Colonialism
Found in 1172 Collections and/or Records:
Printed annual reports of British colonies and protectorates, 1920 - 1926
Printed pamphlets by LSA, 1910-07 - 1946-12
Prints and cuttings, 1920-04 - 1949-08
Private and personal correspondence with Governors General, State Governors and Colonial Governors, 1905 - 1929
Private correspondence between LSA and Field Marshal 1st Lord Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India, 1941-43, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1943-47], 1941-03 - 1949-07
Subjects include: Wavell's talks with Liaquat Ali Khan [Prime Minister of Pakistan] and Shri Jawaharlal Nehru [Prime Minister of India]; the unhelpful bitterness of Winston Churchill's attitude towards India; Indian service pensions; the formation of India's coalition Government; attempts to form an interim Government; a proposed expedition to Mount Everest; air power in the South East Asia campaign.
Other correspondents include: G M Trevelyan.
Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Burma and source material for memoirs, 1941-01 - 1955-07
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1940-05 - 1940-12
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: the war situation; aircraft and munitions production; the constitutional problem; Indian defence; talks with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and Mohandas Gandhi; dealings with the Indian Congress; the imprisonment of Jawaharlal Nehru; the appointment of General Sir Claude Auchinleck [as Commander-in-Chief, India].
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1941-01 - 1941-12
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1942-01 - 1942-12
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1943-01 - 1943-10
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: the fast by Mohandas Gandhi; Chaudhri Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan; future military and political operations in Burma [later Myanmar]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; establishing a South East Asia Supreme Command; the food situation.
Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1945-01 - 1945-07
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 1st Lord Wavell (and to Sir [David] John Colville, Acting Viceroy [later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]) on subjects including: the constitution and the India Committee; Governorships; the General Election and the effects of a new Government.
Private letters from the Governor of Burma to LSA, 1941-05 - 1945-08
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1940-05 - 1940-12
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1941-01 - 1941-12
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1942-01 - 1942-12
Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the visit of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to India; the evacuation of Burma [later Myanmar]; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the visit of Henry, Duke of Gloucester; the expansion of Linlithgow's Council; rioting throughout the provinces.
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-01 - 1943-10
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-10 - 1944-12
Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell to LSA, with minutes of the Governors' Conference, on subjects including: conditions in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation; post-war reconstruction; Wavell's Council, particularly the Finance Membership; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], the Indian Congress and Mohandas Gandhi, particularly on Gandhi's health and talks between him and Jinnah; a trade dispute with South Africa.
Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1945-01 - 1945-08
Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell (and Sir [David] John Colville, Acting Viceroy [later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]) to LSA on subjects including: the trade dispute between India and South Africa; progress on the constitution; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and the Indian Congress; Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation.
Public and political: Early subject files, 1896 - 1919
Files on home politics, colonial affairs and foreign policy, particularly relating to the Middle East.