Copy of account book of John Theodore Hunt (1869-1941), engineer, Bengal and North Western Railway 1897-1912, detailing his monthly personal income and expenditure; also letter, dated 1909, from his wife Ada Mary Hunt, describing her family's escape from floods near Bagana, Bengal.
Copy of memoir, dated 1978, of Dorothy B Thomas (b c1893), nursing sister, Lady Minto's Indian Nursing Association 1928-44, recounting her nursing experiences in various parts of India and Burma; with copies of certificates (1934 and 1944) of good performance and conduct.
`The British Occupation of the Portuguese Settlements in India, Goa, Diu, Damaun, 1799-1813': copy of unpublished typescript, dated 1969, by Maj Tom Walters Venn (1882-1973), Bombay Steam Navigation Co, Ltd, volunteer and Reserve Officer, Indian Army 1915-33.
Copy of two extracts (chs. 4 and 7) relating to India from typescript memoir by Ann Radloff, giving her impressions of India in 1945-46 as an Army Nursing Sister, and on a return visit in 1976.
Typescript transcript of diary-letter, dated Jul-Oct 1809, from Lt-Col (later General) Tredway Clarke (1764-1858), Madras Artillery 1780-1858, Head Commissary of Ordnance, Madras 1798-1811, discussing family news and the mutiny of Madras Officers in 1809.
`Archibald Guillan's Book': copy of mathematical and navigational notebook, dated 1809 on flyleaf, with specimen log entries for voyages from England to Madeira and the Lizard to Madeira; also copies of two manuscript maps of western Europe, the western Mediterranean and north-west Africa.
`The Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope': copy of biographical account of this family from the 17th century onwards, including notes on William Butterworth Bayley, Sir Edward Clive Bayley and others who served in India. Dated as: no date
`Recollections of a varied life': copy of memoir by Maj Ronald Herbert Cronin (b 1897), including details of his career with the Assam Frontier Tea Company in Assam and Ranchi 1922-1941 and 1946-1958, and of his service with the Assam Valley Light Horse from 1922, and the Assam Regiment during th...
Copy of memoir, written c1983, by Lt-Col Darrell John Robert Moore (b 1908), Indian army 1928-47, 1st Gurkha Rifles, including details of his service in India and Malaya 1928-1947, and of his experiences as a prisoner of war.