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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Place Cooch Behar State, India Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR Neg 11713-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11713-15
Title:
Papers of Sir Henry Twynam, Indian Civil Service, 1910-46; Governor of Central Provinces and Berar 1940-46
Scope & Content:
Papers and diaries of Sir Henry Joseph Twynam (1887-1966), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1910-46, chiefly relating to his period of office as Governor of Central Provinces and Berar 1940-46.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1946
Extent:
2 reels

2. Mss Eur C79-80; D307

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C79-80; D307
Title:
Typescript copies of letters of Lt-Col Thomas Herbert Lewin (1839-1916), Superintendent of the Lushai Hills 1865-74, author of `A Fly on the Wheel, or how I helped to govern India' (London 1885); mainly on family matters, Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Lushai expedition 1871-72, and Cooch Behar; also manuscript English-Tibetan Dictionary by Lewin.
Scope & Content:
Typescript copies of letters of Lt-Col Thomas Herbert Lewin (1839-1916), Superintendent of the Lushai Hills 1865-74, author of `A Fly on the Wheel, or how I helped to govern India' (London 1885); mainly on family matters, Chittagong Hill Tracts, the Lushai expedition 1871-72, and Cooch Behar; als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867-1875
Extent:
3 volumes

3. Mss Eur D860

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D860
Title:
Papers of Sir William Herschel, Bengal Civil Service 1853-78, and his of wife
Scope & Content:
Herschel Collection: papers of Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bart (1833-1917), Bengal Civil Service 1853-78, and of his wife, Emma (d 1873); including official and private papers, legal case papers, correspondence, diaries, household accounts, and photographs of the proclamation of Queen Victor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1915
Extent:
82 items

4. Mss Eur E226

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E226
Title:
Papers of George Bogle, East India Company servant, chiefly concerned with his visit to the Tashi Lama of Tibet, 1774-75
Scope & Content:
Bogle Collection: papers of George Bogle (1746-81), East India Company servant 1769-81, mainly concerned with his visit to the Tashi Lama of Tibet 1774-75.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774-1780
Extent:
118 items

5. Mss Eur E325

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E325
Title:
Printed papers, tour diaries and reports relating to Manipur State and the Naga Hills collected by Christopher Gimson (1886-1975), Indian Civil service, Assam, 1911-47, Political Agent, Manipur from 1933, including report on Court of Enquiry and proceedings of the Manipur Commission for the trial of the members of the Manipur Ruling Family in 1891.
Scope & Content:
Printed papers, tour diaries and reports relating to Manipur State and the Naga Hills collected by Christopher Gimson (1886-1975), Indian Civil Service, Assam 1911-47, Political Agent, Manipur from 1933, including report on Court of Enquiry and proceedings of the Manipur Commission for the trial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850-1945
Extent:
19 items

6. Mss Eur F312

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F312
Title:
John Colpoys Haughton papers.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Lt-Gen John Colpoys Haughton (1817-87), Bengal Army 1837-87, Commissioner of Cooch Behar 1864-73; relating mainly to the 1st Afghan War and the death of Capt Christopher Codrington, Bengal Army at the battle of Charikar (1841); the Andaman Islands; the Bhutan Expediti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837-1881
Extent:
7 volumes

7. Mss Eur G38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G38
Title:
Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70
Scope & Content:
Bowring Collection: albums, originally three large volumes, containing genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India both British and Indian, compiled mainly after his retirement by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
31 volumes

8. Mss Eur Photo Eur 053

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Photo Eur 053
Title:
Sir Henry Joseph Twynam papers.
Scope & Content:
`Golden years and times of stress': memoirs of Sir Henry Joseph Twynam (1887-1966), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1910-46, Governor of Central Provinces and Berar 1940-46; also copy of his published speeches on the war effort in the Central Provinces, dated 1940-42.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1946
Extent:
1 portfoli