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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F697/12
Title:: Constance Maud Raban
Scope & Content:: 3 diaries kept by Constance Maud Raban (1 Sep 1876-1 Sep 1952), youngest daughter of Sir Edward Raban. The dates of the diaries overlap and cover 1890-1926; 1896-1901; and 1918.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1890-1926
Extent:: 3 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/1/1
Title:: Governor General's Papers
Scope & Content:: The bulk of the papers of the Governor General of India Charles Canning consist of private and demi-official correspondence written to Canning, and copies of his correspondence in reply. The correspondence was administered by the Offices of the Governor General's Secretaries. It is divided into ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1856-1863
Extent:: 95 volumes & 3 boxes (22 folders)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/1/2
Title:: Private Secretary's Office Papers
Scope & Content:: The Private Secretary to the Governor General of India was a salaried member of the Governor General's Personal Staff, and was appointed to manage the Office of the Private Secretary. The Private Secretary managed access to the Governor General, drafted letters and despatches on his behalf, and ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1815-1862
Extent:: 24 volumes, 121 boxes (456 folders) & 5 oversize portfolios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/1/3
Title:: Military Secretary's Office Papers
Scope & Content:: The Military Secretary to the Governor General of India was a member of the Governor General’s Personal Staff, paid a salary in addition to his Military pay, and was appointed to manage the office of the Military Secretary. The Military Secretary’s role was similar to that of the Private Secreta...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1855-1862
Extent:: 29 volumes, 54 boxes (218 folders) & 1 oversize portfolio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/1/4
Title:: Personal Papers of Charles Canning
Scope & Content:: Personal papers belonging to Charles Canning, originally contained in a series of chests, despatch boxes and lettered pigeon holes. Contains both material returned from India in 1862, and material that remained in England, being amalgamated with the India papers at a later date. Papers relate ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1823-1864
Extent:: 7 volumes, 29 boxes (168 folders), 3 oversize portfolios & 1 despatch box

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/1
Title:: Family Correspondence & Papers
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and other papers relating to the family of Charlotte, Lady Canning. Includes letters between various family members, including: Charlotte Canning's parents, Lord Charles Stuart de Rothesay and Lady Elizabeth Stuart de Rothesay; her sister Louisa Stuart, later Lady Waterford; her m...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1778-1893
Extent:: 27 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/2
Title:: Journals
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning's personal journals, which have been arranged into three separate sub-series: Mss Eur F699/2/2/1/: British & European Journals, 1840-1852 Mss Eur F699/2/2/2: India Journals, 1855-1861: Almost all of the original journals were damaged by fire in Dec 1859 and are in a fragi...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1840-1861
Extent:: 12 volumes & 1 folder

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/3
Title:: Papers relating to Nursing & the Crimean War
Scope & Content:: Charlotte Canning was Chair of the Committee for the Establishment for Gentlewomen During Illness (also known as the Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen During Illness), which appointed Florence Nightingale as Superintendent to their premises at Harley Street in 1853. Charlotte Canning ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1848-1858
Extent:: 12 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/4
Title:: Correspondence with Queen Victoria
Scope & Content:: Mss Eur F699/2/4/1-2: Letters from Queen Victoria to Charlotte Canning, with a few letters from other members of the Royal Family, including thank you letters from the Royal children, and envelopes. Mss Eur F699/2/4/3-5: Copies of letters sent to Queen Victoria by Charlotte Canning while in Ind...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1842-1861
Extent:: 5 folders

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F699/2/5
Title:: India Correspondence & Papers
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and other papers relating to Charlotte Canning's time in India. Consists of material arranged into the following broad areas: Mss Eur F699/2/5/1-8: Correspondence with named individuals: These files contain correspondence with individuals which appears to have been previously ext...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1856-1861
Extent:: 33 folders

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