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Place Chin Hills, Burma

1. IOR/X/12121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12121
Title:
The Chin Hills Gazetteer
Scope & Content:
The Chin Hills: A history of the people, our dealings with them, their customs and manners, and a gazetteer of their country by Bertram S. Carey, C.I.E., Assistant Commissioner, Burma, and Political Officer, Chin Hills and H. N. Tuck, Extra Assistant Commissioner, Burma, and Assistant Political O...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
2 volumes (255 or fewer pages)

2. IOR/X/12171/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12171/7
Title:
Military Report on the Chin-Lushai Country
Scope & Content:
Simla : Printed at the Government Central Printing Office, 1893. Contents:Chapter I. General DescriptionChapter II. The PeopleChapter III. HistoryChapter IV. Communication and TransportChapter V. Manners and CustomsAppendicesAppendix A. List of the Tashon VillagesAppendix B. List of villages trib...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 volume (112 pages plus appendices), and 7 sheet maps

3. Mss Eur B386

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B386
Title:
Hamilton Simonds-Gooding papers.
Scope & Content:
`Bamboos and Partisans': memoir, written in 1969, by Maj Hamilton Simonds-Gooding (1912-2003), Indian Army 1933-48, describing regimental life in Hodson's Horse, and his experiences while serving with the Burma Rifle Levies 1943-44; also an operational map of Burma and India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1948
Extent:
177 folios; 1 map

4. Mss Eur C783

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C783
Title:
John Whitehead papers.
Scope & Content:
`Hillscape with Chins: 1947 travel diaries': edited transcript (1983) of diaries of his travels in the Chin hills by Capt John Whitehead, Chin Hills Battalion.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 folder

5. Mss Eur C912

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C912
Title:
J D Willis papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript notes by J D Willis, Royal Artillery (1940-47), Chin Hills Regiment (1947-49) on a walking trip through the Chin Hills of Burma into the Lushai Hills of India and back, Dec 1947-Jan 1948.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur D931

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D931
Title:
Papers of Clinton Dawkins, Indian Forest Service, Burma 1909-37, and his wife Enid
Scope & Content:
Dawkins Collection: letters, journals, articles and photographs of Clinton George Evelyn Dawkins (b 1882), Indian Forest Service, Burma 1908-36, and of his wife Frances Enid Dawkins, chiefly relating to their life in Burma; also impressions of England in the years immediately following the 1st Wo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1937
Extent:
30 items

7. Mss Eur E361

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E361
Title:
Papers of Maj A G McCall, Indian Civil Service 1921-47, Superintendent of the Lushai Hills, Assam 1931-43, including papers relating to his scheme for the Total Defence of the Lushai Hills in the Second World War
Scope & Content:
McCall Collection: papers of Maj Anthony Gilchrist McCall (1895-1978), Royal Artillery 1914-21, Indian Civil Service 1921-47, Superintendent of the Lushai Hills, Assam 1931-43, including papers and drafts of articles and books relating to his scheme for the Total Defence of the Lushai Hills in th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1976
Extent:
100 items

8. Mss Eur F108

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F108
Title:
Papers of Field Marshal Sir George White, British Army 1853-1912, C-inC, India 1893-98
Scope & Content:
White Collection: papers and correspondence of Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White (1835-1912), British Army 1853-1912; commanded Upper Burma Field Force 1886-89; C-in-C, India 1893-98; commanded in Natal 1899-1900, and defended Ladysmith; Governor of Gibraltar 1900-04.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1912
Extent:
125 items

9. Mss Eur F185

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F185
Title:
Papers of the Lakher Pioneer Mission to the Lakher (or Mara) people of the South Lushai Hills: principally papers of its founder Reginald Lorrain (1880-1944), and other missionary members of his family
Scope & Content:
Lakher Pioneer Mission: papers relating to its work among the Lakher (Mara) people of the South Lushai hills, its founder Reginald Lorrain (1880-1944), and members of his family; including letters from his daughter Louise Marguerite Tlosai (1909-68) and her husband Albert Bruce Lorrain-Foxall (d ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1978
Extent:
248 files

10. Mss Eur F229

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F229
Title:
Papers of Archibald Ian Bowman, Indian Civil Service, chiefly relating to the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and 'V' Force 1942-44
Scope & Content:
Bowman Collection: papers of Archibald Ian Bowman (1915-87), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1937-47, chiefly relating to his role in the Lushai Hills Total Defence Scheme and `V' Force 1942-44, and his continuing interest in the Lushai (or Mizo) people after independence; also papers of M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1987
Extent:
64 items