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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Level [32] Fonds

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR Neg 1873-81

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 1873-81
Title:
Papers of General Chesney, Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor
Scope & Content:
Papers of General Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor, chiefly relating to his survey (1830) of the Isthmus of Suez showing that a canal was practicable, and his exploration of the Euphrates valley (1831, 1835-37) with a view to the development of an overlan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1885
Extent:
9 reels

3. IOR Neg 3105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 3105
Title:
Catherine Henrietta Browne papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir, dated 1914, by Catherine Henrietta Browne, Marchioness of Sligo (1836-1914), wife of Lord Henry Ulick Browne, later 5th Marquess of Sligo (1831-1913), Bengal Civil Service 1851-86, including recollections of her life in India 1853-85.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1886
Extent:
1 reel

4. IOR Neg 4194-4210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4194-4210
Title:
Diaries of Waldemar Haffkine, bacteriologist
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Waldemar Mordecai Wolff Haffkine (1860-1930), bacteriologist and founder of Government Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay (now Haffkine Institute) 1896, engaged in research in India 1893-1915 developing vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1930
Extent:
17 reels

5. IOR Neg 4211-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4211-32
Title:
Cleveland Public Library papers.
Scope & Content:
A large miscellaneous collection of official and private correspondence and papers, historical and geographical accounts, and documents of all kinds relating to India, acquired by the Cleveland Public Library. [See Photo Eur 026 for handlist].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1741-1858
Extent:
22 reels

6. IOR Neg 4325-70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4325-70
Title:
Papers of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin as Viceroy of India 1884-88
Scope & Content:
Papers of Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902) as Viceroy of India 1884-88. [See also Mss Eur F 130].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884-1888
Extent:
46 reels

7. IOR Neg 4371-74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4371-74
Title:
Ames Library manuscripts relating to India
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts relating to India in the Ames Library of South Asia, Minnesota, mainly dated 1757-1818, also 1831-57 and 1886- 88, including papers of Robert Clive, Warren Hastings, Sir Eyre Coote, Henry Dundas, Sir John Shore, Sir William Cornwallis, Lord Wellesley, Sir Herbert Edwardes, and Lord C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1818
Extent:
4 reels

8. IOR Neg 4375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4375
Title:
Robert Hobart papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart, later 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816) as Governor of Madras 1794-98.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-1798
Extent:
1 reel

9. IOR Neg 4376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4376
Title:
Robert Clive papers.
Scope & Content:
A schedule of Clive mss and papers deposited at the National Library of Wales. See Photo Eur 23 for paper copy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954
Extent:
1 reel

10. IOR Neg 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4377
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70. [For original see Mss Eur G 91]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 reel