Copies of extracts from memoir by Mary Henrietta Bridge (1887-1958), wife of Col George Allman Bridge (1890-1983), Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-50, describing their social life during her husband's three tours of duty at various stations in India during the years 1919-24, 1927-31 and 1938-44.
`The Dasa Avatara of the Satpanthi Ismailis and the Imam Shahis of Indo-Pakistan' by Gulshan Khakee (submitted in partial fulfilment of Ph.D thesis, Harvard University, 1972).
Manuscript copy of translation, dated 1868, possibly by Field-Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), of will attributed to Peter I (the Great) (1672-1625), Emperor of Russia, in which mention is made of his desire for Russia to take possession of India.
`Without Permit': copy of unpublished biography, dated c1920, by Ella B Day (nee Home) of Robert Home (1752-1834), Court Painter to the King of Oudh 1814-25, including description of his life in India from 1791 until his death.
Copies of letters home (1857-62) of Sgt (later Maj) Richard Hardcastle (1832-1923), Royal Horse Artillery 1855-86; his diary (1857-58) of voyage to India and military action during the Sepoy Rebellion; and notes (1859) on army life in India. Originals are in fragile condition.
Copies of letters and papers, dated 1808, 1817-19 and 1845, of Gunner Alfred Wilson (b c1792), Bengal Artillery c1818-20, mainly describing his experience in the Bengal Army 1818-19, including an attempt at desertion.
`The La Bouchardiere Family: an index and Family Tree 1700-1990': copy of genealogy by Basil Richard Emile La Bouchardiere (b 1913), Indian Police, Bombay 1936-47, Pakistan Police 1947-48.
Letter, dated 15 Feb 1791, from Lt (later Maj) William Wardrobe, British Army 1784-1806, to his sister in Edinburgh, describing his treatment as a prisoner of war by Tipu Sultan and parole during the Mysore War.
`Hill Districts of Assam': copy of undated note on the future of tribal peoples of Assam in an independent India, submitted to British Cabinet Mission (1946) by Rev James Joy Mohon Nichols-Roy (b 1884), Christian missionary, Member, Assam Legislative Council and Assembly 1921-46, Minister in Assa...