Curzon, India and empire
Subtitle: the papers of Lord Curzon (1859-1925) from the Oriental and India Office collections at the British Library, London
Publisher: Adam Matthew Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Marlborough, Wiltshire
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Correspondence; Colonies; History; Sources
Notes: The Curzon papers included in this collection offer an introduction to the working of the British Empire. Especially revealing is Curzon’s correspondence as viceroy with the Indian secretary in London, and with the provincial governors in India. These private letters offer much that is not found in the official correspondence carried out through the exchange of dispatches between the India Office and the Governor-General-in-Council. As private letters between individuals, they include personal remarks, expressions of anger and annoyance directed toward other officials, comments on legislative proposals, and, assessment of the larger political scene.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Demi-official correspondence, c. 1898-1905 (29 reels); title: pt. 2. Summary of administration by topic, private correspondence, and official papers on India, internal affairs, c.1898-1905; title: pt. 3. Official papers on India, foreign and frontier policy, c.1898-1905; title: pt. 4. Post viceregal correspondence regarding India, c.1906-1925, and papers on the Kitchener controversy; title: pt. 5. Correspondence and papers on foreign affairs, 1906-1924; title: pt. 6. Indian scrapbooks, travel diaries and files on the Far East.