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1. Add MS 54477-54480

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Add MS 54477-54480
Title:
HARPER PAPERS: papers of Vice-Admiral John Ernest Troyte Harper, M.V.O. (b.1874, d.1949), relating to the Official Record of the Battle of Jutland, compiled by Harper in 1919 and finally published in 1927; 1919-1935. Partly typewritten and printed. Some copies. For the background to the Jutland controversy and Harper's role, see A. T. Patterson, ed., The Jellicoe Papers, Navy Records Society, vols. 108, 111 (1966, 1968), where some of the present material is printed. For related MSS. see Add...
Scope & Content:
Vice-Admiral John Ernest Troyte Harper: Navy; England: Papers and correspondence conc. the battle of Jutland of Vice-Adm. John Ernest Troyte Harper: 1919-1935: Partly typewritten, copies and printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1935
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 54510-54563

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Add MS 54510-54563
Title:
SIR C. J. NAPIER PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, the conqueror of Sind (b.1782, d.1853); 1801-1853. Some copies, drafts and printed material. Some French, Greek, and Italian. The collection supplements other papers of Sir C. J. Napier, Add. 49105-49147. When acquired, most of the papers were in the original dockets, endorsed by Napier: presumably the material was not used by biographers of Napier before 1968. See: P. V. Blake-Hill, 'The Napie...
Scope & Content:
India: Ionian Islands: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Cephalonia, Ionian Islands: Army; England: Correspondence and papers of Sir C. J. Napier: 1801-1851, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1801-1853
Extent:
54 items

3. Add MS 54564

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Add MS 54564
Title:
WILLIAMS PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Captain William Hugh Williams, Royal Artillery, Colonel 1907, during expeditions in East Africa; 1890-1893, n.d. Chiefly pencil autograph drafts and copies. Partly French. Captain Williams (b.1857, d.1938) spent much of his career campaigning in Africa, serving in South Africa in 1879 and 1900-1902, Uganda in 1890-1893 and the Sudan in 1898: from 1895-1897 he was Vice-Consul, Asia Minor. For journals, etc., of Captain Williams, see Add. 60344-603...
Scope & Content:
Colonel William Hugh Williams, RA: East Africa: Army; England: Correspondence and papers of Capt. W. H. Williams: 1890-1893: Partly Fr: Chiefly pencil autogr. drafts, and copies. includes: f. 52 Sir Gerald Herbert Portal, KCMG; diplomatist: Letter to Capt. W. H. Williams: 1893.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1890-1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 57636-57722

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Add MS 57636-57722
Title:
R.U.S.I. MAPS
Scope & Content:
Maps of military engagements, camps, fortifications actual and projected, etc., in places throughout the world, from the map collections of the Royal United Services Institution; 1672-1919. Partly French, German, Dutch, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, and Modern Greek. 57699, f. 13...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Iroquoian languages, Italian, Latin, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Undetermined
Date Range:
1672-1919
Extent:
87 items

5. Add MS 71232 A-O

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Add MS 71232 A-O
Title:
ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTION: large rolled maps from RUSI; 1709-circa 1930
Scope & Content:
Supplementing Add. 57636-57722. Eight maps are described in the MS RUSI map catalogue of 1912. Transferred from the Map Library, Nov. 1992. Maps and Plans: Canada: Red River Expedition of 1870: circa 1925.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709-c 1930
Extent:
1 item