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288 x 232 mm. Possibly by Shepherd and Robertson.

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211 x 140 mm. Showing bridge construction work, with a girder lying on scaffolding between two masonry piers about to be hoisted into position.

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Half length, full face portrait of a young Brahmin man.

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4 pages.

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An undated transcription of the MacInerny tape, a piece on Bengal, 2 pages.

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205 x 152 mm. View of the bridge under construction, with masonry piers in position, but without the spans in place. Photographer unknown, possibly ‘N.W.’

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204 x 156 mm. View of the completed structure, with spans in position. Photograph by ‘N.W.’

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.

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203 x 123 mm. View of the Hawkes’ large thatched bungalow at Sara on the line of the North Bengal State Railway. Sara is situated 15 miles WNW of Pabna; the railway bridge across the Padona is three miles S at Paksey.

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Colour.

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240 x 156 mm. Showing a twin-funnelled paddle steamer moored on the Ganges at Sara, 15 miles WNW of Pabua. For a history of companies operating river transport on the Ganges, see Sir Percival Griffiths, ‘A history of the joint steamer companies’ (London 1979).

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242 x 187 mm. Group portrait of engineering staff photographed in front of the Hawkes bungalow at Sara. Figures identified are: Mr Larkins; G. Hawkes; Mr De Vine; Mr Drury; Mr Tanner C.E.; F.A. Hawkes C.E.; Mrs F.A. Hawkes; Dr Halpin; Toots (dog); Colonel Lindsay R.E.; Captain Trevor R.E.; Mr Finny C.E.; Mr Braham C.E.; Mr Carter C.E.

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154 x 80 mm. View looking across a level open space towards a compound of bungalows. Parvatipur is 17 miles east of Dinajpur.

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Three letters written by Millar in Dacca to his sister Louisa concerning his daily life and early administrative experience. The letters are accompanied by 'Royal Commonwealth Society library notes', no. 175 (October, 1971), featuring the article 'A strut in the steel frame', which includes extracts from the letters. There is also an undated biographical note on Millar.

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282 x 224 mm. View of the young Maharaja of Bharatpur seated on carpets in the centre of two rows of nobles with servants standing behind. Sir Jaswant Singh Behadur (1851-1893) succeeded to the gadi of Bharatpur in 1853 and was invested with full powers in 1871.

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306 x 183 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/14. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1738.

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288 x 234 mm. Duplicate at Y3022E/10. Photograph by Samuel Bourne, no. 1730.

Scope and Contents 295 x 239 mm. View looking along the street in an Indian village, with thatched huts lining the roadway. Traders' stalls are set up on the verandahs and a number of figures, including one European, are posed in the foreground. Precise location unidentified but probably in the Calcutta area. The photograph is one of a series of ten prints (negative numbers 1730-1739) offered for sale in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue under this title in the Calcutta section. Duplicate at Y3022G/61. Bourne...

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296 x 241 mm. View looking across a pond towards a large mud and thatch house, with villagers posed at the water's edge. Bourne no. 1733.

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287 x 236 mm. View looking across a tank and a pond towards the thatched huts of a village, with a bullock and two Indians posed among the palm trees in the foreground. Bourne no. 1735.

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316 x 195 mm. View looking across a pond towards the thatched huts of the village, with Indian figures posed at the water's edge. Duplicate at Y3022G/59. Bourne no. 1738.

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279 x 227 mm. View looking across a palm lined pool towards the thatched houses of an Indian village, with a flat-roofed brick building in European style in the centre. Bourne no. 1731.

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138 x 195 mm. full-length portrait showing Anderson in his ceremonial robes as Governor of Bengal (1932-37). It is signed by Anderson.

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256 x 150 mm. Showing a steamer launch moored on the Ganges at Sara.

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Papers relating to Brigadier-General Sir James Tennnat and his son Lieutenant-General James Francis Tennant