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Place Coimbatore, Madras

1. Mss Eur C796

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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

2. Mss Eur D1039

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Mss Eur D1039
Title:
Sidney William Cecil Dunlop papers.
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Sidney William Cecil Dunlop (1914-84), Indian Civil Service, Madras 1937-47, describing his duties as an administrator, social life in Madras, and his impressions of the Indian landscape; also two albums of photographs taken in Madras during the 1940s.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1947
Extent:
2 boxes

3. Mss Eur E399

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Mss Eur E399
Title:
Papers of Maj Leonard Handley, Indian Army 1913-33, writer and big game hunter
Scope & Content:
Papers of Maj Leonard Mourant Handley (b 1890), British Army 1910-13, Indian Army 1913-33, writer and big game hunter, including journals of hunting trips, drafts of books, articles, and photographs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908-1953
Extent:
16 items

4. Mss Eur F151

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Mss Eur F151
Title:
Papers of Sir Thomas Munro, Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27
Scope & Content:
Munro Collection: private and official correspondence and papers of Maj-Gen Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Bart (1761-1827), Madras Army 1780-1827, Governor of Madras 1820-27, relating to civil and military affairs in south India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1827
Extent:
214 items

5. Mss Eur Mack Gen

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Mss Eur Mack Gen
Title:
Colin Mackenzie Papers: General and Miscellaneous Collections
Scope & Content:
The Mackenzie 'General' and Miscellaneous Collections contain some 179 volumes or folders or papers, mainly comprising English translations from the languages of southern and central India (as distinct from Hindustan), and chiefly relating to the antiquities, legends, history, literature, religi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1608-1826
Extent:
179 items

6. Mss Eur R173

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur R173
Title:
Monica Jackson papers.
Scope & Content:
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Monica Jackson (b 1920) about her life in south India 1920-55, as the daughter of a coffee planter in Coimbatore and the wife of an army officer, and her subsequent visits in the 1970s. [Transcript available].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1955
Extent:
2 cassettes