Pearse Collection: papers of General George Godfrey Pearse (1827-1905), Madras Artillery 1844 later Royal Artillery, and Colonel Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery; relating to his life and military career in India (including siege of Multan 1848-49, and Indian Mutiny), and interest in antiquities...
Amies Collection: letters home, papers, autobiographical memoir (written 1979), and photographs of Col Basil Jerome Amies (b 1897), Indian Army 1915-47, concerning his military training and career, including details of his service in the Punjab, North-West Frontier and Burma.
Government and General Orders Book, Bombay, dated Sep 1788-Sep 1789, compiled in the Deputy Adjutant General's Office and containing orders relating to military administration, including appointments, postings, promotions, pay, allowances, and sentences of courts martial.
Papers of General Sir Edmund Barrow, Indian Army 1877-1919; Military Secretary, India Office 1914-17; Member of Council of India 1917-24; including material relating to the Kitchener-Curzon controversy of 1905
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Barrow Collection: official, demi-official and private papers, correspondence and diaries of General Sir Edmund George Barrow (1852-1934), Indian Army 1877-1919, Military Secretary, India Office 1914-17, Member, Council of India 1917-24, including material relating to the Kitchener-Curzon controv...
Papers of Maj William Croker (1825-87), British Army 1845-68, and other members of his family, including journals, sketches of Tibet, photographs with technical notes, and documents concerning the Crokers' interest in the Baijnath Tea Estate, Kangra Valley, Punjab. Material of photographic inte...
Address, dated 18 Feb 1860, from the Madras Native Association protesting at the Indian Government's actions in abolishing the Raj of Tanjore and confiscating the private property of the late Raja (d 1855), presented to John Bruce Norton (1815-83), lawyer and judicial office holder, Madras 1843-7...
Papers of Edward Henry Burke (b 1860), served in various non-gazetted and gazetted accountancy posts in Indian Government Service 1878-1919 including Public Works Dept, Bengal and (from 1912) Indian Finance Dept, comprising service documents, railway and colliery reports, personal correspondence,...
Typescript copies of documents omitted from `The Correspondence of Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, Governor-General of India 1828-1835', 2 vols (1977). The typescripts were compiled by Dr B N Pandey as research assistant to the editor of the correspondence, Professor Sir Cyril Philips.
Miscellanea of the Latham family including transcripts of two letters, dated 1870-72, from Col Hugh Latham (1840-96), Bengal Army 1858-90, and his wife Emily; and two Farewell Addresses, dated 1927, presented to their son Trevor (b 1873), Indian Police, Central Provinces 1893-1928.