Miscellaneous papers and press cuttings of James Thomas Gillespie, Indian Civil Service, Madras 1893-1920, and of William Hewitt Gillespie, Presbyterian Missionary in Manchuria.
Letters, dated 1961-2, received by Arthur Courtenay Farran (1890-1962), Indian Educational Service, Principal of Karnatak College, Dharwar 1930-45, from former colleagues and friends in India; note by Farran critical of western society (1961); biographical note on Farran by member of his family; ...
Copy of letter, dated 28 Jan 1775, from Maj (later Lt-Col) John Stainforth (d 1781), 2nd Bengal European Infantry 1765-81, describing the Rohilla War, 1774.
`The emergence of Bangladesh, 1947-1971: a Bibliography, with a description of holdings in British libraries' by David Alcock (submitted in partial fulfilment of MA degree in Librarianship, University of Sheffield, 1974).
`No Business in Camp': typescript version of account by Helen Mary Hughes, wife of Thomas Lewis Hughes (1897-1980), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1923-39; Political Secretary, Burma Chamber of Commerce 1939-42; Secretary to Governor of Burma 1942-46; of her experiences as the wife of a District Off...
`The development of Aden and British relations with neighbouring tribes, 1839-1872', by Zaki Hanna Kour (Ph.D thesis, University of London, 1975). Published as `The History of Aden' (London 1981).