Account, dated Jan 1796, of an unnamed Englishman's journey from Cawnpore to Agra, his stay at the Taj Mahal and meeting with `Count Gika'; also an account of his voyage to England on board the East Indiaman `Countess of Sutherland', Mar 1801-Jan 1802.
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Account, dated Jan 1796, of an unnamed Englishman's journey from Cawnpore to Agra, his stay at the Taj Mahal and meeting with `Count Gika'; also an account of his voyage to England on board the East Indiaman `Countess of Sutherland', Mar 1801-Jan 1802.
Diary by Robert Roaf of travels in Sikkim and Ladakh, undertaken with the object of further understanding of Mahayana Buddhism, with accompanying photographs. [Photographs from this collection transferred to Visual Arts Section, with new shelfmark PHOTO 1251.]
Papers of Hari Inder Singh Kanwar (1917-77), consisting chiefly of offprints of Indian periodicals and newspaper cuttings of Kanwar's articles, including many on the origin of the Taj Mahal, with selected bibliographies of India and the Himalayan Region, Ceylon and China.
Anonymous diary, dated Oct-Nov 1861, by a member of the Judge Advocate General's Department, Bengal, of a tour through the North-Western Provinces and to the foothills of the Himalaya, describing ancient monuments and scenes of the Indian mutiny.
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Anonymous diary, dated Oct-Nov 1861, by a member of the Judge Advocate General's Department, Bengal, of a tour through the North-Western Provinces and to the foothills of the Himalaya, describing ancient monuments and scenes of the Indian mutiny.
Pictorial diary of Ethel Mary Paton (d1967) on a visit to her daughter Mary Graham Paton, wife of Capt Rupert Ismay Claude Blenkinsop, Indian Army Bengal, to Roorkee in 1935-36
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Pictorial diary of Ethel Mary Paton (d1967) on a visit to her daughter Mary Graham Paton, wife of Capt Rupert Ismay Claude Blenkinsop, Indian Army Bengal, to Roorkee in 1935-36
Copies of letters from Evelyn Booth to her parents written while staying in India Dec 1929 - Dec 1930 with her relative George Cunningham who at that time was Private Secretary to the Viceroy
Genre/Subject Matter: The album contains informal snapshots and work by professional photographers, showing views of various interiors, viceregal functions and events, together with landscape views of: Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, Barakpur, Mashobra, Bhopal, Benares, Narkanda, Delhi, Gwalior, Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898-1900
Extent:
1 black full-leather, unpublished album (29 pages) containing 99 photographic prints pasted into volume (and one loose) with handwritten captions beneath