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Language English Name Indian Political Service, 1937-1947

1. IOR/L/PS/12/575

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/575
Title:
Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
30 Aug 1941-24 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2022

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022
Title:
Coll 5/61 ‘Far East: Proposed extension to Burma-Yunnan frontier of Imperial Airways to link up with Eurasia Corporation’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a proposal to link Imperial Airways Services and those of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation and/or China National Airways at the Burma-Chinese frontier, in consideration of establishing a more direct link to Hong Kong. The file therefore contains occasional references t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
26 Oct 1934-20 Apr 1939
Extent:
1 file (363 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/618-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/618-637
Title:
File 82: Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Scope & Content:
The twenty files forming the 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files were produced by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire. The 'Anglo-Persian Oil Company' subject files mainly contain correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Anglo-Persian Oil Comp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1921-1939
Extent:
20 files (4277 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1431-1491

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1431-1491
Title:
File 15: Rules and Regulations
Scope & Content:
The 61 surviving files about rules and regulations contain predominantly printed or typewritten copies of internal Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices. The circulars were sent to all Government of India departments, offices and stations in India, the Persian Gulf and else...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1904-1950
Extent:
61 files (12,087 folios)

5. Mss Eur A212

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A212
Title:
Herbert Christopher Beaumont papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary extracts of Herbert Christopher Beaumont (b 1912), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1936-44, Indian Political Service 1944-47, describing his daily life, including postings as Commandant, Border Military Police, Dera Ghazi Khan 1939-40, and Political Liaison Officer, Agartala, Tripura State 1944.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1944
Extent:
1 portfolio

6. Mss Eur C273

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C273
Title:
Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe papers.
Scope & Content:
Five autobiographical narratives of Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe (1892-1981), Indian Civil Service 1920, Indian Political Service 1923-47, Governor of North-West Frontier Province 1946- 47; covering his childhood, his service with the British Army in India in the first World War, and his career in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1947
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur C462

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C462
Title:
Decima Curtis papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Last Twelve Years of the British Raj recollected by the wife of a British District Officer': memoir, dated c1988, by Decima Curtis, wife of Gerald Colville Seymour Curtis (b 1904), Indian Civil Service 1929-32, Indian Political Service 1932-47, describing her life in Baluchistan, North-West ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-1947
Extent:
99 folios

8. Mss Eur C543

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C543
Title:
Diaries and photograph album of Major Thomas Edward Brownsdon (1910-85), Indian Army 1932, Indian Political Service 1936-47, detailing his life and career in India; also letters, dated 1981 and 1985, on Hyderabad Residency
Scope & Content:
Diaries and photograph album of Major Thomas Edward Brownsdon (1910-85), Indian Army 1932, Indian Political Service 1936-47, detailing his life and career in India; also letters, dated 1985, on Hyderabad Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1947
Extent:
5 items

9. Mss Eur C847

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C847
Title:
'The Indian Civil Service: survivors remember the Raj': articles by former members of the Indian Civil Service or their wives, recalling their life in India, published in the 'Indo British Review', vols xxii, 2 and xxiii, 1.
Scope & Content:
'The Indian Civil Service: survivors remember the Raj': articles by former members of the Indian Civil Service or their wives, recalling their life in India, published in the 'Indo British Review', vols xxii, 2 and xxiii, 1.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1998
Extent:
2 volumes

10. Mss Eur D670

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D670
Title:
Papers of Sir George Cunningham, Indian Civil Service 1911-46; Governor of North-West Frontier Province 1937-46, 1947-48
Scope & Content:
Cunningham Collection: letters, papers and reports of Sir George Cunningham (1888-1964), Indian Civil Service, Punjab and North-West Frontier Province 1911-46, Governor of NWFP 1937-46 and 1947-48.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1966
Extent:
47 items