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Major accessions to repositories in 2009 relating to Imperial History |
Local
- Papers and photographs rel to centenary celebrations of the memorial to the horses killed in the South African war (Boer War) 2002 (166A09W)
- Ernest William Moore, soldier Royal Northumberland Fusiliers of Norwich: letters written to his mother whilst on active service in Mesopotamia 1916-1919 (ACC 2009/195)
- Frances Hilda Zigomala, daughter of Charles North of Rougham Hall: illustrated journals (14) rel to life at Rougham and to postings in India with her husband’s regiment 1889-1933 (ACC 2009/147)
- William George Denman, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment: photograph albums rel to service in Sudan and elsewhere c1930-39 (ESR/25)
National
- Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer and diplomat: papers incl corresp with Isabel Burton c1840-1911 (Add. 88861-77)
- William Fullerton Elphinstone, Director of East India Co: letters to Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith 1795-1822 (Add. 88913)
- Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, colonial governor: papers diaries and letters 1875-1899 (Add. 88857-77)
- William Coldstream, Indian civil servant: papers incl diaries, letterbooks, notebooks and watercolours c1860-1920 (MSS Eur F 590)
- Robert Gambier: manuscripts (2) rel to Broach Expedition, India c1771 (Mss Eur F593/1-2)
- Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India: papers rel to India 1876-1880 (MSS Eur F 595)
- Hakluyt Society: records (MSS Eur F 594)
- Sir Franklin Charles Gimson, colonial administrator: papers rel to social aspects of his internment in Hong Kong 1942-1945
- James W Oswald: journal of voyage to Australia and back 1882-83 (GD1/1447)
- Lt-Colonel John Archibald Hislop, 9th Jat Regiment: memoir 'Khawab-o-Khyal: Dreams and thoughts' rel to Indian Army service c1932-1993 (2009-07-5)
- Private William Pryor Jay, 1/5th Battallion Buffs, East Kent Regiment: diaries and papers incl First World War Battle of Shaik Saad and service in India c1914-1917 (2009-06-3)
- Lt-Colonel F Mackenzie: manuscript history of 25th and 16th battalions, 16th Punjab regiment c1941-1944 (2009-04-7)
- Major John Hugh Voice, 14th Punjab regiment: memoir rel to service in Second World War East Africa and India c1938-1948 (2009-06-11)
- Arthur Windeat, gunner: Boer War diary c1900-1901 (2009-03-13)
- Victoria League in Scotland for Commonwealth Friendship: records 1912-2008 (Acc.13058)
- Admiral John Locke Marx: personal and family papers, incl material rel to the service of Admiral James A Fergusson during the Boer War and Commander Andrew Marx when a midshipman (1952-53) 1866-1953 (2009.39)
University
- Sir Walter Buchanan-Smith, colonial administrator: photographs depict his outward voyage to the Seychelles in 1939, with views in the Seychelles, incl Government House and rel to his official and social activities 1939-1946 (Y30484A)
- Reginald Sigston Thompson, colonial administrator: photographs rel to Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] 1947-1968 (Y30521C)
- British Association of Malaysia and Singapore: additional records, incl memoranda, diaries, correspondence and memoirs 1868-1968 (RCMS 103)
- Abbas Hilmi II, Khedive of Egypt: additional personal and family papers c1888-1979 (HIL)
- William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, speaker of the House of Commons and governor-general of Australia: letters (105) to his brother, DJ Morrison (E.2008.24)
- Elijah Hoole, missionary and orientalist: journal 19th cent (2009/065)
- Verney Asser, police and army officer: transcribed letters while on service in British South Africa Police and later as a gunner in East Transvaal 1896-1903 (MSS. Afr. s. 2477)
- Trevor Chadwick, officer in the Colonial Service: diary of time as a District Officer in Jos 1929-31 (MSS. Afr. s. 2476)
- Herbert Eales, President of Rangoon Municipality: papers in English and Burmese 1897-1912 (MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 373)
- Hugh Mackintosh Foot, Baron Caradon, colonial administrator and diplomat: papers as governor of Cyprus 1957-60 (MSS. Medit. s. 35)
- Keith Kyle, historian and broadcaster: letters to his parents, mainly while stationed in India and Burma 1944-47
- James Lorrain, Baptist missionary on the India-Burma border: diaries, photographs, papers on Lushai translations and other publications c1890-1940 (BMS Acc. 250)
- Howard Alfred Allen: description of service in Palestine, with photographs 1940-46 (0458)
- Derek Frederick John Kent: transcripts unpublished book rel to Jewish immigration from Europe to Palestine, and other materials rel to Middle East service 1943-46 (0453)
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