Diaries and papers of Sir Charles Malet, Resident at Poona 1786-97
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Malet Collection: papers of Sir Charles Warre Malet, 1st Bart (1752-1815), East India Company servant, Bombay 1770-1798; Resident at Poona 1786-1797; Member, Bombay Council 1797-1798; including diaries, letter books, memoranda books, and financial journals and ledgers.
Sir Frederick Sykes: papers as Governor of Bombay 1928-33
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Sykes Collection: papers of Maj-Gen Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes (1877-1954), including correspondence and scrapbooks as Governor of Bombay 1928-1933, and scrapbooks as Controller- General of Civil Aviation 1919-22, Chairman of Government Broadcasting Board 1923-27, and Chairman, Miners Welfare Commi...
Papers of Sir Thomas Munro, Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27
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Munro Collection: private and official correspondence and papers of Maj-Gen Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Bart (1761-1827), Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27, relating to civil and military affairs in south India.
Papers of Frank Lugard Brayne, Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1905-41; advocate of 'village uplift'
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Brayne Collection: correspondence, papers, diaries and writings of Frank Lugard Brayne (1882-1952), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1905-41; Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon 1920-28; Commissioner, Rural Reconstruction, Punjab 1933-39; Inspector of amenities for Indian troops and Adviser on Indian Affair...
Papers of Sudhindra Nath Ghose (1899-1965), Bengali novelist and art history lecturer
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Ghose Collection: correspondence and papers of Dr Sudhindra Nath Ghose (1899-1965), Bengali novelist and art history lecturer, including drafts of published and unpublished novels and other writings.
Papers of Sir Clarmont Skrine, Indian Civil Service 1912, Indian Political Service 1915-48
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Skrine Collection: private and official correspondence, papers and diaries of Sir Clarmont Skrine (1888-1974), Indian Civil Service 1912, Indian Political Service 1915-48, including material relating to Iran, Baluchistan and Kashgar; also sketches and watercolours by Lady Skrine, chiefly of Persi...
Thomas Collection: papers of Frederick William Thomas (1867-1956), Librarian of the India Office Library 1903-27, Boden Professor of Sanskrit, University of Oxford 1927-37. [Unsorted, but probably relating mainly to Tibetan studies.]
Papers of Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey, Indian Army 1900, Indian Political Service 1905-38, and of other members of his family
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Bailey Collection: correspondence, papers, diaries, photographs and maps of Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), Indian Army 1900, Indian Political Service 1905-38, and of his wife Irma (nee Cozens-Hardy); of his parents Lt-Col Frederick Bailey, Royal Engineers 1859, Indian Forest Dept 1...
Papers of the India, Pakistan and Burma Association
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Papers of the India, Pakistan and Burma Association, a specialised trade association providing information to its members on commercial and political conditions in India, Pakistan and Burma. [Now known as the British and South Asian Trade Association (BASATA)].