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1. Mss Eur C152

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Mss Eur C152
Title:
Halifax Collection: correspondence and papers of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881-1959) as Viceroy of India 1926-31.
Scope & Content:
The Collection has been transferred to the Borthwick Institute, University of York, July 2011. Some files can be viewed on microfilm at the British Library.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1931
Extent:
38 volumes

2. Mss Eur C224

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Mss Eur C224
Title:
Sir George Rivers Lowndes papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters addressed to Sir George Rivers Lowndes (1862-1943), Legal Member of the Governor-General's Council 1915-20, from various correspondents, including the Viceroy, Commander- in-Chief, and other Members of Council, mainly discussing minor administrative matters, but also some policy questions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1938
Extent:
162 folios

3. Mss Eur C540

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C540
Title:
John Allsebrook Simon papers.
Scope & Content:
Address, dated 18 Feb 1929, presented to Sir John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954), Chairman, Indian Statutory Commission 1927-30, by the All-India Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha on behalf of the Depressed Classes of Southern India, outlining their views and anxieties concerning Dominian status.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 piece of silk

4. Mss Eur C820

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C820
Title:
Indian National Congress papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Bombay Congress Bulletin': sixteen issues, dated 24 May-16 Jul 1930 of a news bulletin issued by the Bombay Congress during the civil disobedience campaign of that year; also one issue of `Revolt' (15 Jul) and one issue of the Bulletin's `Boycott Supplement' (21 Sep).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 folder

5. Mss Eur D601(b)

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Mss Eur D601(b)
Title:
Sir Leslie Orme Wilson papers.
Scope & Content:
Printed signed copy of letter, dated May 1928, from Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (1876-1956), Governor of Bombay 1923-28, to Sir John Simon, Chairman of Indian Statutory Commission 1927-30, giving his personal views on the political situation in the Bombay Presidency and on the future.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
31 pages

6. Mss Eur D651

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D651
Title:
John Allsebrook Simon papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript with manuscript alterations of a speech possibly made by Sir John Simon on the publication of the report of the Simon Commission in 1930.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
4 folios

7. Mss Eur D703

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Mss Eur D703
Title:
Papers of 1st Earl of Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India 1926-28
Scope & Content:
Birkenhead Collection: correspondence and papers of Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930), as Secretary of State for India 1924-28.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1928
Extent:
47 items

8. Mss Eur D712

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D712
Title:
Papers of Sir Stuart Brown, India Office official 1909-42
Scope & Content:
S K Brown Collection (part 1): papers of Sir Stuart Kelson Brown (1885-1952), India Office 1909-42, Joint Secretary, Military Dept 1924-34, attached to Prime Minister for Round Table Conference, Nov 1930-Jan 1931, comprising official papers on military administration and constitional reform. For ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1934
Extent:
29 items

9. Mss Eur D714

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D714
Title:
Permanent Under Secretaries Collection
Scope & Content:
Permanent Under Secretaries Collection: private papers and correspondence of successive Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for India on political, constitutional, military, financial and economic matters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1948
Extent:
91 items

10. Mss Eur D724

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D724
Title:
Papers of Andrew Parke Hume, Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1927-47, and other members of the Hume family
Scope & Content:
`Hume Collection': correspondence, diaries, papers and photographs of Andrew Parke Hume (1904-65), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1927-47, including references to the Delhi Improvement Trust and the Govt of India Secretariat in wartime; of his father Col Arthur Henry Bliss Hume (1868-1960...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1960
Extent:
182 items