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1. IOR Neg 11711-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 11711-12
Title:
Papers of John Henry Hutton, Indian Civil Service, Assam 1909-36, anthropologist
Scope & Content:
Papers of John Henry Hutton (1885-1968), Indian Civil Service, Assam 1909-36, Census Commissioner, Government of India 1929-35; William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, Cambridge 1937-50; comprising tour diaries, correspondence and anthropological papers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1938
Extent:
2 reels

2. IOR Neg 12037-38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 12037-38
Title:
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton (1845-1915), Bengal Civil Service 1867-1902, Chief Commissioner of Assam 1896-1902, Liberal MP 1906-10; and of his son Sir (Harry) Evan Auguste Cotton (1868-1939), Calcutta barrister, President, Bengal Legislative Council 1922-25.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856-1942
Extent:
2 reels

3. IOR Neg 15538-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 15538-67
Title:
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
30 reels

4. Mss Eur A152

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A152
Title:
C B Clarke papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary of C B Clarke, Bengal Education Service 1866-87, acting Inspector of Schools, Assam 1885-87, chiefly recording his inspection visits to schools in Assam, with references to local topography and flora.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1886
Extent:
1 volume

5. Mss Eur A189

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A189
Title:
Henry Rutherfurd papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary and notebook of Lt (later Lt-Col) Henry Rutherfurd (1802-74), Bengal Artillery 1819-46, Assistant to the Political Agent, Upper Assam 1830-33, including entries describing part of his service in the 1st Burmese War; with notes of his survey of the frontier between Assam and Bhutan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821-1833
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur A202

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A202
Title:
R Gardiner papers.
Scope & Content:
`Diary of a journey from Sumprabum to Margherita by the Chaukkan Pass, May-July 1942': typescript copy of diary by R Gardiner, forest officer of Lever Bros (Burma), describing a march made by a party of non-officials from Burma to Assam to escape the Japanese invasion of Burma.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
90 folios

7. Mss Eur Buchanan

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Buchanan
Title:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829)
Scope & Content:
Papers of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, comprising: Journals of his Deputation from Bengal to Ava [Burma], 1795-1798 Observations on Nepal, 1802 Natural history observations and drawings made at the Barrackpore Menagerie Notes, descriptions and natural history illustrations in preparation for Fishe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1823
Extent:
56 volumes

8. Mss Eur C292

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C292
Title:
Richard Harte Keatinge papers.
Scope & Content:
Family letters of General Richard Harte Keatinge (1825-1904), Bombay Army 1842-78; in civil employ 1847-78; served through Indian Mutiny, winning V.C. at siege of Chanderi; Chief Commissioner of Assam 1874-78; chiefly to his sister Harriet (`Hal') Coutts Trotter; also some biographical material.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1900
Extent:
1 box

9. Mss Eur C300

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C300
Title:
Hugo Salvin Bowlby papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir, dated 1962, by Hugo Salvin Bowlby of his life in Burma as an employee of the Burmah Oil Company 1919-40; also `The Story of the Assam Railways and Trading Company Limited, 1881-1951' (London 1951), and `The Digboi Story' (Assam 1952), a brief illustrated history of the Digboi oilfield in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1951
Extent:
3 volumes

10. Mss Eur C394

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C394
Title:
Veronica Cara Downing papers.
Scope & Content:
`We were survivors': the memoirs, 1914-1940s, of Veronica Cara Downing (nee Westmacott) (b 1914), including a record of her family history, her childhood in India and her life in Assam as the wife of a tea planter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1945
Extent:
1 portfolio