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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Name Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 Digitised Content No

1. Mss Eur D715

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D715
Title:
India Office papers.
Scope & Content:
India Office Private Office file of correspondence with the office of the Private Secretary to the Viceroy relating to the disposal of records in the P.S.V.'s Office, the practice of printing Viceregal correspondence, and the disposal of records of the Political and other Departments of the Gover...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1949
Extent:
40 folios

2. Mss Eur D958

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D958
Title:
Owen Wynne Cole papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers chiefly concerning the career of Owen Wynne Cole (b 1862), British Army 1884-87, Government of India employee 1887-1905, Madras businessman and Indian Army Reserve Officer 1918-25.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1922
Extent:
2 boxes

3. Mss Eur F111-112 Series 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 32
Title:
Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India 1898-1905: Persia
Scope & Content:
The series consists of files and volumes of papers mostly relating to British interests and policy in Persia [Iran], and the Persian Gulf, collected by George Nathaniel Curzon. Subjects covered by the papers include the Seistan [Sistan] region, British trade with Persia and trade routes in Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, German, and Persian
Date Range:
1891-1911
Extent:

13 files and volumes (2,300 folios), and a two piece pouch envelope

4. Mss Eur F111-112 Series 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 123
Title:
Lord Curzon (1859-1925): writings: Persia and the Persian Question
Scope & Content:
This series of files and volumes relates to Persia and the Persian Question, the two-volume book on Persia [Iran] written by Lord Curzon, which was published in 1892. The first file in the series, Mss Eur F112/611, contains letters, notes and printed material on Persia compiled by Curzon as part ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1880-1923
Extent:
7 files and 4 volumes (4981 folios)

5. Mss Eur F111/159

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/159
Title:
‘1900. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SECRETARY OF STATE, LORD SALISBURY, & SIR A. GODLEY.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of printed copies of letters to and from Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, dated 4 January to 27 December 1900. The correspondence is mainly between Curzon and Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India. It also includes correspondence between Curzon and Sir Arthur Godle...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901?
Extent:

1 volume (379 folios)

6. Mss Eur F126/29-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/29-35
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's journey from Persia to Afghanistan, 1860
Scope & Content:
The series contains letters, reports, despatches, memorandum and journals relating to Lewis Pelly's special duty to travel overland from Tehran to Kurrachee [Karachi] visiting Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and Candahar [Kandahar] and in the course of the journey to gather intelligence and information ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1860-1864
Extent:

7 files (786 folios)

7. Mss Eur F126/78-95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/78-95
Title:
Sir Lewis Pelly's Baroda Papers
Scope & Content:
Papers, reports, correspondence, memorandums, notes and proclamations relating to events in Baroda 1873 to 1875 and Sir Lewis Pelly's appointment there as Special Commissioner. The events in question revolved around allegations of the maladministration of the Baroda State by Malhar Rao, Gaekwar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1880
Extent:

18 files (851 folios)

8. Mss Eur F138

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F138
Title:
Papers of Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite, British Civil Servant 1919-59, Private Secretary to the Viceroy 1936-43
Scope & Content:
Laithwaite Collection: correspondence, papers and photographs of Sir (John) Gilbert Laithwaite (1894-1986), India and Burma Office official 1919-47; Private Secretary to Viceroy 1936-43; Commonwealth Relations Office 1947-59, Permanent Under- Secretary 1955-59; Deputy Chairman 1960-64 and Directo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1974
Extent:
212 items

9. Mss Eur F166

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F166
Title:
Dunlop Smith Collection
Scope & Content:
Dunlop-Smith Collection: correspondence, journals and papers, dated 1878-1923, of Lt-Col Sir James Robert Dunlop-Smith (1858-1921), Indian Army 1879, Private Secretary to Lieutenant- Governor of Punjab 1883-87, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1905-10, Political ADC to Secretary of State for India 19...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855-1921
Extent:
78 items