Papers and photographs of Col Peter Morison (1902-85), British Army 1925, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1929-47, including an account of operations against the Mohmands in 1935, occasional correspondence with Field Marshal Auchinleck in retirement, and papers of his wife Kathleen (1901-87), rel...
Scrapbook and loose papers of Capt (later Sir) Alexander William Leese, 4th Bart (1909-79), British Army, as Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Bombay, chiefly relating to the official engagements of the Governor or his wife; also scrapbook, dated 1929-35, relating to hunting and steeple-chasing in ...
Scrapbook of newscuttings, apparently compiled by S V Kumar, comprising his contributions to `Independent India' (1940-41); also contributions to two marathi language newspapers: by `Kamagar' to `Sarathi' (1940), and by `Sumathi Samantha' to `Yugantar Weekly' (1940-42).
(1) Letterbook, dated 1857-60, of the Jodhpur Legion containing copies of out-letters on regimental business following the mutiny of most of the legion; (2) letterbook, dated 1857, containing in-letters (with some earlier correspondence 1846-56); (3) file of in-letters, dated 1869, of the Erinpur...
Legal papers and correspondence of Raja Dhiraj Sir Nahar Singh (1855-1932), Chief of Shahpura 1875-1932, relating to a petition to the Viceroy concerning a dispute over his feudatory relations with the Maharana of Udaipur.
Deed of co-partnership, dated 1852, between John Spence (d 1853), proprietor of Spence's Calcutta Hotel, Arthur William Spence, his son and hotel book-keeper, and Francois Mazaux, chef de cuisine, to continue their hotel business partnership; and probate (1854) of John Spence's will (1853), and r...
Leases, deeds, indentures and related papers concerning the proprietors and tenants of the Varlavachen Coffee Estate in the Nelliampathi hills, Cochin.
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Leases, deeds, indentures and related papers concerning the proprietors and tenants of the Varlavachen Coffee Estate in the Nelliampathi hills, Cochin.
Papers of Eileen Palmer, Secretary, Birth Control Worldwide Group, and of Edith How-Martyn, Director, Birth Control International Information Centre, and Chairman, Birth Control Worldwide Group
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Eileen Palmer Collection: papers of Eileen Palmer, Secretary, Birth Control Worldwide Group, and of Edith How-Martyn (1875-1954), Director, Birth Control International Information Centre and Chairman, Birth Control Worldwide Group, including travel books relating to their tours of India, Burma an...
Papers of Herbert Frederick Samman (1871-1940), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1892-1919, concerning his appointment to various positions in the civil service.
Letters and papers of the brothers Arthur Anderson West, engineer, and Dr Edward William West, engineer, Bombay 1844-66, and orientalist, relating to their activities in India chiefly as engineers on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway
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Letters and papers of the brothers Arthur Anderson West, engineer, and Dr Edward William West (1824-1905), engineer and oriental scholar, relating to their activities in India chiefly as employees of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, including a memoir by Arthur West of the years 1843-52, comp...