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1. IOR/L/PS/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library
Scope & Content:
A very large and varied collection of confidential prints, official publications and commercially published works, analogous to the Military Library (see under L/MIL/17), it largely consists of military reports, gazetteers, summaries of correspondence, handbooks etc. dealing with the Indian State...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1757-1952
Extent:
Approximately 150 boxes

2. IOR/L/PS/20/B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/B
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'B' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Afghanistan, Baluchistan, North West Frontier of India, Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Frontier of India
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1944
Extent:
163 volumes (180 items)

3. IOR/L/PS/20/A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/A
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library 'A' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Russian Empire, Chinese Turkestan and Central Asia (also includes some early items relating to Persia and Afghanistan)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1929
Extent:
33 volumes (55 items)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'C' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Persia, Persian Gulf, Arabia (including Muscat), Turkey/Ottoman Empire, Mesopotamia/Iraq, Syria and Palestine
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1945
Extent:
138 volumes (154 items)

5. IOR/L/PS/20/D

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/D
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'D' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Assam, Bhutan, Burma (including Shan States, Chin Hills etc), Burma-China Frontier, China (except Chinese Turkestan, for which see L/PS/20/A), Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, North East Frontier of India, Siam, South East Asia and Far East
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1949
Extent:
129 items

6. IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: Memoranda
Scope & Content:
Memoranda kept by officials of the Political and Secret Department, India Office. Many are duplicated in the series L/PS/18 or in Parliamentary Papers [V/4] - these duplicates are noted in the list below.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809-1912
Extent:
43 volumes (569 files)

7. IOR/L/PS/20/F

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/F
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'F' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers the Indian Princely States (except Kashmir, for which see L/PS/20/B, and Bhutan, the Shan Stares and Sikkim, for which see L/PS/20/D). Also includes some reports on political/civil disturbances
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
150 volumes (156 items)

8. IOR/L/PS/20/H

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/H
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'H' Books: Miscellaneous Internal
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous material relating to the internal administration of India, principally with reference to the Princely States. Includes papers relating to Maharaja Dalip[Duleep] Singh and his family.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1943
Extent:
123 volumes (133 files)

9. IOR/L/PS/20/RUS

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/RUS
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: Michell's Russian Abstracts
Scope & Content:
Printed reports and extracts from Russian newspapers and other publications translated into English by Robert Michell, Russian interpreter to the Political and Secret Department, India Office, and printed in annual numerical sequences for the department. Includes material on Russia's advances in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1883
Extent:
14 volumes

10. IOR/L/PS/20/E

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E
Title:
Political and Secret Department Library: 'E' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Aden, Africa, Arabia, Red Sea and Middle East
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1945
Extent:
42 items

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