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1. Mss Eur B31-33; D171-72

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Mss Eur B31-33; D171-72
Title:
Manuscripts of two catalogues published by Dr Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859), who served Dutch and British in Java, Sumatra and Banka 1800-19; employed at India Museum from 1819, Keeper 1836-59, and his assistant Frederic Moore: `A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon East India Company', 2 vols (London 1854-58) and `A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects, etc', 2 vols (London 1857-59).
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts of two catalogues published by Dr Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859), who served Dutch and British in Java, Sumatra and Banka 1800-19; employed at India Museum from 1819, Keeper 1836-59, and his assistant Frederic Moore: `A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the Hon East India Company'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1859
Extent:
5 volumes

2. Mss Eur B38-40

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Mss Eur B38-40
Title:
`Catalogue of the Collection of Economic Products of Plants' apparently by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-94), mycologist, on staff of India Museum from c1862.
Scope & Content:
`Catalogue of the Collection of Economic Products of Plants' apparently by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825-94), mycologist, on staff of India Museum from c1862. Dated as: no date
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
3 volumes

3. Mss Eur D175-76

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D175-76
Title:
Incomplete list of pictures, drawings and photographs in the India Museum; list of books on natural history in the India Museum Library.
Scope & Content:
Incomplete list of pictures, drawings and photographs in the India Museum; list of books on natural history in the India Museum Library.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863-1865
Extent:
7; 21 folios

4. Mss Eur F195

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Mss Eur F195
Title:
Copies of papers collected by Ray Desmond for writing his book on 'The India Museum 1801-1879' (London 1982)
Scope & Content:
Copies of documents, papers and correspondence relating to the history of the India Museum, collected by Raymond George Coulter Desmond (b 1925), Deputy Librarian at the India Office Library and Records 1973-85, for his book `The India Museum 1801-1879' (London 1982).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1798-1979
Extent:
12 boxes

5. Mss Eur F413

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Mss Eur F413
Title:
Letters from Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1832-1917), Special Assistant, India Office Revenue and Statistical Dept 1871-1902, and others, regarding the India Museum.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1832-1917), Special Assistant, India Office Revenue and Statistical Dept 1871-1902, and others, regarding the India Museum.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1883
Extent:
55 folios

6. Mss Eur F414

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Mss Eur F414
Title:
A few miscellaneous papers relating to the possible disposal of the India Office Library and Museum and to the British Museum, with brief notes on their history and contents, possibly by James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64), Principal, Government College, Benares 1845-61, Librarian of India Office Library 1861-64.
Scope & Content:
A few miscellaneous papers relating to the possible disposal of the India Office Library and Museum and to the British Museum, with brief notes on their history and contents, possibly by James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64), Principal, Government College, Benares 1845-61, Librarian of India Office L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 folder