27 Christmas cards, including cards from the Maharana of Lunawada State, the Maharajah of Bikaner, the Maharajah of Jodhpur, the Maharaja of Benares, the Nawab of Bahawalpur, Scindia of Gwalior, the Maharana of Udaipur, the Rajah of Khairagarh, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, the Maharajadhiraj of Pa...
Christmas cards: Government houses in India and Burma
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11 Christmas cards, including photographs of Viceregal Lodge, Simla; Barnes Court, Simla; Government House, Lahore; and Government House, Madras (Guindy Park from the air)
Letters to William Ernest Maxwell from family, friends and other acquaintances
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Letters from various family members including his mother, mother-in-law Rosa Savage, Brian Maxwell, Horace Maxwell, Kathleen Ellis and Grace Casement, as well as other friends and acquaintances including Sir Philip Chetwode, Lady Barton and Doreen Linlithgow. Folios 15-19 from 'John' describes...
Letters from William Ernest Maxwell to (his fiancee) Rose Mary Savage
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The letters are mostly filled with news of his work as PA to the British Resident at Mysore, stories of his social life and family news. They are illustrated with marginal drawings and caricatures.
Letters from William Ernest Maxwell to (his fiancee) Rose Mary Savage
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The letters are mostly filled with news of his work as PA to the British Resident at Mysore, and preparing for the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mysore, stories of his social life and family news. On folios 47-48 he mentions the arrest of Muhammad Ali, folio 67 has news of the Prince of Wale...