Papers relating to Gerald Sidney Wilson and his wife Ellinor Wilson (nee Thomson)
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Includes birth, marriage and death certificates for Gerald Sidney Wilson; birth certificate for his wife Ellinor Thomson; an obituary from The Times for Wilson; table plan for dinner at Government House, 17th April 1931; group wedding photograph; wedding reception menu and band programme, with co...
Papers relating to the career of Gerald Sidney Wilson in the Indian Police
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Civil Service Commission examination results. History of service. Annual confidential reports, 1906-1930. Letter from Sir Francis Griffith, Inspector General of Police, dated 5th April 1927, expressing appreciation for G S Wilson's work in the CID (with transcription). Certificate of appointment ...
Newspaper cuttings relating to protests and demonstrations in Bombay, including the Congress flag salutation ceremony and women's Congress procession, the release of Vallabhbhai Patel from jail, Khilafat procession in Bombay, and Jawahar Day celebrations. Also includes copies of Bombay Congress ...
Includes an essay entitled "Challenge to the Immoral, Degraded Officers of the British Government", and a flyer with the words "Voice of the People is the Voice of the God". Also includes the Bombay Congress Bulletin of 27th July 1932 reporting on Wilson's speech at Bardoli, with 6 photographs o...
Two types of stamps printed by the Congress Party: Gandhi portrait with the slogan 'Boycott Foreign Goods' in English at the bottom and 'Videshi Mal Bahishkar Karo' [Boycott Foreign Goods] in Hindi at the top (93 stamps). Gandhi portrait with the slogans 'Non-violence' and 'Boycott British Goods...