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1. IOR/X/533/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/533/1-2
Title:
'Map of the Course of the Brahmaputra River With the Province of Assam & the various Districts watered by it from its sources near the borders of China to Goalpara in Bengal. Including also the heads of the Irawadi River. Compiled in the Surveyor Gen[era]l's Office by Lieut[enan]t. R. Wilcox B[engal].N[ative].I[nfantry]. from his own Surveys and from those of Capt[ai]ns. Bedford & Jones, and L[ieutenan]t. Bedingfield. 1828''.
Scope & Content:
Depicts the 380-mile length of the Brahmaputra River between Goalpara and Sudiya in north-eastern India. Portrays hydrology including sands, relief by hachures, vegetation and cultivation, roads and paths, settlements, place names and boundaries of Assam, and includes topographical notes. Signed...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828
Extent:

2 map sheets

2. IOR Neg 11711-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11711-12
Title:
Papers of John Henry Hutton, Indian Civil Service, Assam 1909-36, anthropologist
Scope & Content:
Papers of John Henry Hutton (1885-1968), Indian Civil Service, Assam 1909-36, Census Commissioner, Government of India 1929-35; William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge 1937-50; comprising tour diaries, correspondence and anthropological papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1938
Extent:
2 reels

3. IOR Neg 12037-38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 12037-38
Title:
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton (1845-1915), Bengal Civil Service 1867-1902, Chief Commissioner of Assam 1896-1902, Liberal MP 1906-10; and of his son Sir (Harry) Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939), Calcutta barrister, President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1942
Extent:
2 reels

4. IOR Neg 15538-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 15538-67
Title:
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
30 reels

5. Mss Eur A152

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A152
Title:
C B Clarke papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of C B Clarke, Bengal Education Service 1866-87, acting Inspector of Schools, Assam 1885-87, chiefly recording his inspection visits to schools in Assam, with references to local topography and flora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1886
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur A189

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A189
Title:
Henry Rutherfurd papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary and notebook of Lt (later Lt-Col) Henry Rutherfurd (1802-74), Bengal Artillery 1819-46, Assistant to the Political Agent, Upper Assam 1830-33, including entries describing part of his service in the 1st Burmese War; with notes of his survey of the frontier between Assam and Bhutan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1833
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur A202

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A202
Title:
R Gardiner papers.
Scope & Content:
`Diary of a journey from Sumprabum to Margherita by the Chaukkan Pass, May-July 1942': typescript copy of diary by R Gardiner, forest officer of Lever Bros (Burma), describing a march made by a party of non-officials from Burma to Assam to escape the Japanese invasion of Burma.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
90 folios

8. Mss Eur Buchanan

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Buchanan
Title:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, comprising: Journals of his Deputation from Bengal to Ava [Burma], 1795-1798 Observations on Nepal, 1802 Natural history observations and drawings made at the Barrackpore Menagerie Notes, descriptions and natural history illustrations in preparation for Fishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1823
Extent:
56 volumes

9. Mss Eur C292

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C292
Title:
Richard Harte Keatinge papers.
Scope & Content:
Family letters of General Richard Harte Keatinge (1825-1904), Bombay Army 1842-78; in civil employ 1847-78; served through Indian Mutiny, winning V.C. at siege of Chanderi; Chief Commissioner of Assam 1874-78; chiefly to his sister Harriet (`Hal') Coutts Trotter; also some biographical material.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1900
Extent:
1 box

10. Mss Eur C300

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C300
Title:
Hugo Salvin Bowlby papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir, dated 1962, by Hugo Salvin Bowlby of his life in Burma as an employee of the Burmah Oil Company 1919-40; also `The Story of the Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited, 1881-1951' (London 1951), and `The Digboi Story' (Assam 1952), a brief illustrated history of the Digboi oilfield in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1951
Extent:
3 volumes