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Meston Papers: Box 28

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Pamphlets; other official visits; offprints and ephemera:

  1. India at the Cross Roads by Lex.
  2. The Advancement of Science 1933.
  3. India at the Crossways by Lord Meston.
  4. The Moral Issue in India by Robert Stokes.
  5. British Association for the Advancement of Science. No. 13 Imperial Citizenship.
  6. Statistics in India by Lord Meston.
  7. Visit of Their Excellencies The Viceroy, and Lady Chelmsford, Agra 1916, 4-8 November.
  8. Geography – No. 107, Vol. XX, Part 1. March 1935.
  9. Red Cross Work in the United Provinces. Volume One: 1914 1917.
  10. ‘Our Day’ in the United Provinces – 12th December 1917.
  11. A Letter to the People of India by L. Curtis.
  12. Geography. No. 102, Vol. XVIII, Part 4. December 1933.
  13. The Indian National Demand.
  14. The Moral Issue in India by Robert Stokes.
  15. All Parties Conference 1928 – Supplementary Report of the Committee.
  16. All Parties Conference 1928 – Report of the Committee.
  17. The Proceedings of the All Parties National Convention.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 7, items 60-76)

Meston Papers: Box 27

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Pamphlets; tour programmes of Sir J. Meston and other official visitors; offprints and ephemera:

  1. Tour Programmes and Engagement List 1913-17. 16 items.
  2. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor’s Monsoon Tour, 1913.
  3. The Moral Issue in India by Robert Stokes.
  4. Mr Gladstone by J.A. Spender.
  5. India at the Cross Roads by Lex.
  6. Aspects of Indian Educational Policy by Lord Meston.
  7. A Policy of Rural Education by S.H. Fremantle CIE.
  8. Drink by Lord Meston.
  9. Reprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow Vol. LXII. Geography in India’s History by Lord Meston.
  10. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. LXXXI, No. 4223. October 27, 1933.
  11. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. LXVIII, No. 3533. August 6, 1920.
  12. Statistics in India by Lord Meston.
  13. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Imperial Citizenship by Lord Meston.
  14. Geography and Progress in India by Lord Meston.
  15. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. LXXXI, No. 4223. October 27, 1933.
  16. Some reflections on an Indian Art Renaissance by the Earl of Ronaldshay.
  17. The Journal of the United Provinces Historical Society June 1934 – Special Number.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 7, items 43-59)

Meston Papers: Box 26

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Pamphlets; tour programmes of Sir J. Meston and other official visitors; offprints and ephemera:

  1. Conference on Indian Art held at the British Empire Exhibition on Monday, 2 June 1924, under the auspices of The India Society.
  2. The House of Pahasu.
  3. The Indian Civil Service by J. Wilson.
  4. Arrangements for His Excellency the Viceroy’s Visit to Lucknow, January 9th to 10th, 1914.
  5. Address delivered by the Hon. Sir James S. Meston, KCSI, Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, at the Convocation of the Allahabad University, 16th November 1912.
  6. Address to His Excellency the Viceroy on the occasion of the opening of the New High Court, North-Western Provinces, on the 27th November 1916.
  7. Visit of Their Excellencies The Viceroy and Lady Chelmsford.
  8. His Honour the Lieutenant Governor’s Tour Programme and Engagement List, 2nd January 1918.
  9. Aberdeen University Review.
  10. Wedding invitation.
  11. The Union-Castle Line – List of Passengers – Royal Mail Service between England and South Africa.
  12. Reprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow for the 133rd and 134th sessions ?1934-35 and 1935-36, Vol. LXII. Geography in India’s History by Lord Meston.
  13. Broadcasts to Schools. Regional Geography, Autumn Term 1935.
  14. A Conscience Clause for Indian Schools and Colleges by The Rev. W. Meston.
  15. Geography and Progress in India by Lord Meston.
  16. Memorandum on India.
  17. IDL Pamphlet No. 20. The Financial Aspects of The White Paper by Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew, KCSI.
  18. ‘The Indian White Paper’. An address delivered to the India Parliamentary Committee of the Conservative Party at the House of Commons on 16 April 1934 by Sir Henry Lawrence.
  19.  The Moral Issue in India by Robert Stokes.
  20. Hindu Society and the New Constitution by K.M. Panikkar.
  21. Budget, 1938-39. Finance Member’s Speech.
  22. Indian Constitutional Reform. A Brief Narrative of the Government of India’s Proposals.
  23. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts Vol. LXXXI, No. 4223. October 27, 1933.
  24. Geography as Mental Equipment by Lord Meston.
  25. Statistics in India by Lord Meston.
  26. Mr Lloyd George’s Memoirs by Lord Meston.
  27. Geography and Progress in India by Lord Meston.
  28. Indian Constitutional Reform. A Brief Narrative of the Government of India’s Proposals.
  29. Detailed Programme for the Viceroy’s Visit to Benares, on the 4th February 1916.
  30. Mr Lloyd George’s Memoirs by Lord Meston.
  31. Geography and Progress in India by Lord Meston.
  32. Geography and Progress in India by Lord Meston.
  33. The White Paper: A Middle View by Lord Meston.
  34. ‘The New Way’ Series No. 10. India and The Empire by Lord Meston.
  35. The Statutes of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India.
  36. Inaugural Address to the United Provinces Historical Society. Delivered at Allahabad, on the 30th November 1915 by Sir James Meston.
  37. Statistics in India by Lord Meston.
  38. The Royal Empire Society. India Committee. Report to the Council of the Society on the Probable Working of the Simon Commission’s Proposals.
  39. The Round Table Movement and India, 1909-1920 by Dewitt Clinton Ellinwood, Jr.
  40. ‘India in 1929-30’.
  41. Imperial Citizenship by Lord Meston.
  42. Geography as Mental Equipment by Lord Meston.

Meston Papers: Box 25

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Printed volumes of Sir J. Meston’s speeches as Lieutenant-Governor of United Provinces:

  1. Speeches Volume I: October 1912 – February 1914.
  2. Speeches Volume II: March 1914 – April 1916.
  3. Speeches Volume III: July 1916 – February 1918.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 6, items 10-12)

Meston Papers: Box 24

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Printed volumes of Sir J. Meston’s correspondence and speeches as Lieutenant-Governor of United Provinces:

  1. Muhammadan Feeling in India 1912-14.
  2. Letters in connection with the Machli Bazar Mosque [Masjid Machhli Bazaar], Cawnpore [Kanpur], July 1913 – May 1914.
  3. Private letters in connection with Sir James Meston’s evidence before the Finance Commission in October 1913.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 6, items 7-9)

Meston Papers: Box 23

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Printed volumes of Sir J. Meston’s correspondence and speeches as Lieutenant-Governor of United Provinces (continues from Box 22, with item 3 in a separate series):

  1. Confidential correspondence – Volume II: August 1914 – May 1916.
  2. Confidential correspondence – Volume III: June 1916 – February 1918 (with some items May 1915 – May 1916).
  3. Confidential correspondence: November 1912 – September 1914.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 6, items 4-6)

Meston Papers: Box 22

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Printed volumes of Sir J. Meston’s correspondence and speeches as Lieutenant-Governor of United Provinces:

  1. Correspondence with Lord Hardinge: 1912-16.
  2. Correspondence with Lord Chelmsford: 1916-17.
  3. Confidential correspondence – Volume I: October 1912 – July 1914.

(The contents of this box were originally listed as Box 6, items 1-3)

Meston Papers: Box 21

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Settlement and Assessment Reports:

  1. Assessment Report of Tahsil Garotha, District Jhansi (1892).
  2. Report on the Assessment of Tahsil Jhansi, District Jhansi (1892).
  3. Assessment Report of Tahsil Moth, District Jhansi (1892).
  4. Final Report of the Tenth Settlement of the Budaun District (1901/2).

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 5)

Meston Papers: Box 20

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Official, demi-official and personal papers relating to Sir J. Meston’s official duties:

  1. ‘Indian Reforms – Inner Council, October 1918 – December 1919.’ Now in two parts. Relates to drafting of Government of India Act 1919. Includes telegrams between Secretary of State for India and Viceroy; correspondence, minuting and noting; drafts of Bill and of Joint Select Committee Report; printed comments by officials and others in India.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 4, item 4)

Meston Papers: Box 19

Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S.

Donated by the 3rd Baron Meston

Official, demi-official and personal papers relating to Sir J. Meston’s official duties:

  1. ‘Letters and Papers, mostly official, March 1917 – May 1919.’ Now in two parts. Relates to financial questions but also includes general issues, the War and constitutional matters. Includes telegrams between Secretary of State for India and Viceroy; memoranda, correspondence and noting.

(The contents of this box were previously listed as Box 4, item 3)