Hume Papers

Papers relating to the careers of Col. A.H.B. Hume, Royal Engineers, in particular about the Survey of India, with some papers also about the Balloon Section of India. Also correspondence about the Indian Defence League.

Papers of Andrew Park Hume, I.C.S., United Provinces and Delhi. Work of the Delhi Improvement Trust; papers relating to the transfer of power, and about the arrangements made for I.C.S. officers during.


Box 1 – Diaries of Col. A.H.B. Hume, 1888-1919

Box 2 – Pamphlets published by the India Defence League and the Indian Empire Society.

Box 3 – Pamphlets published by the India Defence League and the Indian Empire Society.

Box 4 – Correspondence relating to the India Defence League and the Indian Empire Society; notes on civil disobedience in Lucknow; notes on staff efficiency

Box 5 – Notes on Indian history; administration reports for Hardwar, Lucknow, Meerut and Roorkee.

Box 6 – Assorted maps of India

Box 7 – Printed papers relating to the Ballon Service in India; account of the work of the Survey of India; papers relating to the Royal Engineers in India.

Box 8 – Diaries of A.H.B. Hume and A.P. Hume, 1893-1957 (not complete).

Box 9 – Papers relating to the Delhi Improvement Trust; various I.C.S.-related papers. 1924-1947.

Box 10 – Collections of newspaper cuttings; letters relating to work for Delhi Improvement Trust; letters from Balrampur State; family lettrs, 1929-1945.