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Place Gilgit, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

1. Mss Eur C178

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Mss Eur C178
Title:
Garry John Alder papers.
Scope & Content:
`British Policy on the Roof of the World 1865-95, with special reference to the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1895', by Garry John Alder (Ph.D. thesis, University of Bristol, 1959), later published as `British India's Northern Frontier, 1865-95' (London 1963).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1895
Extent:
1 volume

2. Mss Eur D531

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Mss Eur D531
Title:
Diaries of Henry Lawrence Haughton, Indian Army
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Lt (later Maj-Gen) Henry Lawrence Haughton (1883-1955), Indian Army 1904-43, including an account of his service in India, notably in Gilgit and Baltistan, and during the famine of 1908; with photographs and pencil sketches.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1912
Extent:
5 volumes

3. Mss Eur D727

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Mss Eur D727
Title:
Papers of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Indian Civil Service, Foreign Secretary to Government of India 1885-94
Scope & Content:
Durand Collection: papers of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850-1924), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1870-94, Foreign Secretary to Government of India 1885-94, negotiated frontier agreement with Afghanistan (`Durand Line') 1893, Minister Plenipotentiary at Teheran 1894-1900.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1908
Extent:
19 items

4. Mss Eur D735

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Mss Eur D735
Title:
Sir Henry Brackenbury papers.
Scope & Content:
Printed and manuscript papers assembled by General Sir Henry Brackenbury (1837-1914), British Army 1856, Military Member of Governor-General's Council 1891-96, relating to military organization and strategy in India including notes on Chitral, Gilgit, the threat of Russian invasion, the Intellige...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891-1897
Extent:
390 folios

5. Mss Eur D995

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Mss Eur D995
Title:
Letters home to his mother, sisters and brothers from Maj-Gen James Archibald Douglas (1862-1932), Indian Army 1885-1920; also two memorabilia of the Delhi Durbar, 1911, of his brother Col Walter Binny Douglas (1868-1939), Indian Army 1892-1921; including a book entitled A Sketch of the Services of the Bengal Native Army to the Year 1895 by Lt F. G. Cardew. [Photograph albums of the Douglas family have been transferred to Prints, Drawings & Photographs].
Scope & Content:
Letters home to his mother, sisters and brother from Maj-Gen James Archibald Douglas (1862-1932), Indian Army 1885-1920; also two memorabilia of the Delhi Durbar 1911, of his brother Col Walter Binny Douglas (1868-1939), Indian Army 1892-192; also, book entitled "A Sketch Of the Services Of The B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1897-1942
Extent:
5 items

6. Mss Eur D1168

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1168
Title:
Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, Political Agent, Gilgit 1920-24, including notes on Shina grammar and vocabulary and correspondence on the lifestyle of the Hunzas.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1957
Extent:
9 files

7. Mss Eur E410

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Mss Eur E410
Title:
GODFREY COLLECTION. Papers of Lt-Col Stuart Hill Godfrey, Indian Political Service 1892-1915; his wife Guendolen; and father-in-law Sir Adelbert Talbot, Indian Political Service 1873-1900
Scope & Content:
Godfrey Collection: papers of Lt-Col Stuart Hill Godfrey (1861-1941), Indian Political Service 1892-1915, his wife Guendolen, and his father-in-law Lt-Col Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot (1845-1920), Indian Political Service 1873-1900, Resident in Kashmir 1896-1900; including correspondence, papers, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1936
Extent:
147 items

8. Mss Eur F157

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Mss Eur F157
Title:
Papers of Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey, Indian Army 1900, Indian Political Service 1905-38, and of other members of his family
Scope & Content:
Bailey Collection: correspondence, papers, diaries, photographs and maps of Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), Indian Army 1900, Indian Political Service 1905-38, and of his wife Irma (nee Cozens-Hardy); of his parents Lt-Col Frederick Bailey, Royal Engineers 1859, Indian Forest Dept 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1976
Extent:
597 items; plus unsorted photographs

9. Mss Eur F177

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Mss Eur F177
Title:
Papers of Emily Overend Lorimer, author, editor of 'Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lorimer, Indian Political Service 1903-27
Scope & Content:
Lorimer Collection: papers of Emily Overend Lorimer (1881-1949), author, tutor in Germanic Philology at Somerville College Oxford 1907-10, editor `Basrah Times' 1916-17, wife of Lt-Col David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer (1876-1962), Indian Army 1896, Indian Political Service 1903-27, comprising let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1949
Extent:
106 items

10. Mss Eur F197

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Mss Eur F197
Title:
Papers of Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942) and other members of his family
Scope & Content:
Younghusband Collection: papers of Lt-Col Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942), British Army 1882, Indian Foreign Dept 1889-1909, British Commissioner to Tibet 1903-04, religious thinker; his wife Helen Augusta (nee Magniac) (1861-1945); his daughter Dame Eileen Louise Younghusband (1902-8...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1981
Extent:
694 items