Introduction
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Papers of Jervoise Athelstane Baines,
1862-1925
A.1 Official papers,
1870-1925
A.2 Personal papers,
1870-91
A.3 Photographs,
1862-1914
B
Papers of Gervas Selwyn Eyre, brother-in-law of
Jervoise Athelstane Baines, late 19th cent.
C
Papers of Philip Edward Percival,
1895-1929
C.1 Official papers,
1929
C.2 Personal papers,
1912-29
C.3 Photographs,
1895-1928
D
Papers of Major Claud Percival,
1901-9
| Abstract: Official papers, personal letters and photographs of Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines, and his son-in-law, Philip Edward Percival, both of the Indian Civil Service, 1862-1929. |
Jervoise Athelstane Baines (1847-1925) joined the Indian Civil Service in 1870 and served for 25 years. He was an assistant collector, an educational inspector, the census commissioner, 1889-93, and Secretary to the Royal Commission on Opium, 1894-5. He married Constance Pyne in 1874 and they had two children, Sylvia and Cuthbert. In 1901, his daughter, Sylvia, married Philip Edward Percival (1872-1939), who was in the Bombay establishment of the Indian Civil Service. Percival served for 35 years in the Bombay presidency, chiefly in the Judicial Department.
Official papers, printed pamphlets, personal letters and photographs of Jervoise Athelstane Baines, 1862-1925; photographs of Gervas Eyre, his brother-in-law, late 19th century; personal letters and photographs of Philip Edward Percival, 1895-1929, and photographs of Claud Percival, 1901-9.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. lett. c. 826, fols. 1-2].
| Memoranda, circulars and reports,
relating to his work in the Indian Civil Service, printed and manuscript,
1870-80 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 1035 Extent: 112 leaves |
| Correspondence, memoranda, circulars and
reports, relating to his work in the Indian Civil Service, printed and
typescript, 1881-8 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 1036 Extent: 141 leaves |
| Correspondence, memoranda, circulars and
reports, relating to his work in the Indian Civil Service, printed and
typescript, 1888-95 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 1037 Extent: 118 leaves |
| Notes on legal cases, correspondence and
miscellaneous papers relating to his work and interests after retiring from
the Indian Civil Service, c.1870-1925 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 1038 Extent: 102 leaves Scope and Content: Includes
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| Printed pamphlets by Jervoise Athelstane
Baines, 1879-1906 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 1447/1-4 Extent: ii + 47 pages; 10 leaves; 15 pages; 4 pages Scope and Content: Comprises
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| Letters from India, to his parents,
sisters and other family members, c.1870-1 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 826 Extent: iv + 230 leaves |
| Letters from India, to his parents,
sisters and other family members, c.1872 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 827 Extent: 278 leaves |
| Letters from India, to his parents,
sisters and other family members, c.1873 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 828 Extent: 268 leaves |
| Letters from India, to his parents,
sisters and other family members, c.1874-c.1891 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 829 Extent: 209 leaves |
| 'Scrap Album', containing letters and
cards from him and his wife, Constance, to their daughter, Sylvia Baines,
from India, c.1880-2 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. e. 213 Extent: 94 leaves Binding: Dark green decorated cloth boards, with oval portrait on upper board |
| Photograph album,
1862-88 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 38 Extent: 444 leaves Binding: Gilt-ruled half black calf, dark green morocco boards, label on upper board, 'A' Scope and Content: Includes photographs of
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| Photograph album,
1872-89 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 179 Extent: 145 leaves Binding: Gilt red morocco, with wrapper of purple velvet Scope and Content: Inscribed (fol. 1) 'J.A. & C. Baines, 1874. "Haec olim meminisse iuvabit" '. Includes photographs of
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| Photograph album,
1874-1914 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 40 Extent: 252 leaves Binding: Gilt-ruled half black calf, dark green morocco boards, label on upper board, 'C' Scope and Content: Includes photographs of
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| Photographs of the Baines family and of
India, 1875-89 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 181 Extent: 53 leaves |
| Photograph album,
1887-96 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 39 Extent: 196 leaves Binding: Gilt-ruled half black calf, dark green morocco boards, label on upper board, 'B' Scope and Content: Includes photographs of
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| Photograph album,
1889-90 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 41 Extent: 111 leaves Binding: Cloth spine, no boards Scope and Content: Inscribed on front cover, 'Photographs India JAB 189/90'. Contains photographs of indigenous people and places in India and Burma, mostly identified. |
| Photograph album, inscribed (fol. 1) '
Burma 1890', containing personal
and professional photographs, cards and pressed flowers,
1887-91 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 180 Extent: 153 leaves Binding: Blue cloth boards, spine and boards partly detached Scope and Content: Includes
Loose items removed from this volume, comprising photographs, pastel sketches of family members and newspaper cuttings relating to Captain Eyre's service in Burma, are MS. Photogr. c. 150, fols. 41-112. |
| Photographs of Gervas Eyre and members of the
Eyre family, and of Burma,
n.d. [late 19th cent.] Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 182 Extent: 88 leaves |
| Printed records relating to the opening
of the new judicial courts at Karachi,
1929 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 1039/1-2 Extent: 32 pages, 2 leaves Scope and Content: Comprises
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| Letters, with some pen-and-ink sketches,
from India, to his children, Alicia and Davie,
1912-14 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. d. 753 Extent: 141 leaves |
| Letters from India, to his children,
Alicia and Davie, typescript and manuscript,
1915-17 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 830 Extent: 142 leaves |
| Letters from India, to his wife, Sylvia,
and his daughter, Alicia, typescript and manuscript,
1921-9 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 831 Extent: 146 leaves |
| Photographs, some mounted on loose card,
of groups of English officials in the Indian Civil Service, and their wives,
mostly identified, with (fol. 5) a family portrait of P.E. Percival and his
father and brothers, 1895-c.1927 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 42 Extent: 33 leaves |
| Photographs of Nagar and Satara in India,
1898-1925 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 183 Extent: 44 leaves Scope and Content: Includes photographs of
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| Photographs of (fols. 1-16) the Percival
family in India and (fols. 17-34) officials in the Indian judicial service,
1900-28 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. c. 184 Extent: 34 leaves |
| Photographs, some mounted on loose card,
of groups of English and Indian officials in the Indian judicial service,
mostly unidentified and undated, c.1901-26 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 43 Extent: 35 leaves |
| Album, inscribed (fol. 1), 'To & From
the Aro Expedition. Oct. 30th 1901. to Feby. 22nd. 1902.', containing
photographs, with detailed descriptions, of people, rituals and customs in
Nigeria,
1901-2 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 44 Extent: 221 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards |
| Album, inscribed (fol. 1), 'Fort Mangoche
British Central Africa Protectorate 1903. by Percival Captain The Rifle Bde.', containing photographs of Fort Mangoche,
Nyasaland, the indigenous
people and their customs, with detailed descriptions,
1902-3 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 45 Extent: 231 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards |
| Album, containing photographs, with
descriptions, of Nyasaland; a
journey through East Africa, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean; places and
family members in England, 1903 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 46 Extent: 319 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards |
| Album, containing photographs, with
descriptions, of indigenous people and places around Dem Zubeir,
Sudan,
1905-9 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 47 Extent: 243 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards |
| Album, inscribed (fol. 1) 'Major Claud
Percival The Rifle Brigade Daglingworth House Circencester. Glos.', containing
photographs, with descriptions, of government posts, places and inhabitants in
Dem Zubeir
and Raga, Sudan,
1906-7 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 48 Extent: 279 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards, ticket on upper board, 'B15612' |
| Album, inscribed inside upper board, 'Major
Claud Percival The Rifle Brigade - Daglingworth House. Circencester. Glos.',
containing photographs, with descriptions, of government posts, places and
inhabitants in Dem
Zubeir and Raga, Sudan,
1907-9 Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 49 Extent: 272 leaves Binding: Green cloth boards |
| Album, containing professional photographs of
buildings and places, mostly identified, in India, n.d. [early 20th
cent.] Shelfmark: MS. Photogr. b. 50 Extent: i + 166 leaves Binding: Gilt-ruled dark blue morocco, watered endpapers |