Letters received by Bertram from various correspondents
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters relate to Bertram's position as Superintendent of the Viceregal Estates, and include letters from Lord and Lady Willingdon, and a note signed by Queen Mary (f.31) requesting advice on coloured ivory items. Two letters date to the 1940s when Bertram had returned to England (ff...
Booklets "Victoria Memorial, Calcutta", with various prints pasted inside
Scope & Content:
The booklets have the following prints: Series "A": Princes' Hall, Queen's Hall, Durbar Hall, statue of Clive, portrait of Mrs Hastings by Zoffany, and portrait of Warren Hastings by Lemuel Abbott. Series "B": Portrait of Holwell by Reynolds, portrait of Rudyard Kipling by Burne Jones, 'The Hoo...
Calcutta & Environs, a brief historical, pictorial & informative survey of places of interest to the visitor (Calcutta: G L Colvin, Agent , East Indian Railway, 1926)
Diary produced by the Associated Cement Companies Limited, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The diary was not used, but it contains the following photographs advertising the various different uses of concrete: Apartment block in the art deco style (in colour). Jalli work in a bungalow in Lucknow. H.E.H. The Nizam's Palace at New Delhi. Extensions to the offices of the Bombay Electric ...
Contains the following papers: Invitations to the unveiling of the Domion Columns at the Imperial Secretariat, New Delhi, 10th February 1931. Programme for the People's Fete, Delhi Fort, 11th February 1931. Directions regarding traffic and routes to ceremonies and functions during Inauguration ...
Photocopies of two letters to Lady Willingdon from Queen Mary regarding furniture for the Viceroy's House, and enclosing a letter from the Surveyor of the King's Works of Art with a list of the furniture acquired for the State Rooms at Government House, Delhi