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`India, my appointed place': copy of unpublished biography of Mary Carpenter (1807-77), educationalist, founder of the National Indian Association, by Rt Rev Norman Carr Sargant (1909-82), Bishop in Mysore,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.
Copy of photograph of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94), Assistant Resident, and later Resident, in Nepal 1820-44; photographs of watercolours, dated 1847, of his house `Brianstone' at Darjeeling where he lived c1845-58; photocopy of map of Darjeeling, dated 1862.
Copies of letters from Francis Archibald Savage (1775-1831), Madras Civil Service 1790-1831, to his father, describing his voyage to India and his life there.