'How I came to India': English translation from the Danish 'Min vej til Indien', an account, dated 1972, by Olga Marie Kaae of why she went to India and her work at the Missionary Settlement for University Women, Bombay 1932-53.
Account by Maj John Frederick Arthur Mason (b 1920) of the work of No 8 Mechanical Transport Training Centre, Kharian, Gujrat, Punjab 1942-45 where he served as Assistant Adjutant 1942-43, Adjutant 1943-45, and Battalion Commander 1945; also 'No. 8 M.T.Training Centre Manual of Training' in Engli...
'Mahatma Gandhi in the Transvaal': unpublished account by Montfort Chamney (1860-1938), from c1881 engineer and later tea planter in Assam; moved to South Africa 1902 as representative of Calcutta newspaper, shortly afterwards becoming Immigration Officer for the Transvaal, then Protector and Re...
Letters, dated Jul-Nov 1857, received by Gerald Chetwynd Talbot (1819-85), Ceylon Civil Service, Private Secretary to Lord Canning 1856-58, chiefly reflecting reactions in England to the Indian Mutiny.
Four letters, an account of the Chindit campaign (1943), newscuttings relating to the Chindits, and memorabilia of Private Robert Valentine Hyner (1916-80), 13th Battalion, King's Regiment c1940-45.
Copy of letters from Maj (later Lt-Col) John James Underwood, Madras Engineers 1817-44 and Capt (later Col) John Thomas Smith (1805-82), Madras Engineers 1825-57, to the Madras Military Board, describing difficulties encountered in repairs to the tunnel sluices of the north-east face of Fort St G...
Letter, dated 27 Feb 1785, from Sir William Jones (1746-94), oriental scholar, Judge of Supreme Court, Calcutta 1783-9, describing his passage through the Sunderbans and mentioning mutual friends who ought to be members of the Asiatic Society.
Letter from Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929), lived in India 1868-89 as wife of Henry William Steel, Indian Civil Service, promoted education of Indian women; to Mr Colles [probably William Morris Colles (d 1926)], describing the scenario of her forthcoming book 'On the Face of the Waters' (London...
'A Nabob's Life: Lord Pigot of Patshull' by R W Williams: an unpublished biography of George Pigot, Baron Pigot (1719-77), East India Company servant, Madras 1737-65, Governor of Madras 1755-63 and 1775-76.