Papers of Sir George Cunningham, Indian Civil Service 1911-46; Governor of North-West Frontier Province 1937-46, 1947-48
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Cunningham Collection: letters, papers and reports of Sir George Cunningham (1888-1964), Indian Civil Service, Punjab and North-West Frontier Province 1911-46, Governor of NWFP 1937-46 and 1947-48.
Printed copy of `Samudrikam' (Palmistry), once the property of Lt-Col George Spiers Alexander Ranking (1852-1934), Indian Medical Service 1875-1905, University Lecturer in Persian, Oxford 1905-20, being extracts from the `Brhat-Samhita', `Agni- Purana' and other works, togther with a manuscript E...
Letters, articles, and photographs, collected by Dr Percy Edwin Spielman (1881-1964), relating to the collection of European paintings in the Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery formed by his father Marion Harry Alexander Spielman (1858-1948) for Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, Gaekwar of Baroda.
Copies, dated c 1841, of official correspondence dated 1819-38, concerning relations between the Government of India and Sayaji Rao II, Gaekwar of Baroda (d 1847), in particular the dismissal of the Gaekwar's minister, Veniram Pandit.
Two manuscripts of Rev Charles Samuel Pollock Parish (d 1897), Chaplain at Moulmein, Burma 1852-76: (i) a copy of `A Little Known Volcano' [Barren Island, Andaman Islands] which Parish visited in Oct 1861; (ii) `Burmah and the Burmese', signed and dated May 1879. With typed transcriptions of both...
`Remarks in the Brittania East Indiaman bound for Madras and China. AD 1757': journal, dated 25 Dec 1757-1 Sep 1759, of a voyage from Gravesend to Bombay, Madras, Whampoa and Canton, including a description of the raising of the siege of Madras, 16 Feb 1759, probably by the ship's surgeon John Mc...
Translation of the Preface to `Oredzia krola Asioki' (Warsaw 1964), a Polish translation of the Edicts of Asoka, edited by Jadwiga Makowiecka, who also translated her own preface into English.
Copy of Latin inscription in honour of Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor-General 1774-85, placed in the `New Church', Calcutta [probably St John's Church].
Correspondence and papers of Rev Arthur Wilfrid Baynham (1851-1936), Chaplain, Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment 1876-1900, chiefly relating to his pay and pension.
Diaries of William Waterfield (1832-1907), Bengal Civil Service 1852-81, describing his experiences during the mutiny; with later manuscript version of period 1857-59, and a few loose letters
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Diaries of William Waterfield (1832-1907), Bengal Civil Service 1852-81, describing his life in India including his experiences during the mutiny; with later manuscript version of period 1857-59; and a few loose letters.