Address presented to Sir Fredrick James Halliday (1806-1901), Lt-Gov of Bengal 1854-59, by prominent inhabitants of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, on his departure for England
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Address presented to Sir Fredrick James Halliday (1806-1901), Lt-Gov of Bengal 1854-59, by prominent inhabitants of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, on his departure for England
Three fragmentary memoirs, entitled 'Waziristan 1921-22', 'Mutiny in the Himalaya' and 'A Gurkha in Rajputana', by Brigadier Eric W Langlands (1897-1995), British Army 1914-18, Indian Army 1939-47, ADC to King George VI 1947-48
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Three fragmentary memoirs, entitled 'Waziristan 1921-22', 'Mutiny in the Himalaya' and 'A Gurkha in Rajputana', by Brigadier Eric W Langlands (1897-1995), British Army 1914-18, Indian Army 1939-47, ADC to King George VI 1947-48
Letters and printed material, dated 1940-55, from Dr Verrier Elwin (1902-64)
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Letters and printed material, dated 1940-55, from Verrier Elwin (1902-64), anthropologist and writer living in India from 1927, Adviser for Tribal Affairs to the North-East Frontier Agency from 1954, to his friend Dr Victor Sassoon (1911-97), lecturer in English, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Autobiography, entitled 'Annas and Rupees', by Sunniva O'Shann (b 1901), governess to family of Sir Charles Cunningham Watson (1874-1934), Agent to the Governor General in the states of Western India (1924-27)
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Autobiography, entitled 'Annas and Rupees', by Sunniva O'Shann (b 1901), governess to family of Sir Charles Cunningham Watson (1874-1934), Agent to the Governor General in the states of Western India (1924-27)
Business papers, dated 1788-1831, of the Ledger family of Southwark, buckram stiffeners, comprising papers of H & E Ledger (with associates Thomas D. Lamb, Joseph Daker and William Lewis), and of Edward Ledger and Son, including documents on the supply to the East India Company of tillets and seals to wrap cloth for export 1814-1831
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Business papers, dated 1788-1831, of the Ledger family of Southwark, buckram stiffeners, comprising papers of H & E Ledger (with associates Thomas D. Lamb, Joseph Daker and William Lewis), and of Edward Ledger and Son, including documents on the supply to the East India Company of tillets and...
Papers of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1876-1949)
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Papers of Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson (1876-1949), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1899-1912 and Bihar and Orissa 1912-1936, Registrar and later Judge, Patna High Court 1920-1936. Also includes papers of Helen Macpherson, Vice-President of the Bihar & Orissa Council of Women and wife of Sir Th...
Papers of Isabella Lady Couchman (nee McMahon) (1875-1961)
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Papers of Isabella Lady Couchman (nee McMahon) (1875-c1961), wife of Sir Francis Dundas Couchman (1864-1948), Under Secretary to the Government of India for Railways 1901-1905, Indian Railway Board 1915-1920, Director of Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway 1927-1941, describing aspects of her li...
Papers of Arthur Reginald Brand (1895-1971), Indian Forest Service, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Madras, c1933-c1947, Major in the Army of India Reserve of Officers, awarded the MBE for growing Pyrethrum (Division) Nilgiris 1945