Copy of letters, dated Dec 1941-Apr 1942, of Hugh Graham Wilkie (b 1893), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1919-47, Chief Secretary to Government of Burma 1940-46, and his wife Margaret Wilhelmina Owen Wilkie (b 1900), on the Japanese invasion of Burma and their evacuation to India; also copy of claim...
`The Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, (1871-1906): A case study of state involvement in professional civil engineering education' by Brendon P Cuddy (Ph.D thesis, University of London, 1980).
Extracts from 'The Bolton Letters: The letters of an English merchant in Madeira', vol ii, by Graham Blandy (3rd edn 1980), relating to trade with North America, and the East and West Indies.
Miscellaneous letters received by Lady Premilla Thackersey from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Subhas Chandra Bose (some in Gujerati).
Papers of (John) Richard Charters Symonds (b 1918), relating to his work as Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of Bengal 1944-45, including correspondence with Gandhi; also papers while serving with Friends Service Unit, Punjab and Kashmir 1947-48, relating to refugees and com...
`Mapping and empire: British trigonometrical surveys in India and the European concept of systematic survey 1799-1843' by Matthew H Edney (Ph.D thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1990).
Letter, dated 20 Aug 1805, from an unnamed army officer to his brother Andrew Fenoulhet complaining of life in India, discussing means of remitting funds to India in dollars and of sending goods, and listing items he wanted sent to him.
Notes by Professor Sir (Edward) Austin Gossage Robinson (b1897) and his wife Professor Joan Violet Robinson (1903-83) written while he was serving as Tutor to the Maharaja of Gwalior 1926-28, on their daily routine, dinner at the palace, and drinks at the club.
Copy of letter, dated 26 Nov 1815, from Rev Joseph Hallet Batten, Principal of Haileybury College 1815-37, to Robert Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816), President of the Board of Control 1812-16, regarding an attack on two servants by a group of students.
Copies and typescripts of two letters of Annie Waller, wife of Capt (later Col) Robert Waller (1808-77), Bengal Artllery 1826-58, to her husband's relatives in Ireland, describing her situation at Jellalabad (1841) and her anxieties about her husband and children, and criticizing Government polic...