Viceroy, India) visit to Sikkim
Scope & Content:: Arrangements related to the Viceroy's visit to Sikkim. Original file reference: SPA/FA/BI/003. Extent of original material: 341 pages. This file contains the following 167 items: EAP880/1/2/3/1: Notification from the Private Secretary regarding the police protection during the visit of Victor ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1939-1941
Extent:: 342 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/2/55
Title:: Cession of Darjeeling
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and reports regarding the negotiations for Darjeeling and Sikkim Terai reagion. Original file reference: SPA/FA/TR/006. Extent of original material: 308 pages. This file contains the following 56 items: EAP880/1/2/55/1: Letter from the Political Officer to the Private Secretary ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1835-1947
Extent:: 309 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/5
Title:: Palace Affairs
Scope & Content:: Documents related to palace affairs. Original file reference: SPA/PA.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 1875-1975
Extent:: 17059 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/5/66
Title:: Marriages of Palden Thondup Namgyal (Chogyal r.1965-1982) to Princess Sangay Deki Namgyal and Princess Pema Choki Namgyal to Rinzing Tseten Namgyal Yapshi Yuthok
Scope & Content:: Documents related to the marriage arrangements of prince and princess. Original file reference: SPA/PA/MR/020. Extent of original material: 417 pages. This file contains the following 215 items: EAP880/1/5/66/1: Notesheets regarding the expenditure during the engagement ceremony of Princess Pe...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English, Nepali, and Tibetan
Date Range:: 26 Apr 1949-21 Sep 1950
Extent:: 418 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP880/1/5/87
Title:: Tashi Namgyal's (Chogyal r.1914-1963) patronage of the Bengal Flying Club
Scope & Content:: Documents related to Tashi Namgyal's (Chogyal r.1914-1963) patronage of the Bengal Flying club at Dum Dum in Calcutta. Original file reference: SPA/PA/MS/014. Extent of original material: 7 pages. This file contains the following 4 items: EAP880/1/5/87/1: Notesheet regarding Tashi Namgyal's (C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1935
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

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