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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

11. IOR/L/PS/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/11
Title:
Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Annual Files
Scope & Content:
In 1911 the separate series of Home Correspondence [L/PS/3], Letters from India [L/PS/7], and Letters from Aden [L/PS/9] came to an end and were replaced in 1912 by a series of Annual Files [L/PS/11] embracing all types of Political and Secret Correspondence. These annual files conform to the nor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1930
Extent:
309 volumes

12. IOR/L/PS/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12
Title:
Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
Scope & Content:
The series is divided into (a) Annual Files, and (b) Collections. The Annual Files (1931-1949) consist of documents on a single topic, usually disposed of fairly quickly and generally dealing with matters of peripheral or ephemeral interest - the Collections (59 in all) contain material that was ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1950
Extent:
4838 files or volumes

13. IOR/L/PS/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/13
Title:
Departmental Papers: Political Internal/Indian States Files and Collections
Scope & Content:
The series is divided into a) Annual Files b) Collections and c) some unregistered files relating to Kashmir.The Annual Files (1931-1941) consist of documents on a single topic, usually disposed of fairly quickly and generally dealing with matters of peripheral or ephemeral interest - the Collect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1931-1951
Extent:
Approx.1950 files/volumes

14. IOR/L/PS/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/14
Title:
Correspondence with Asian Rulers and Indian Princes
Scope & Content:
These volumes consist almost entirely of copies of correspondence between on the one hand the British Monarch, the Secretary of State for India and the Viceroy of India and on the other Asian rulers - principally the Shah of Persia and the Amir of Afghanistan - and various Indian princes. The let...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1920
Extent:
7 volumes

15. IOR/L/PS/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/15
Title:
Honours Records
Scope & Content:
Honours and Protocol Records of the Political and Secret Department, India Office, the Political Aide-de-Camp etc.- the Honours relate mainly to awards given for service in British India - they cover both Asians and Europeans and include Imperial Honours as well as the specifically Indian ones. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1947
Extent:
c 265 volumes/files

16. IOR/L/PS/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/16
Title:
Consular Papers
Scope & Content:
These papers deal with the creation of foreign consular posts in British India and Burma, their jurisdiction, the appointment of consular officials (both substantive and acting) and general consular matters - all appointments of foreign consular officials in India required the formal approval of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1930
Extent:
37 volumes

17. IOR/L/PS/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/17
Title:
Parliamentary Questions and Addresses
Scope & Content:
Contains two bundles of unregistered papers 1881-1892 and four volumes of registered papers 1893-1911
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1911
Extent:
2 bundles, 4 volumes

18. IOR/L/PS/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18
Title:
Political and Secret Department Memoranda
Scope & Content:
These memoranda, mostly prepared by India Office, Foreign Office and Government of India officials, cover the whole field of the Political Department's interests ranging from East Africa to China, and including the Indian Princely States. They are divided into four sections according to area/subj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1947
Extent:
1329 items

19. IOR/L/PS/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/19
Title:
Political and Secret Department Miscellaneous Records
Scope & Content:
The series comprises sixty-five volumes of miscellaneous political reports, memoranda, etc, both manuscript and printed, dating mainly from the late 18th and early 19th century, most of which are duplicated elsewhere in the India Office Records or the India Office Library; and a further large qua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1750-1947
Extent:
65 boxes, over 100 volumes or files

20. IOR/L/PS/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library
Scope & Content:
A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, official publications and commercially published works, analogous to the Military Library (see under L/MIL/17), it largely consists of military reports, gazetteers, summaries of correspondence, handbooks etc. dealing with the Indian State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1952
Extent:
Approximately 150 boxes

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