Extracts from Field Service Notebooks, dated 1908 and 1914-15, kept by Lt-Col William Leith-Ross (b 1884), Indian Army 1904-33, describing his service with the Frontier Force 1908, and with the Lahore Division in France.
Family correspondence, dated 1869-96, of Robert Story (1854-1924), British Army 1873-80, Indian Army 1880-83, and his brothers Edward (d 1885), British Army, South Africa 1884-85, and Arthur (d 1894), doctor, north-east Bengal 1891-94; also extracts from Robert's diary (1880-96).
Copy of undated account of expedition to climb the Pindari Glacier, Almora District, United Provinces, by Edwin William Hunt (b 1906), Indian Police, United Provinces 1925-47. Dated as: no date
Certificates, letters and papers of Douglas Ingram-Halford (b 1883), Bengal Pilot Service 1906-34; also photographs including some taken abroad the pilot vessel `Lady Fraser'.
`The Forgotten Years: Political Memoirs of Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan', edited by A H Batalvi: memoir by Chaudhri Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1893-1985) of his career as a statesman of British India and independent Pakistan; at the United Nations 1947-54, 1961-64; and as a judge of the International Court 1954-61, 1964-73 (President 1970-73).
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`The Forgotten Years: Political Memoirs of Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan', edited by A H Batalvi: memoir by Chaudhri Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1893-1985) of his career as a statesman of British India and independent Pakistan; at the United Nations 1947-54, 1961-64; and as a judge of the Internati...
`India, my appointed place': copy of unpublished biography of Mary Carpenter (1807-77), educationalist, founder of the National Indian Association, by Rt Rev Norman Carr Sargant (1909-82), Bishop in Mysore, Church of South India.
Copies of abstracts of four ships' logs of the voyages of the East Indiamen `Valentine, `Speaker', `Duke of Gloucester', and `Prince of Wales', from England to India and Java Head.
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Copies of abstracts of four ships' logs of the voyages of the East Indiamen `Valentine, `Speaker', `Duke of Gloucester', and `Prince of Wales', from England to India and Java Head.
Copy of introduction and bibliography to `Development and interchange of Navigational Information and Technology between the maritime communities of Iberia, North-Western Europe and Asia, 1500-1620' by R C D Baldwin (M.Litt thesis, University of Durham, 1980).
Copy of diary, dated Oct 1857-Mar 1858 and 1860, of Sapper Thomas Burford, Royal Engineers, describing his voyage to India and campaigns against the mutineers during the Sepoy Rebellion.