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Place Srinagar, Kashmir

1. Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A20-21; B50-51; C39-45; C68-69; D236-69; E113; F35-41; G27-31
Title:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing the Himalayan regions through which he passed.
Scope & Content:
Moorcroft Collection: journals, correspondence and notes of William Moorcroft (1765?-1825), veterinary surgeon in the Bengal Army and superintendent of the Company's stud in Bengal 1808-25, apparently employed as a secret agent, chiefly relating to his journey to Bukhara 1820-25 and describing th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1812-1825
Extent:
51 volumes

2. IOR Neg 4377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4377
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70. [For original see Mss Eur G 91]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 reel

3. Mss Eur B285

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B285
Title:
R D Brownson papers.
Scope & Content:
Two notebooks of Capt R D Brownson, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-18, comprising an undated volume of Indian folk stories and a travel diary, dated 28 Apr-29 Jun 1917, describing a shooting expedition to Kashmir (with 53 photographs).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Mss Eur C419

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C419
Title:
Lady Doris Hargreaves Burton papers.
Scope & Content:
`Two months leave in Kashmir': manuscript of an article, dated c1914, by Doris Hargreaves Burton, wife of (Sir) Geoffrey Pownall Burton (1884-1972), Indian Civil Service, Central Provinces 1909-45, describing a trip to the Kolahoi glacier and a stay in Srinagar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
10 folios

5. Mss Eur C427

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C427
Title:
Esmee Maude Mascall papers.
Scope & Content:
`All Change': memoir, written 1971, by Esmee Maude Mascall (b 1896), daughter of Col Shafto Longfield Cra'aster, Royal Engineers, wife of Col Maurice Edward Mascall (1882-1958), Royal Artillery, including brief notes on her childhood and adult life in India, mainly 1907-19.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1919
Extent:
1 volume

6. Mss Eur C715

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C715
Title:
Geoffrey W Cheesman papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters from Lt Geoffrey W Cheesman, British Army 1916-20, to his wife Hilda (nee Hartt), describing his life in the British Army in India, and facing the prospects of civilian life after the War.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1919
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur E343

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E343
Title:
Papers of Rev Edwin Storrs Fox, Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1916, and later a clergyman in England
Scope & Content:
Storrs Fox Collection: papers of Rev Edwin Aubrey Storrs Fox (1888-1975), Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment from 1916, including letters home and over 600 sermons, many in both early and rewritten form.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911-1944
Extent:
108 items

8. Mss Eur E354

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E354
Title:
Papers of Muriel Brown, wife of Percy Brown, Indian Educational Service 1899-1927, Curator of Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta 1927-47
Scope & Content:
Brown Collection: papers of Mrs Muriel Brown (1874-1943), daughter of Sir Adelbert Talbot, Indian Political Service 1872-1900, and of her husband Percy Brown (1872-1955), Indian Educational Service 1899-1927, secretary and curator, Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta 1927-47, mainly comprising perso...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1945
Extent:
125 items

9. Mss Eur F197

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F197
Title:
Papers of Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942) and other members of his family
Scope & Content:
Younghusband Collection: papers of Lt-Col Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942), British Army 1882, Indian Foreign Dept 1889-1909, British Commissioner to Tibet 1903-04, religious thinker; his wife Helen Augusta (nee Magniac) (1861-1945); his daughter Dame Eileen Louise Younghusband (1902-8...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1981
Extent:
694 items

10. Mss Eur G91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G91
Title:
Lewin Bentham Bowring papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir of his early life and service in India by Lewin Bentham Bowring (1824-1910), Bengal Civil Service 1843-70, Private Secretary to Viceroy 1858-62, Chief Commissioner, Mysore and Coorg 1862-70.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 volume