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1. Mss Eur B141

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Mss Eur B141
Title:
William Quiller Rowett papers.
Scope & Content:
Memorandum by William Quiller Rowett (1851-1931), Rangoon businessman, on Burma, with notes on the origin of street names in Rangoon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
1 portfolio

2. Mss Eur B235

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Mss Eur B235
Title:
Memoirs of Colonel Harry Ross, Indian Army 1892-1924
Scope & Content:
Memoirs, compiled 1928-38, by Col Harry Ross (1869-1938), Indian Army 1892-1924, including descriptions of military life on the North West Frontier, his war time experiences in Mesopotamia and life as Colonel Commandant of the Rangoon Brigade 1920-24; with photographs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1929
Extent:
6 items

3. Mss Eur B357

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Mss Eur B357
Title:
Frank Siegfried Vernon Donnison papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoirs of Frank Siegfried Vernon Donnison (b 1898), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1922-46, Chief Secretary to the Government of Burma 1946, and his wife Ruth Seruya Donnison (nee Singer) (b 1900), describing their lives from early childhood to Donnison's retirement from Burma.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1946
Extent:
1 box

4. Mss Eur C399

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Mss Eur C399
Title:
Doris Sarah Morris papers.
Scope & Content:
Diaries of Doris Sarah Morris (nee Easton) (1889-1958), describing her life in Burma, firstly as Headmistress of St Mary's School for Eurasian girls, Mandalay 1916-17, then as wife of Arthur Percy Morris (1880-1944), Public Works Dept, Burma 1905-26, Headmaster of Government School of Engineering...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1924
Extent:
5 folders; 6 vols

5. Mss Eur C520

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Mss Eur C520
Title:
Robert Frederic Mole papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Temple-Bells are Calling': memoir, dated 1963, by Robert Frederic Mole (b 1914) of his experiences in the Burma Civil Service 1938-47, including the evacuation in 1942, and in the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) 1943-45.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1947
Extent:
1 folder

6. Mss Eur C546

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Mss Eur C546
Title:
Lady Margaret Ethelwynne Thomas papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary, dated Oct 1930-Mar 1931, by Margaret Ethelwynne Roberts (later Lady Thomas) of her voyage to India and Burma, together with travels therein, with her brother Roy; also letters from their father Harold H Roberts and postcards of places visited en route and in the sub-continent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930-1931
Extent:
1 folder

7. Mss Eur C730

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C730
Title:
John Clement Koop papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Madras Europeans in the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1824- 26': typescript paper (1995) by John Clement Koop, giving an account of the Madras European Regiment in the first Burmese War.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1826
Extent:
1 folder

8. Mss Eur D1062

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Mss Eur D1062
Title:
Diaries, photographs ,miscellaneous papers and copies of articles of Hubert Cecil Gotts (b1901), illustrating his life and career in India and Burma 1921-54, as an employee of Cox and Company in various branches of their bank, chiefly Bombay, Calcutta and Rangoon.
Scope & Content:
Diaries, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and copies of articles of Hubert Cecil Gotts (b 1901), illustrating his life and career in India and Burma 1921-54, as an employee of Cox & Company in various branches of their bank, chiefly Bombay, Calcutta and Rangoon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1981
Extent:
22 Files

9. Mss Eur E254

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Mss Eur E254
Title:
Papers of Sir Herbert Thirkell White, Indian Civil Service, Burma 1878-1910, Lieutenant -Governor of Burma 1905-10
Scope & Content:
Thirkell White Collection: private and official correspondence, papers and printed reports of Sir Herbert Thirkell White (1855-1931), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1878-1910, Governor of Burma 1905-10, relating to the administration of Burma; also papers of Charles Stuart Pennell, Indian Civil Serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1931
Extent:
41 items

10. Mss Eur F91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F91
Title:
William Francis Hare papers.
Scope & Content:
Address of Welcome presented to William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (b 1906), Secretary of State for Burma 1947-48, by the Municipal Corporation of the City of Rangoon, 2 Sep 1947.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
1 folio