Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Place: India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Henry Vaux photograph albums of India, 1911-1929 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Major Henry George Vaux (1883-1957) was a military secretary in the British Army, posted in India. He served as Aide de Camp to Lord Carmichael who served as Governor of Victoria from 1908 to 1911, Governor of Madras from 1911 to 1912, and Governor of Bengal from 1912 to 1914. Major Vaux also served under Lord Ronaldshay, Lord Lytton and Lord Sykes. He was named Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1921 by King George the V. Major Vaux ended his career as a Lieutenant Colonel. The five volumes of photographs capture the luxurious style and activities present in the lives of the highest ranking British military posted to India, and their families, in the early part of the 20th century. The subject of many photographs are the leisure activities enjoyed by this group – horse races, polo, hunting, tennis – as well as ceremonial events such as visits of kings, queens and dignitaries of all kind. Some family life is included as well through wedding photos, photos of pets, and...(see more)

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Arthur Cartwright World War I photograph albums, 1914-1920 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection consists of three scrapbooks compiled by Arthur Cartwright, a British soldier who served in India under the 5th West Kents during World War I. It is unclear if Cartwright saw combat while serving in India, as many Territorial battalions spent the war on garrison duty and relieved the Regular battalions for front-line service. Indeed, his photographs mainly depict aspects of his life in a military camp and attest to the sightseeing Cartwright embarked upon throughout northern India and especially in Agra. Most of the photographs in these three albums are captioned.

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William Edgar Pringle Harrison photograph album, 1918-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A photograph album kept by William Edgar Pringle Harrison who served as a Leiutenant in the India Army Reserve in Pakistan. The album provides a pictorial record of Harrison's sevice in Pakistan with photographs spanning from late-1918 to mid-1919.

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Kulu and Kashmir travel photograph album, 1918-1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection captures what is likely a vacation of a British couple with their dog and at least one staff person through the region of Kulu and Kashmir from 1918 to 1919.

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British soldier's photograph album, 1912-1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A album containing a collection of photographs probably kept by a British soldier in Lucknow, India between the years 1912 to 1918.

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Indian photograph album, 1909-1914 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This photograph album includes 97 photos taken between 1909 and 1914 in India, primarily in the Shimla and Pune area. The photographer is unknown, but it is likely that he was a British soldier in the 3rd Sappers and Miners in the Indian Army.

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Second Lancers photograph album, 1909-1913 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: The Second Lancers, established in 1809 by William Linnaeus Gardner (1770-1835), was a cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army. It is probable that the creator of this album was a British or Indian officer who served with the Second Lancers between 1909 and 1913. For the most part, military life is not documented--instead the volume consists of formal portraits of British and Indian soldiers; candid photographs of soldiers; portraits of horses; and photographs of a trip to England, equine sports in India (including racing and polo), and a trip to Delhi for the Delhi Durbar held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India.

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Sir Richard Harington papers, 1891-1912 (inclusive) 1911-1912 (bulk)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The materials in this collection almost entirely center around the 1911 Delhi Durbar, to which Sir Richard Harington and his wife, Lady Selina Harington, were invited. It contains informational materials related to the Durbar and Delhi, postcards, and photographs of the Haringtons, along with some limited peripheral ephemera.

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Veale family papers, 1872-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The Veale family was British, but because of jobs in the military, spent much of their time abroad. This collection largely concerns Henry Richard Lobb Veale (1831-1908), an army physician, and his son Sidney Veale Byland (1873-1899), a lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps. Material includes inventories of possessions; a sketchbook, possibly created by Bertha Veale (daughter of Henry and sister to Sidney); and letters sent to Henry Veale from a patient, William Aitken, as well as his son, Sidney, during his military service in India.

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Ernest Rudolph Gunther photograph album of India, 1895-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is composed of a photograph album containing photographs of various regions of India. The cover lists the following dates and cities: 1895-1896, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Jeypore, Amber, Delhi, Agra, Fatipur, Benares, Calcutta, Darjeeling and Madras. A few of the photos capture individuals participating in events such as the tiger hunt or the elephant ride but the majority of the photographs are of landscapes. Most of the photos are large (around 7x10 inches) and are of high artistic quality. Some of the photographs are labelled but most are not. The bookplate on the first page indicates the album was at least owned, and probably compiled, by Ernest Rudolph Gunther.

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2nd Highlanders Light Infantry photograph album of India, 1889-1894 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Abstract:: This album contains 68 12 x 8 inch photographs of India and the 2nd Highland Light Infantry (74th Highlanders) in the late 19th century. About one third of the photos are of the regiment and the rest are photos of India (mostly Shimla, Calcutta, Cherat, and Lucknow).

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Frederic Carter diary, 1867-1883 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume traces the life of Frederic Carter, Surgeon-Major 1st Gurkha Regiment at Dharmsala, India. The diary spans from July 1867 through March 1883 where Carter documents his life in India, Pakistan, and England. Highlights of the journal include Carter's experiences in the Bengal army, his travels throughout India and Pakistan, managing an agricultural estate in India, his marriage and birth of his children, and a brief memoir discussing his childhood.

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Scrapbook of a British subaltern, 1847-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.13 linear feet (1 album)
Abstract:: Compiled by an unknown creator, the scrapbook of a British subaltern features poems, narratives, watercolors and pen sketches of shipwrecks, stormy seas, and vignettes of various outposts of the British Empire and life in British India.

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Frederick William Todd scrapbook, 1840-1850 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 book (.025 linear foot)
Abstract:: A scrapbook spanning the years from 1840-1850 kept by Frederick William Todd who was stationed in India with the East India Company Army.

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Henry Dundas papers, 1781-1839 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear feet (13 boxes)
Abstract:: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira (28 April 1742–28 May 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the first Secretary of State for War and the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. His son, Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount (14 March 1771–10 June 1851), was at various times Keeper of the Signet of Scotland, First Lord of the Admiralty, and a member of Parliament. The collection includes correspondence and documents formerly owned by the First and Second Viscounts Melville, Henry Dundas and Robert Dundas. The materials come from the Dundas family archives and consist of ten bound volumes and four boxes of unbound manuscripts. The bulk of the papers relate to British India with a smaller but still substantial subset dealing with Scottish politics, patronage, and pensions. With a few exceptions the collection comprises incoming correspondence and enclosures to Henry and Robert Dundas but not their replies.

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George Macartney papers, 1725-1805 (inclusive) 1780-1786 (bulk)

Extent:: 25 boxes
Abstract:: Collection comprises correspondence, most of which are letters written to Macartney; contemporary copies of official documents, such as military accounts, intelligence reports, minutes, petitions, and bills/acts/treaties; and accounts and bookkeeping. The preponderance of the material concerns Macartney's tenure as governor of Madras.

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David Nisbett letters and journal, 1794-1799 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume containing the transcriptions of letters and of journal entries spanning from 1794 to 1799 by British surgeon and soldier David Nisbett.

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Razmak Brigade photograph album, 1930s (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This photograph album, created by an unidentified British soldier, contains pictures from the Razmak Brigade (located along the North West Frontier of India, near Afghanistan) during the 1930s, likely during the Waziristan campaign. The album documents the wartime realities and daily life of the soldiers and locals in the region.

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Joshua Pickersgill letters regarding the Third Anglo-Maratha War, 1818 march-november (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Joshua Pickersgill (1780-1818) was a British lieutenant in the Bengal Army under the East India Company during the Third Anglo-Maratha War (known at the time as the Third Mahratta War). These letters, addressed to "Sir" are dated between March 18 and August 7, 1818 and describe, in detail, military activities as they occurred.

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Photograph album by a British soldier in India, 1918 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Comprising forty-five black-and-white photographs by a British soldier in 1918. The images are chiefly of Nāsik, India.

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