Copies of heliographs and other signal messages, dated Sept-Oct 1879, exchanged by Maj-Gen Roberts, Col Baker and other officers, during the Afghan War; together with sketches by George Whitefield Anderson (1856-1915) of scenes and personnages of the war.
Papers of 1st Earl Amherst, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28
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Amherst Collection: correspondence and papers of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773-1857), Minister to Sicily 1809-11, Ambassador to China 1816-17, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28, and of other members of his family, comprising official and demi-official correspondence and papers, pa...
Notes and typed drafts for an unpublished history of British rule in India by Lindsay Millais Jopling (1875-1967), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1899-1925.
Papers of Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Bart, Bengal Army 1779-1802, East India Company Director 1808-29, and of other members of his family
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Robinson Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Bart (1758-1832), Bengal Army 1779-1802, Military Auditor-General 1798, East India Company Director 1808-29, Chairman 1820 and 1826; also papers of his sons and their families.
Papers of Sir Walter Lawrence, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1879-95, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1899-1903, Commissioner for sick and wounded Indian soldiers in France and England 1914-16
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Walter Lawrence Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, 1st Bart (1857-1940), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1879-95, Settlement Officer Kashmir 1889-95, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1899-1903, Commissioner for sick and wounded Indian soldiers in France and England 1914-16.
Papers of Sir Arthur Lothian, Indian Political Service 1915-46, Resident at Hyderabad 1942-46
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Lothian Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir Arthur Cunningham Lothian (1887-1962), Indian Civil Service 1911, Indian Political Service 1915-46, Special Representative of Viceroy in Federal discussions with Indian States 1935-37, Resident at Hyderabad 1942-46.
Papers of Sir Frederick Arnold, Indian Civil Service, Burma 1929-47
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Arnold Collection: correspondence and papers of Sir Frederick Blackmore Arnold (1906-68), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1929-47, as Controller of Prices, Imports and Civil Supplies, Government of Burma 1939-42, Secretary to the Reconstruction Dept 1942-45, and Secretary, Commerce and Supply Dept 19...
Lloyd Collection: papers on European cemeteries in India and biographical information on British in India
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Lloyd Collection: papers on European cemeteries in India collected by Lady Violet Mary Lloyd, wife of Sir Alan Hubert Lloyd (1883-1948), Indian Civil Service 1907-47; and biographical information on British in India collected by Brig Humphry Bullock (1899-1959), Indian Army.
Papers of the Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon and its antecedent organisations
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Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon: papers of the National Indian Association, the East India Association, and the India Society, which united in 1966 to form the Royal Society for India, Pakistan and Ceylon.
Raffles-Minto Collection: papers relating to the British occupation of Java 1808-14
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Raffles-Minto Collection: papers relating to the British occupation of Java, including letters, minutes and reports sent by Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), East India Company servant 1795-1824, as Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16, to the Governor-General of Bengal Lord Minto.