Major accessions to repositories in 2020 relating to Imperial History

Local

Edinburgh City Archives

• Scotland Zimbabwe Group, Edinburgh: records incl newsletters, photos, leaflets, events, posters, correspondence, and tributes c1997-2007 (1257)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

• Major Henry Sparke Stabb (1835-1888), 32nd Light Infantry: Anglo-Zulu War diary 1879 (Add MS 89439)

British Library: Asian and African Studies

• George Berkeley Seton Karr (1818-1862), East India Company official in the Southern Mahratta Country: papers rel to the Indian Mutiny and the Indian Police 1858-1860 (Mss Eur F748)
• Harold Frederick Clark (1895-1957), Indian Tea Association labour adviser: reports rel to the tea industry in India, and papers on the Bishenpur-Silchar track in Burma during the Second World War 1932-1952 (Mss Eur F746)
• Major Edward Roughsedge (1774-1822), East India Company army officer and political agent: hand copied correspondence to his family 1805-1822 (Mss Eur F742)

National Army Museum Templer Study Centre

• Henry Layton Dargan (1872-1940), soldier: diaries (2) covering his service in Fuchow, China 1902-1903 (2020-12-2)

University

Manchester University: University of Manchester Library

• Reginald James Bowker (1901-1983), diplomat: letters received and (some sent) and rel documents and photographs 1900s-1960s (GB 133 RJB)