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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Place Punjab, Asia

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR Neg 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4377
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70. [For original see Mss Eur G 91]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 reel

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 A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A31; B98-101; C90; D441-42; E161-70; F61-65
Title:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, notes, sketch maps and drawings relating to Afghanistan, Punjab, Sind Baluchistan and Persia.
Scope & Content:
Masson Collection: papers of Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36, comprising correspondence, journals and narratives and other topographical, historical and numismatic papers, note...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1853
Extent:
29 volumes

5. Mss Eur B139

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B139
Title:
Frederick Carleton Marsden papers.
Scope & Content:
Four diaries kept by Lt-Col Frederick Carleton Marsden (1803-89), Bengal Army 1825-57; describing his voyage to India and travel and military duties, mainly in the Punjab; also phrase book.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1857
Extent:
5 volumes

6. Mss Eur B191

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B191
Title:
George Eden papers.
Scope & Content:
Ten letters from George Eden, Earl of Auckland (1784-1849), Governor-General of India 1836-42, to Lt-Gen Sir Jasper Nicolls (1778-1849), British Army 1793, C-in-C, India 1839-43, discussing details of military administration, and affairs in Afghanistan and the Punjab; also letter to Nicolls, date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1841
Extent:
1 portfolio

7. Mss Eur B210

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B210
Title:
Archibald Oliver Wood papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters, dated 1855-61, from Capt (later Lt-Col) Archibald Oliver Wood (1819-95), Bengal Army 1840 and his wife Maria Lydia (Minnie) Wood, nee Blane (1835-89), while in the Punjab; also letters, dated 1842-50, written by Minnie Blane while a schoolgirl; and a genealogy of the Wood family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1861
Extent:
2 Volumes

8. Mss Eur B218

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B218
Title:
Charles Masson papers.
Scope & Content:
`Private notes of Mr Masson as drawn up from memory': copies of narratives of seven journeys in Afghanistan and the Punjab made c1827-29 by Charles Masson (1800-53), (pseudonym of James Lewis), Bengal Artillery 1822, deserted 1827, traveller, Agent to the Government of India at Kabul 1834-36.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1827-1829
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur B255

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B255
Title:
John Keane papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Lt-Gen Sir John Keane, 1st Baron Keane of Ghuznee (1781-1844), British Army 1793, C-in-C, Bombay 1834-40, commanded advance of Army of Indus into Afghanistan 1839: (i) dated 1836-39, from General Sir Henry Fane (1778-1840), British Army 1792, C-in-C, India 1835-39 on various m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1841
Extent:
2 volumes

10. Mss Eur B290

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B290
Title:
William Francis Grahame Le Bailly papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from William Francis Grahame Le Bailly (b 1904), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1927-46, to his parents describing his life in various parts of the Punjab; also [but closed to public access] letter, dated 1941, concerning a squabble between the wives of the local Superintendent of Police a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1935
Extent:
1 volume; 3 folios