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Place Travancore State, India

1. EAP810/20

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP810/20
Title:
Sebastia Collection (Manuscripts from Pondicherry)
Scope & Content:
The collection of Sebastia is constituted of 3 items: a photograph and two instruments (pēṉākkatti) to cut out the palm leaves and to inscribe the scripts on the leaves.This collection contains the following Files: EAP810/20/1: ஊன்று கோல், 19th century; EAP810/20/2: பேனாக்கத்தி, 1700-1899;
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tamil
Date Range:
1700-1899
Extent:
5 TIFF images

2. EAP810/20/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP810/20/1
Title:
ஊன்று கோல்
Scope & Content:
Title in original script: ஊன்று கோல் The cane, with a pommel representing the symbole of the state of Travancore, was a gift that Mani Asan received from his ācāṉ (title in Kanniyakumari given to a practitioner considered as a great expert) in recognision of his high skill.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

3. IOR Neg 15538-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 15538-67
Title:
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
30 reels

4. Mss Eur C434

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C434
Title:
Edward John Waring papers.
Scope & Content:
Two notebooks, dated c1862, containing notes on Indian life, customs and folklore, by Edward John Waring (1819-91), Madras Medical Service 1849-65, Physician to the Raja of Travancore c1856-63.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
2 volumes

5. Mss Eur C480

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C480
Title:
Benjamin Swain Ward papers.
Scope & Content:
Typescript extracts from `Memoir of the Survey of Travancore & Cochin 1816-20' by Lt (later Maj) Benjamin Swain Ward (1786-1835), Madras Army 1811-35, comprising extracts from the journal as published by the Madras Government in 1891 (IOR ref V/23/198; see also IOL V3280 and V6996).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1818
Extent:
57 pp

6. Mss Eur C707

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C707
Title:
J S E Gaston papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter book and diary of J S E Gaston, Assistant, Kinney and Sons, Bangalore c1917-20, apparently employed on business relating to tea plantations in Travancore, describing his life including his service in the Auxiliary Forces c1917-20.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1920
Extent:
1 volume

7. Mss Eur D122

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D122
Title:
Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study Hindu religion, the Christian Churches, and the Eastern Jews. Mostly published in his `Memoirs...', vol ii, pt ii (London 1819).
Scope & Content:
Letters from Rev Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815), East India Company chaplain from 1797, Professor and Vice-Provost of the College of Fort William 1799-1807, mainly to Rev David Brown (1763-1812), Provost of the College, describing his journey along the Malabar Coast to Ceylon and Cochin to study H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1808
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur D746

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D746
Title:
Henry Dundas papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter book of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811), Member 1784 and President 1793-1801 of the Board of Control, containing letters received with enclosures from Maj-Gen Sir William Medows (1738-1813), Governor and C-in-C, Madras 1790- 92, Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Bart (1751-1826), Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 volume

9. Mss Eur D864

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D864
Title:
Melville Edward Bertram Portal papers.
Scope & Content:
Diary, dated Oct 1925, of the tour by Viscount Goschen, Governor of Madras 1924-29, of the Anaimalai hills, Cochin, Travancore, and Tinnevelly, kept by Capt Melville Edward Bertram Portal, British Army, ADC to the Governor, including photographs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 portfolio

10. Mss Eur D1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1063
Title:
Walter Smith Sutherland Mackay papers.
Scope & Content:
Memoir, dated 1984, by Walter Smith Sutherland Mackay (b 1904), describing his career as an assistant manager 1924-32, manager 1932-46, and assistant general manager 1946-57, in the High Range Tea Estates of Travancore; also correspondence with Dr T J Nossiter on the latter's book `Communism in K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1957
Extent:
1 portfolio