India Office Records - Arrangement of The Records

Arrangement of The Records

The classification system for the records was created with two goals: to preserve the original order of the records as much as was possible, and to clarify the administrative history of the records. Each series of records was assigned a letter, from A to Z, and certain series also have descriptive subclasses. The classes are as follows:

• A: East India Company: Charters, Deeds, Statutes and Treaties c1550-c1950

• B: East India Company: Minutes of the Court of Directors and Court of Proprietors 1599-1858

• C: Council of India Minutes and Memoranda 1858-1947

• D: East India Company: Minutes and Memoranda of General Committees 1700-1858

• E: East India Company: General Correspondence 1602-1859

• F: Board of Control Records 1784-1858

• G: East India Company Factory Records c1595-1858

• H: India Office Home Miscellaneous Series c1600-1900

• I: Records relating to other Europeans in India 1475-1824

• J&K: East India College, Haileybury, Records, and Records of other institutions 1749-1925

• L: India Office Departmental Records

• L/AG: India Office: Accountant-General's Records c1601-1974

• L/E: India Office: Economic Department Records c1876-1950

• L/F: India Office: Financial Department Records c1800-1948

• L/I: India Office: Information Department Records 1921-1949

• L/L: India Office: Legal Adviser's Records c1550-c1950

• L/MAR: India Office: Marine Records c1600-1879

• L/MED: India Office: Medical Board Records c1920-1960

• L/MIL: India Office: Military Department Records 1708-1959

• L/PARL: India Office: Parliamentary Branch Records c1772-1952

• L/PO: Secretary of State for India: Private Office Papers 1858-1948

• L/PWD: India Office: Public Works Department 1839-1931

• L/P&J: India Office: Public and Judicial Department Records 1795-1950

• L/P&S: India Office: Political and Secret Department Records 1756-c1950

• L/R: India Office: Record Department Papers 1859-1959

• L/SUR: India Office: Surveyor's Office Records 1837-1934

• L/S&G: India Office: Services and General Department Records c1920-c1970

• L/WS: India Office: War Staff Papers 1921-1951

• M: Burma Office Records 1932-1948

• N: Returns of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1698-1969

• O: Biographical Series 1702-1948

• P: Proceedings and Consultations 1702-1945

• Q: Commission, Committee and Conference Records c1895-1947

• R: Records received in London and incorporated in India Office Records

• R/1: India: Crown Representative: Political Department Indian States Records 1880-1947

• R/2: India: Crown Representative: Indian States Residencies Records c1789-1947

• R/3: India: Viceroy's Private Office Papers and other Government Records 1899-1948

• R/4: India: British High Commission Cemetery Records c1870-1967

• R/5: Nepal: Kathmandu Residency Records c1792-1872

• R/8: Burma: Records of the Governor's Office 1942-1947

• R/9: Malaya: Malacca Orphan Chamber and Council of Justice Records c1685-1835

• R/10: China: Canton Factory Records 1623-1841

• R/12: Afghanistan: Kabul Legation Records 1923-1948

• R/15: Gulf States: Records of the Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat and Trucial States Agencies 1763-1951

• R/19: Egypt: Records of the Cairo, Alexandria and Suez Agencies 1832-1870

• R/20: Aden: Records of the British Administrations in Aden 1837-1967

• S: Linguistic Survey of India c1900-c1930

• V: India Office Records Official Publications Series c1760-1957

• W, X & Y: India Office Records Map Collections c1700-c1960

• Z: Original Registers and Indexes to Records Series c1700-1950