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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Language French Level [32] Fonds

1. IOR/R

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R
Title:
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Scope & Content:
The main areas of origin for the records in IOR/R are India, Nepal, Burma, Malaysia, China, Afghanistan, Persian Gulf, Egypt, and Aden.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Malay, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1623-1985
Extent:
c 38,000 files / volumes, 1370 boxes

2. Mss Eur C100/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C100/1
Title:
Manchu-Latin Dictionary
Scope & Content:
A manuscript Manchu-Latin dictionary compiled by French missionaries in the eighteenth century, but not dated. Partly based on earlier Manchu-Chinese dictionaries, the Qing wen hui shu (淸文彙書) of 1751 and the Qing wen bu hui (青文補彙) of 1789. Alongside the Manchu words (in Manchu vertical script) a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French, Latin, and Manchu
Date Range:
Before 1799
Extent:
1 volume; 1000 pages plus 249 interleaved sheets

3. Mss Eur D893

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D893
Title:
George Lamb papers
Scope & Content:
Papers, dated 1894-1973, of and relating to Maj George Lamb (1869-1911), Indian Medical Service 1894-1911, Director of the Pasteur Institute in India 1905-09. Contains: ff 1. Certificate of appointment to the Indian Medical Department, 29 Jan 1894. ff 2 - 4. Offprint W Hanna and G Lamb, "A ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1894-1911
Extent:
1 box, 111 folios

4. Mss Eur F88

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88
Title:
Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service from 1795, Envoy to Afghanistan 1808-09, Resident at Poona 1810-17, Commisioner for territories annexed to Bombay 1817-19, Governor of Bombay 1819-27
Scope & Content:
The private and semi official papers, correspondence and journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service from 1795, Assistant to Resident at Poona 1801-1804, Resident at Nagpur 1804-1808, Envoy to Afghanistan 1808-1809, Resident at Poona 1811-1817, Commissioner for territor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Ancient, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1765-1879
Extent:
483 files

5. Mss Eur F588

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F588
Title:
Diary of Madelaine Jequier
Scope & Content:
Diary, letters written in French by Madelaine Jequier, member of London Mission of Swiss nationality, on her experiences as a missionary at Coimbatore, India in 1938-39, with photographs. 1) Diary; 2) letter dated 14 Sept 1938; 3) letter dated 25 Jan 1939; 4) 47 photographs
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1938-1939
Extent:
4 items (1 vol., 2 letters totally 28 ff., 47 photos)

6. Mss Eur F596

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F596
Title:
Letter from Charles Joseph Pattissier, Marquis de Bussy, to Earl George Macartney, Governor of Madras, dated camp Mungioupau 24 May 1783
Scope & Content:
Replying to Macartney's letter of 11 May, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718-1785), Governor General of Pondicherry, agrees to the proposed exchange of military and naval prisoners, on the same terms as would be observed in Europe. The exchange should also include Dutch prisoners in British hands. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
24 May 1783
Extent:

2 folios of ms letter; 1 folio of typescript

7. Mss Eur G37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G37
Title:
The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760 and 1765-1767; Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839), Governor of Madras 1798-1804 and other family members."
Scope & Content:
The major part of this collection comprises the incoming correspondence received by Clive and members of his circle, particularly Margaret, Lady Clive, Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis and Henry Strachey. In addition to this, there are a significant number of petitions addressed either to Clive as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Armenian, Bengali, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tamil
Date Range:
1728-1832
Extent:
97 boxes

8. Mss Eur Mack (1822)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Mack (1822)
Title:
Colin Mackenzie papers: 1822 Collection
Scope & Content:
Translations of works in Dutch and Javanese relating chiefly to Java and the Dutch East Indies collected by Col Colin Mackenzie (c1753-1821), Madras Army 1783-1821, engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian collector, while serving as Chief Engineer, Java 1811-13.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
28 volumes

9. Mss Eur Photo Eur 449

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 449
Title:
Photocopies and typescript transcripts of the papers of Captain James Jameson (1773-1834), East India Company maritime service 1790-1820
Scope & Content:
Photocopies and typescript transcripts of papers by Capt James Jameson (1773-1834), East India Company maritime service 1790-1820: (1) account, dated Jan 1807, of capture by the French of East Indiaman 'Fame' on 24 Sep 1806; (2) account, dated 1811, of his dispute with Mrs Guthrie on social condu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1806-1811
Extent:
1 portfolio

10. ST 393

Reference (shelfmark):
ST 393
Title:
Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society
Scope & Content:
The Transactions cover the following geographic regions: India, the Middle East (especially Arabia and the Persian Gulf), East Africa (including Zanzibar), and Japan. The subjects covered by the Transactions include the following: geography; meteorology; languages; travel and exploration; histo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, German, Kanarese, and Sanskrit
Date Range:
1836-1873
Extent:
20 volumes (approximately 6245 pages)