Diaries, letters and unfinished memoir by Ian Murray Hurrell (1914-1989), Indian Police, United Provinces 1934-48, HM Diplomatic Service 1948-72, Charge d'Affaires, Tehran 1960-64; also letters home from his wife Helen Marjorie Hurrell
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Diaries and unfinished memoir by Ian Murray Hurrell (1914-89), Indian Police, United Provinces 1934-48, H.M. Diplomatic Service 1948-72, Charge d'Affaires, Tehran 1960-64; also letters home from his wife Helen Marjorie Hurrell.
Papers of Sir Harry Champion, Indian Forest Service 1912-40; Professor of Forestry, Oxford 1940-59
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Champion Collection: papers of Sir Harry George Champion (1891-1979), Indian Forest Service, United Provinces 1915-40, Professor of Forestry, Oxford University 1940-59 and Head of Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford, including diaries, autobiographical writings, papers, photographs, and a memoir ...
Papers of Sir Roger Lumley, Governor of Bombay 1937-43
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Lumley Collection: papers and correspondence of Sir (Lawrence) Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough (1896-1969) as Governor of Bombay 1937-43, with some later personal papers.
Papers of Harold Charles Mitchell, Indian Police, United Provinces 1920-47
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Papers of Harold Charles Mitchell (b 1896), relating to his career in the Indian Police, United Provinces 1920-47, particularly as Superintendent of Police at Cawnpore 1938-39 and Dehra Dun 1940-42, including reports on the Cawnpore riots of Feb 1939.
Papers of Gordon Meredith Ray, Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1937-47
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Ray Collection: diaries, photograph albums, and miscellanea of Gordon Meredith Ray (1912-93), Indian Civil Service, Bihar 1937-47, District Officer, Sukkur, Pakistan 1948-49. The diaries give a very full record of his life in India and are illustrated with pencil sketches and oil paintings.
Papers of Capt Francis Jenkins, Bengal Army 1810-61; appointed to undertake surveys of Eastern Frontier (1831) and in Assam (1831-32)
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Papers of Capt (later Maj-Gen) Francis Jenkins (1793-1866), Bengal Army 1810-61; appointed to undertake surveys of Eastern Frontier (1831) and in Assam (1831-32); Commissioner, Assam 1834-61; including letter book and private journals relating to surveys in Arakan and Assam, and a description of ...
Privately printed books and miscellaneous papers of, or relating to, Maj-Gen James Sebastian Rawlins, Bengal Army 1843-78; his sons Maj George William Rawlins, Indian Army 1882-1906, and Lt-Col Arthur Kennedy Rawlins, Indian Army 1892-1921; and other members of the Rawlins family
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Privately printed books and miscellaneous papers of, or relating to, Maj-Gen James Sebastian Rawlins (1823-1905), Bengal Army 1843-78; his sons Maj George William Rawlins (1862- 1906), Indian Army 1882-1906, and Lt-Col Arthur Kennedy Rawlins (1868-1943), Indian Army 1892-1921; and other members o...
Papers of William Dundas, Bengal Civil Service 1816-29, Assistant in Office of Register of Sadr Diwani and Nizamat Adalat 1817-20; Principal Assistant under Deputy Superintendent of Delhi Territories 1820-23
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Miscellaneous papers of William Dundas, Bengal Civil Service 1816-29, Assitant in Office of Register of Sadr Diwani and Nizamat Adalat 1817-20; Principal Assistant under Deputy Superintendent of Delhi Territories 1820-23.
Letters home to his father, Auntie Kath and Uncle Fred from Ernest Gordon Stackhouse Apedaile (b 1908), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1932-47, written from Meiktila, Pyinmana, Maymyo, Rangoon (while serving in the Government Secretariat), and Prome.