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Mss Eur D890

Record Id:: 032-002275104
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002275104
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000002032.0x000327
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D890
Title:: Papers of Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official
Scope & Content:: Stewart Collection: papers of Sir (Samuel) Findlater Stewart (1879-1960), India Office 1903-40, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1930-40, seconded for various wartime duties 1940-45, comprising private and demi-official correspondence, miscellaneous papers (including printed volume of biographical sketches of delegates to the Indian Round Table Conference) and photographs.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
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[typescript, carbon…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275113", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/8: Dominion Status for India' by Reginald Coupland, Beit Professor of History of the British Empire at Oxford University [typescript,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275114", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/9: Letters from Lord Hailey to Stewart mainly on agrarian disturbances, rent and revenue problems in the United Provinces. Dated as:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275115", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/10: Letters to Stewart from Indian Civil Service and Army officials on Indian problems." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275116", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/11: Letters to Stewart mainly from members of the Indian States Enquiry Committee and the Indian Federal Finance Expert Committee during…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275117", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/12: Biographical sketch of Sir Arthur Godley [Lord Kilbracken; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1883-1909] by Sir John…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275118", "parent" : "036-002275105", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/13: Papers urging an increase in the pensions of officials who served in the Civil Services of India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002275119", "parent" : "032-002275104", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/14-18: Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: Second World War and later official papers" },{ "id" : "040-002275120", "parent" : "036-002275119", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/14: Miscellaneous papers, arranged by Stewart, mainly on his work during the Second World War; with papers on the Memorial Tablet to…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275121", "parent" : "036-002275119", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/15: Additional papers mainly on Stewart's work during the Second World War." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275122", "parent" : "036-002275119", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/16: Report on The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem by Stewart and others…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275123", "parent" : "036-002275119", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/17: Papers on Stewart's enquiry into the Entertainment Allowances of Senior Officers of the Three Services." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275124", "parent" : "036-002275119", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/18: Diary of visits undertaken by Stewart for the Entertainment Allowances enquiry." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002275125", "parent" : "032-002275104", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/19-21: Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: voluntary committees and business papers" },{ "id" : "040-002275126", "parent" : "036-002275125", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/19: Papers on the British and French Bank (for Commerce and Industry) Ltd, of which Stewart was Chairman. Dated as: 1947; 1960" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275127", "parent" : "036-002275125", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/20: Papers on the voluntary liquidation of the Manila Railway Company (1906) Ltd, of which Stewart was Chairman." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275128", "parent" : "036-002275125", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/21: Papers on various Committees and Councils, of which Stewart was a member." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275129", "parent" : "032-002275104", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/22: Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: obituaries" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002275130", "parent" : "032-002275104", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/23-24: Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: miscellanea" },{ "id" : "040-002275131", "parent" : "036-002275130", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/23: Catalogue of the furniture in the India Office, which once belonged to the East India Company; compiled by J R Lloyd [typescript] ." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002275132", "parent" : "036-002275130", "text" : "Mss Eur D890/24: Mainly photographs and Christmas cards." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002275104
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Mss Eur D890/1-13 : India Office papers
Mss Eur D890/14-18 : Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: Second World War and later official papers
Mss Eur D890/19-21 : Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: voluntary committees and business papers
Mss Eur D890/22 : Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: obituaries
Mss Eur D890/23-24 : Sir Findlater Stewart, India Office official: miscellanea

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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 24 items
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1903
End Date:: 1960
Date Range:: 1903-1960
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Presented by Lady Stewart, 26 October 1977
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Coupland, Reginald, Knight, historian, 1884-1952
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand, Mahātmā, lawyer, politician, anti-colonialist activist and ethicist, 1869-1948,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121386043
Garrett, Henry William, army officer and colonial administrator, 1863-1959
Godley, John Arthur, 1st Baron Kilbracken, civil servant, 1847-1932
Haig, Harry Graham, Knight, British administrator in India, 1881-1956
Hailey, William Malcolm, 1st Baron Hailey, administrator in India, 1872-1969
India Office, 1858-1947
Indian Civil Service, 1858-1947
Indian Federal Finance Expert Committee, 1932
Indian Round Table Conference, 1930-1932
Indian States Enquiry Committee, 1932
Indian Statutory Commission, 1927-1930
Laithwaite, John Gilbert, Knight, colonial administrator, 1894-1986
Royal Commission On Superior Civil Services In India, 1923-1924
Stewart, Samuel, Knight, of the Indian civil service, 1879-1960
Places:: United Provinces, India