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India

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 310 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Private letters to India, 1846-1885

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C9
Scope and Contents

Fair copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong. C9/1-3 include indexes of recipients. C9/9 and C9/10 contain letters signed for by members of the firm.

Dates: 1846-1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
 Series

Public and political: Later subject files, 1921 - 1940

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 17
Scope and Contents

Files on Africa and Asia, Egypt, India and general topics.

Dates: 1921 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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'Reflections of Adelisa', vol.I, 1908-08 - 1952-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/136
Scope and Contents Notes and writing by AFA, including: AFA's opinion of Winston Churchill and an account of her conversation with him during the war, on John Amery, India, Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, the importance of understanding other countries, particularly relating to Stanley Baldwin's lack of knowledge of foreign affairs, the Chamberlain family, particularly [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain's failure to include LSA in his Cabinet and [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain's problem with Sir Leslie Wilson as Chief...
Dates: 1908-08 - 1952-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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'Reflections of Adelisa', vol.II, 1908-01 - 1910-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/137
Scope and Contents

Notes and writings by AFA, including: her diary for 1908; [?] speech notes on tariff reform; text of an article on "A true picture from Canadian small town life"; text of an article on David Lloyd George; memoir of AFA's first arrival in Britain and presentation at court; account of the state opening of Parliament, 1908; texts of articles on political house parties and on a reception held by Mary Lowther [later Mary, Lady Ullswater].

Dates: 1908-01 - 1910-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Reports on the WRNS in India, 1943 - 1944

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 8/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

Dates: 1943 - 1944
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Results sent from Hyderabad to H. Spencer Jones at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, 1930 - 1941

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 81/22
Scope and Contents

Results of the observations of Eros, 1930-1931, made with the 13" Astrographic Refractor, Hyderabad. Sent in two sets; each includes a cover letter from W. Bhaskaran (dated Apr. 1940. and 11 Mar. 1941).

Dates: 1930 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Review by Butler of Mark Bence-Jones's 'Palaces of the Raj', 1973

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/2/ButlerR/3
Scope and Contents

Review by Butler for an unknown publication.

Dates: Publication: 1973
 Fonds

Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7490
Scope and Contents The collection consists mainly of official papers from the last phase of Mayo's political career. The papers cover most aspects of policy-making and execution: military, diplomatic and security matters, economic policy, transport and communications, agriculture, famine relief and health, the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India during 1869 and 1870, and Mayo's assassination. Some papers also provide insights into the working relationships amongst officials and amongst members of the...
Dates: 1868-1872
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

RO and RGO Solar Plates Contact Prints, 1873-06-02 - 1972-08-02

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 51
Scope and Contents The 1873-1917 prints in this class were made from glass plate negatives which are no longer extant. The plates were the product of a solar observation programme begun in 1873 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich but are thought to have been destroyed in the First World War. The sequence of images is a continuation of RGO 67: Kew Observatory solar photographs (1858-72) and is itself continued by RGO 50: Royal Observatory Greenwich and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Solar Plates...
Dates: 1873-06-02 - 1972-08-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Robert Needham Cust: Case Judgements

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6198-6201
Scope and Contents

Judgements in cases in Lahore and Amritsar.

Dates: 1858-1860
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Russia (BBC Television Byline): correspondence with BBC, 1988-07 - 1989-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/5/7
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the BBC on JEP's appearance on the Byline programme ('Embracing the Bear'), on the Soviet Union, with other correspondents including: [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Also includes: photographs of filming in the Soviet Union, with JEP interviewing Russians; details of JEP's expenses and payment; reprints of articles on the Soviet Union; outline of the programme structure, treatment and...
Dates: 1988-07 - 1989-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
 File

"Salter-Ethel Bullard Correspondence, 1929-1931": relating to Salter’s visits to India, China and Japan., 1929 - 1931

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SALT 1/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Personal and political papers; with notes and correspondence collected by Professor Sidney Aster in the course of writing the official biography of Salter.

Dates: 1929 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Some Account and Observations concerning Germany

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.38
Scope and Contents

Including list of emperors from Charlemagne. At fo. 24v in the same hand is an account of 'Meat bought in for the house since April 19 1703'. Written from the opposite end of the book are: fo. 33v: log of the ship 'Mary' from Surat towards England, 25 and 26 May 1700. fo. 32v: letter from Thomas Walker to an unidentified recipient, undated [18th cent.], followed (fos. 31v-24r) by an account of Walker's travels in India. fo. 5v: 'Jack Brandish' (18th cent.)

Dates: 1700-1703 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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'Southern India', sheet 45, 1926

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.105
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

These maps were compiled by the War Office. Printed on linen-backed paper.

Dates: 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Special correspondence: Auchinleck, 1941-06 - 1949-01

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/1
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on subjects including: what Auchinleck could do following retirement; the end of his time as Commander-in-Chief, India; the press campaign alleging discord between himself and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia] and its adverse effect on Auchinleck's organisation (1944); his hope of returning to active military command and suggestion that he might take on a civil position in the meantime (1943);...
Dates: 1941-06 - 1949-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Special correspondence: Jan Smuts, 1903-09 - 1950-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/24
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Smuts on subjects including: accounts of military operations on the Tugela River [South Africa]; the Irish Convention (1917); the Palestine Campaign; the need for a separate Air Staff; costs of the separate war fronts; peace negotiations following the First World War; migration to South Africa; the Locarno Pact; the Imperial Conference (1926); LSA's Empire Tour; the proposal that Smuts should become High Commissioner of Palestine; the South African flag; the League of...
Dates: 1903-09 - 1950-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Special correspondence: Professor Sir Reginald Coupland and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, 1940-09 - 1945-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/6
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Sir Reginald Coupland [Beit Professor of History of the British Empire at Oxford University] and Sir Ernest Oppenheimer on subjects including: Coupland's books "The Indian Problem", "Indian Politics" and "India, A Re-statement"; regional government for India; India's future position in the world; the Indian constitution; Mohandas Gandhi's protest policy; the Congress Party's hostility to political minorities; Coupland's part in Sir [Richard]...
Dates: 1940-09 - 1945-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Special correspondence: Sir Winston Churchill, 1940-05 - 1955-07

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/4
Scope and Contents Correspondence with Sir Winston Churchill on subjects including: organisation of the War Cabinet; the value of air transport, and LSA's view that the Air Ministry did not give it enough importance; averting famine in India; monetary and commercial policy and the possibility of this causing a split in the Conservative Party; the lifelong friendship between Churchill and LSA; honours for LSA; policy on European Union and India after the war; Army reform; Palestine; the possibility of India...
Dates: 1940-05 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, 1953-01 - 1953-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/47
Scope and Contents Texts, drafts and speaking notes for speeches by LSA on subjects including: tributes to Cecil Rhodes; economic policy, particularly on Commonwealth trade and Imperial Preference; tribute to J L Garvin; the place of the Commonwealth in the world; Indian constitutional development over the war years; the poet Horace; tribute to 11th Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr] and the Lothian Lecturer, Ernest Manning, Premier of Alberta [Canada]; the Crown and Africa; tribute to Chaim Weizmann; Europe,...
Dates: 1953-01 - 1953-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Tabulated results from Hyderabad [India], 1930 - 1931

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 81/18
Scope and Contents From the Series: Records for the 1930-1931 parallax programme of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Cape Observatory to determine the solar parallax (distance to the Sun) by observations of the minor planet Eros and comparison stars. The records comprise tabulated data sets based on photographic observations taken at Greenwich and at various international observatories (RGO 81/2-48), along with 20 volumes of micrometric measurements of photographic observations of Eros and comparison stars from...
Dates: 1930 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

The Papers of Lieutenant-General Thomas Corbett

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CORB
Scope and Contents The collection provides a wealth of information about the training of Staff Officers at Quetta for the Indian Army in the 1920s and 1930s. This material is unexpectedly apposite today since so many Staff College exercises were based on warfare on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan with Russia as the ultimate enemy. There are numerous files relating to Corbett's endeavours to convert Indian Army cavalry units into armoured vehicle divisions to meet the fighting requirements...
Dates: 1906 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD
Scope and Contents The papers consist of: personal material, including photographs, press cuttings and correspondence; papers on Eastern affairs, including reports and correspondence from Lloyd's time at Constantinople and official copies of telegrams to and from the Turkish Government; papers and correspondence from Lloyd's various Eastern postings in the First World War; papers from India, during Lloyd's governorship of Bombay and also later papers from Lloyd's membership of the India Group; official...
Dates: 1879 - 1966
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
 Fonds

The Papers of Peter John ("Jack") Warren

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WRRN
Scope and Contents

Typescript memoirs of Warren's training as a Royal Artillery artificer, 1919-25, and his experiences as an NCO in a Pack Battery in England, India and Waziristan [now in Pakistan], 1925-33 (including photographs)

Dates: 1980 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Philip Cunliffe-Lister, First Earl of Swinton

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SWIN
Scope and Contents

The papers in this collection reflect the events of both Swinton's personal and professional lives. There are family letters and mementoes as well as speech notes, engagement diaries and political correspondence.

Dates: 1833 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open (except for 1 closure marked on the catalogue) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

The Papers of Professor Max Born

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN
Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence of Professor Max Born, his wife and children, and material concerning their family history. Including photographs and artefacts.

Dates: 1811 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.