Colonialism
Found in 1175 Collections and/or Records:
Press Cuttings, 1926
Including: the Imperial Conference.
Press reports on Empire Unity Campaign, 1926 - 1939-07
Press cuttings reporting on LSA's speeches for the campaign, with the report of the South Africa branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association on their visit to Australia (1926).
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.