India
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 314 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers on solar eclipses, 1896 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/195
Scope and Contents
(1) Papers regarding the solar eclipse seen in India, 22 January 1898Bills of tradesmen, hotels and restaurants connected with the solar eclipse, with receipts, 1897.Correspondence concerning the special meeting of the Royal Society on 31 March 1898 to receive preliminary reports on the solar eclipse.Preliminary correspondence and camp arrangements.Preliminary correspondence with the India Office and reports from the meteorological reporter, 1896-1897,...
Dates:
1896 - 1898
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).
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Papers on the Indian Geodetic Survey, 1874 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/143
Scope and Contents
Letter to the India Department concerning Professor Benjamin Peirce's request for a sight of the survey reports from India, 1874.Reply from the India Office stating that copies have been sent to Professor Pierce, 1874.Letter from Col. Walker concerning the survey of India and the differences between different surveyors' calculations, 1875.Letter from Col. Walker sending copies of survey reports II, III and IV, 1879.Printed extract titled 'Preface to the Great...
Dates:
1874 - 1879
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on the Indian Observatories Committee, 1890 - 1935
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/159
Scope and Contents
(1) General papersPapers and correspondence with the Indian Office, 1893-1901, including annual reports from observatory directors and a report by the Astronomer Royal on the reorganisation of Indian observatories.Correspondence with members of Indian Observatories Committee, 1894-1899.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 9 December 1903.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 16 May 1905.Correspondence concerning the meeting of 7 February...
Dates:
1890 - 1935
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).
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Papers on the Julian invasion, 1748 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/466
Scope and Contents
Material relating primarily to Airy's paper on Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain and his path through South-East England. Airy asserted that Caesar landed at Pevensey, but this was challenged in a paper by F.B. Martin, which stated that he landed near Ramsgate. There is considerable correspondence on this topic, with a nautical chart of the Dover Straits; a map of the Goodwin Sands; and the 'Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities'. Other subjects covered include the geography of the...
Dates:
1748 - 1852
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).
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Papers on the Meteorological Council, 1879 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/125
Scope and Contents
Papers discussing a table of equivalents of the Beaufort Scale intermingled with papers on tables of sunshine, 1906.Meteorological Office circular on Beaufort's Scale of wind force, 1906. Tables of averages of temperature, rainfall and bright sunshine based on observations taken during 1866-1900, with related correspondence, 1906.Papers concerning the meteorological reports of the Royal Observatory, 1906-1908.Letters concerning observations of gross minimum...
Dates:
1879 - 1912
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on the solar eclipse, 1897 - 1898
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/198
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the solar eclipse seen in India on 22 January 1898:Photographs of the Sahdol camp, various instruments and the solar eclipse, 1898.Six copies of a map of central India showing the path and direction of totality, 1898. One map is annotated with the positions of manned stations.Two copies of a plan of the camp at Sahdol, a plan of the Astronomer Royal's observing hut, and a world map showing the eclipse parameter worldwide, 1898.Letter from...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on tides, longitude and invasion, 1859 - 1860
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/474
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning tides, the Claudian invasion of Britain and the determination of longitudes. There is material on the 'Eclipse of Thales'; a paper by F. Diaz Covarrubios determining the geographical position of Mexico; D. May's observations in the neighbourhood of River Quarra (West Africa); Airy's comments on Lewis' essay on Julius Caesar's invasion; an article in 'The Times' on Caesar's invasion; Airy's paper on the landing of Claudius; C. Merivale's two articles, one on Claudius'...
Dates:
1859 - 1860
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).
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Papers relating to individual countries, 1952 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
Dates:
1952 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982, 1980-09 - 1982-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/37A
Scope and Contents
Part 1: includes MT's handwritten annotations; details of administrative and media arrangements and of the British delegation; and note from 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington to MT ahead of the proposed visit, 15 December 1981
Part 1A, closed section, security
Part 2: includes MT's handwritten annotations; notes from DT; details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation; draft seating plans on the RAF VC 10; and letter from Mrs Indira Gandhi suggesting a stop-off in...
Dates:
1980-09 - 1982-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Parts 1-2 mostly opened in March 2013; sections of part 1 closed (security), see THCR 1/10/37A, part 1A
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982 (2), 1982-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/38
Scope and Contents
Includes: MT’s handwritten notes and annotations
Includes: schedules for visit to Japan; details of the UK delegation on the visit; with notes on MT's clothes required during the visit, annotated by her; annotated draft of MT's speech to the Japanese Press Club, Tokyo, 21 September 1982; briefing note for John Coles (MT's Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs) from John Holmes (Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary) on MT's forthcoming meeting with Japanese Prime Minister...
Dates:
1982-09
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2013
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to the Far East, March 1975-May 1979, 1975-03 - 1979-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/119
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with David Astor, Shah Nawaz Bhutto (son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan), Patrick Cosgrave (Special Adviser to MT), Prime Minister (Morarji) Desai of India, Hugh Trevor Roper, Ian Trethowan, Patrick Wall MP (including report of his trip to Iran and Sri Lanka, April 1975) and Nicholas Wolfers
Dates:
1975-03 - 1979-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Pastel portraits: 'Warriors of the Empire', 1939-1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9397/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
During the Second World War, Earl was commissioned to prepare a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from what were then British dominions and colonies (described as 'Empire servicemen'), including Trinida, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]. The portraits were exhibited at the Royal Empire (late Commonwealth) Society in December 1945 as 'Warriors of the Empire'. The collection also includes a series of portraits of North American...
Dates:
1939-1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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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Personal and confidential, 1946-08 - 1950-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/5
Scope and Contents
Papers by or sent to JEP for the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat on subjects including: the Parliament and Steel Bills, 1949; the Financial Agreement between Britain and India, 1947; policy towards India; relations between the Indian States and the British Commonwealth and Empire; news from Pakistan; a proposed working committee on India; memoranda on air power and strategy by Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Kingston-McCloughry, Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India; note by Shri...
Dates:
1946-08 - 1950-02
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.
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Personal Correspondence, 1889 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/17
Scope and Contents
Letters from and to AHP from friends and acquaintances. Subjects and people include: T.P. O'Connor [Thomas Power O'Connor], on arrangements to meet AHP; the death of AHP's father, John Hungerford Pollen; the Duke of Norfolk; arrangements for the memorial to Cardinal Newman; Viscount Ingestre; travels in India; speech made by AHP at the Catholic Association's annual dinner; Lord Edmund FitzAlan-Howard; Percy Wyndham; and various correspondence concerning invitations and social occasions. With...
Dates:
1889 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal correspondence, 1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Bishop [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister] on the resignation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton] on JEP's acceptance of the position of Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the possibility of a future Privy Counsellorship for him; Eden on JEP's new position; the Rev. W W S March on a church memorial to JEP's parents [Albert Powell and Ellen...
Dates:
1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
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.
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Personal: Lady Lloyd and additional material, 1901 - 1963
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 4
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Lord Lloyd and with other members of Lady Lloyd's family.
Dates:
1901 - 1963
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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Personal letters on India, 1946-05 - 1948-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: General Sir George Jeffreys, on retaining the Union Jack Club, Karachi [Pakistan]; Major-General Walter Cawthorn [Deputy Chief of Staff, Pakistan Army] asking JEP to have a Question put down in Parliament about the club; Frank Brayne on an 'iron curtain' between Lahore and Amritsar and the situation in the Punjab (8); Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Kingston-McCloughry [Senior Air Staff Officer, RAF, India Command] (2); Brigadier Gordon Thompson, Commander, Calcutta Sub-Area,...
Dates:
1946-05 - 1948-08
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.
Fonds
Personal Papers of Beryl Power, 1909 - 1949
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Power, B
Scope and Contents
The papers listed here fall into the following categories: personal and biographical items, which include photographs, testimonials and autobiographical materials; and papers and photographs relating to Beryl Power's work and travel in the USA, India, Burma, Persia, Russia and China.
Dates:
1909 - 1949
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Personal Papers
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Personal: Photographs, 1892 - 1940
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 3
Scope and Contents
Includes albums from the Dardanelles, the Arab war, India and Egypt.
Dates:
1892 - 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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Photograph albums and scrapbooks, 1878 - 1937
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGGF 3
Scope and Contents
Photographs of ships, royal visits, naval personnel and family, including King George V's visits to India and Nepal.
Dates:
1878 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Photographs, 1901 - 1967
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
Dates:
1901 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
Fonds
Photographs of scenes in India
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8660
Scope and Contents
Black and white photographs of scenes in India, with captions.
Dates:
1850-1899 (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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the North West Frontier of India, 1920 - 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLIM 1/5B
Scope and Contents
87 black and white photographs sent by Slim to Pratt and his sister Margaret Pratt.
Dates:
1920 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Political and Normanton, 1940-06 - 1948-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/1
Scope and Contents
Material on JEP's campaign in the Normanton by-election [South Yorkshire] (February 1947), including: correspondence with representatives of the Normanton and Castleford [South Yorkshire] Conservative and Unionist Association, and representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office (including Yorkshire Area); campaign posters; reports of JEP's pre-election speeches; lists of staff and expenses; post-election report by JEP; letters of good will and sympathy from individuals including...
Dates:
1940-06 - 1948-02
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.
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Political memoranda, 1946-05 - 1950-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/4
Scope and Contents
Papers by JEP for the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat on subjects including: Indian policy (with letter from R A Butler); the future strategical importance of the Middle East in the light of present and probable political and scientific developments (written as an entry for the Bertrand Stewart Prize Essay); Town and Country Planning, including a proposed amendment to the Planning Act.
Dates:
1946-05 - 1950-04
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.