`Looking Back': copy of memoir, dated 1982, by Allah Bux Syed, Private Secretary to Bahadur Yar Jang, particularly of his life in Hyderabad in the 1930s and 1940s.
Copies of letters, mostly dated 1790-1817, from Margaret Clive (1734-1817), wife of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive (1725-74), to her brothers Edmund (d 1775) and Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), sister-in-law Sophia (1752-1821) and niece Margaret.
Copy of memoir by Bernard Fletcher Kane (b 1908) of his life and career in the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Dept 1930-37, and the Burma Posts and Telegraphs Dept 1937-50, including war service in both countries.
`Indian Administrative Service: A Study in Erosion of the British Pattern of Administration in India' by B K Misra (Ph.D thesis, University of Lucknow, 1982).
Copy of memoir by Walter Stewart Davis (b 1865), Indian Police 1884-88, Indian Political Service 1888-1920, Political Agent, Bhopal 1912-20, describing his upbringing and his career on the North-West Frontier and in the Persian Gulf and Bhopal; continued up to 1934 as a journal of his retirement.
Papers of Gunner Peter Douglas Gann (b 1926), Royal Artillery 1944-47, comprising diaries recording routine of army life in India, and letters to his parents; with typescript editions of the diaries and other explanatory matter (1966 and 1986).
`What about India ? By District Officer': copy of paper, written c1930-31, by Ernest Henry Huish Edye (b 1884), Indian Civil Service, United Province 1908-38, discussing Indian constitutional reform and advocating a large measure of self-government for India.
Copy of narrative, dated Aug 1897-Dec 1898, of the Tirah Campaign by Private E Rollins, 1st Dorset Regiment, British Army, apparently based on his diary of the campaign.
Letter from Joseph Lamb (b c1818), Bengal Army 1839-60, Quarter Master Sergeant, 70th Bengal Native Infantry, to his father, concerning family matters.
Copy of letters received by Jacob Bosanquet, East India Company Director 1782-1827, Chairman 1798-99, 1803-04, 1811-13; from Lord Clive, Governor of Madras 1799-1803, and Lord Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal 1798-1805, on affairs in India; and letter, dated Java 5 Oct 1811, from Lord Minto ...