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Place Assam, India Asia

11. Mss Eur C394

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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

12. Mss Eur C400

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C400
Title:
Gerald Pakenham Stewart papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Rough and the Smooth': memoir by Gerald Pakenham Stewart (b 1906), Indian Civil Service, Assam 1930-47, recounting his early life in Ireland, his career in Assam and Manipur, his experience as a prisoner of war 1942-45, and his life in New Zealand since 1948.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1974
Extent:
239 pp

13. Mss Eur C435

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C435
Title:
Henry Edward Shortt papers.
Scope & Content:
`In the Days of the Raj, and after, Doctor, Soldier, Scientist, Shikari': memoir of his career in India by Henry Edward Shortt (1887-1987), Indian Medical Service 1910-44, medical scientist.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1944
Extent:
1 folder

14. Mss Eur C437

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C437
Title:
Jamie D Saul papers.
Scope & Content:
`Nagas of the Patkoi and east, north of the Nantaleik' by Jamie D Saul: typescript notes on the Naga tribes.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977
Extent:
273 pages

15. Mss Eur C492

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C492
Title:
Herbert Sconce papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Capt Herbert Sconce (d 1867), Bengal Army 1854-67, civil employment Saugor and Assam 1858-67, to his sister Sally, about family matters and his life as a district officer in North Cachar; also letters, dated 1867, from his sister Bessy to other family members concerning his death.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1858-1859
Extent:
1 folder

16. Mss Eur C682

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C682
Title:
John Carnegie papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from John Carnegie and his brother Alexander to their parents describing their voyage to India, efforts to find work as assistant managers on tea plantations, and the unhealthy conditions of their life and work in Assam and Tezpur.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
1 folder

17. Mss Eur C796

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C796
Title:
Notes compiled by James Leonard Harvey Williams (1901-08), tea plantation manager, Stanmore Anaimali Estates 1924-39, Head Office, London 1939-56, relating to tea planters and plantations, natural history, tribes and tribal customs, and social life in South India
Scope & Content:
Notes compiled by James Leonard Harvey Williams (1901-89), from 1924 employed by Stanmore (Anaimalai) Estates managed by Tea Estates India (Pvt) Ltd; manager, Thiashola Estate 1939-45; Chairman, Tea Estates India (Pvt.) Ltd 1945-56, President, United Planters Association of South India 1954-55; r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1956
Extent:
3 boxes

18. Mss Eur D103

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D103
Title:
Translation of an original History of Assam by John Peter Wade (1762-1802), Bengal Medical Service 1782-1802, participated in Capt Welsh's expedition to Assam 1792. Edited by Benudhar Sharma and published as `Account of Assam' (1927).
Scope & Content:
Translation of an original History of Assam by John Peter Wade (1762-1802), Bengal Medical Service 1782-1802, participated in Capt Welsh's expedition to Assam 1792. Edited by Benudhar Sharma and published as `Account of Assam' (1927).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1797
Extent:
1 volume

19. Mss Eur D106

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D106
Title:
Extracts, compiled c1824-29, from various papers and maps relating to Burma and Assam, including extracts from a journal kept by Dr Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (qv) while a member of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes's embassy to Ava 1795, (compiler unknown).
Scope & Content:
Extracts, compiled c1824-29, from various papers and maps relating to Burma and Assam, including extracts from a journal kept by Dr Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (qv) while a member of Capt (later Lt-Col) Michael Symes's embassy to Ava 1795, (compiler unknown).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795-1829
Extent:
1 volume

20. Mss Eur D501

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D501
Title:
Surrya Kumar Bhuyan papers.
Scope & Content:
`More about John Peter Wade': typescript paper on John Peter Wade (1762-1802), Bengal Medical Service 1782-1802, historian of Assam, by Professor Surrya Kumar Bhuyan (b 1894).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
19 folios