Content arranged by Author

W.G and M. Archer

W.G. Archer was an Additional Deputy Commissioner in the Naga Hills, 1946-8, and later Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. His wife Mildred kept a diary of her time in the Naga Hills and later became an art historian, working at both the Victoria and Albert Museum and the India Office Library.

1. Manuscript notes (W.G), 1946-1948
2. Sketch notes (W.G), 1946-1948
3. Diary, 1947 (Mildred)
4. Diary, 1947 (W.G)
5. B&W photographs, 1946-1948 (W.G)

Henry Balfour

Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford 1983-1939.

1. Sketches, 1922, 1926
2. Fascimile page, 1922-1923
3. Diary, 1922-1923
4. Letters to Henry Balfour

Ursula Graham Bower

Anthropologist in the Naga Hills 1937-1946. (Later married name U.G. Betts). Author of 'Naga Path'.

1. Facsimile page of field notes
2. Another facsimile page of field notes
3. Film, 1939-1940s
4. B&W photographs, 1937-1946
5. B&W photograph
6. Diaries from Manipur and North Cachar, 1937-1940
7. Book: Naga Path, 1937-1946, pub 1950
8. Manuscript notes
9. Sketches, 1939-1945
10. Nzemi folk tales, 1940-1944
11. M.A. thesis, 'Village Organization, Central Nzemi', 1950 and footnotes
12. Papers, notebooks and letters, 1937-1947

Christoph von Fürer-Haimendor

Anthropologist in the Naga Hills, 1936-1937 and later Professor of Anthropology at London. Revisited Naga Hills in 1962 and 1970. Author of 'The Naked Nagas', 'The Konyak Nagas' and 'Return to the Naked Nagas'.

1. Diaries, 1936-1937
2. Notes, 1936-1937
3. B&W photographs, 1936-1937
4. Facsimile of field notes, 1936-1937
5. Colour photographs, 1962, 1970
6. Film, 1962
7. B&W photographs, 1962
8. Book: Konyak Nagas, 1969
9. Diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
10. Notebook on his return to Nagaland, 1970
11. Film, 1970
12. Book: Return to the Naked Nagas, 1939, 1976

J.H. Hutton

District Commissioner in the Naga Hills, 1909-1935, and later Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. Author of 'The Angami Nagas' and 'The Sema Nagas'.

1. Tour diaries in the Naga Hills, 1917-1935
2. Facsimile page from tour diary, 1917
3. Sound recording of Chang songs, 1919
4. Sound recording of "Hoiyi Oll", 1919
5. Sound recording of "Lipeli", 1919
6. Illustration, 1920
7. Illustration, 1935
8. B&W photographs, 1913-1928
9. Illustrations
10. Two tours in the Naga Hills, 1926
11. Letters from J.H. Hutton
12. Letters to J.H. Hutton
13. Maps from 'The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes', 1965
14. Further maps from 'The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes', 1965
15. Photographs of Naga Artefacts

J.P. Mills

District Commissioner in the Naga Hills, 1914-1948, and later Reader in Anthropology at London. Author of 'The Rengma Nagas', 'The Lhota Nagas' and 'The Ao Nagas'.

1. Tour diary, March 1927
2. Facsimile page of tour diary, 1938
3. Tour note, December 1944 (24)
4. Tour diary, 1928 (14)
5. Tour diary, Nov-Dec 1936 (19)
6. Letters from J.P. Mills (18)
7. B&W photographs, 1922-1945 (73)
8. Artefacts collected

Pre-1900 accounts

1. Major W. McCulloch, 1858
2. E.T. Dalton, Ethnography, 1872
3. R.G. Woodthorpe:
   1. Facsimile page from tour diary
   2. B&W photographs, c. 1873-1875
   3. Coloured sketches, c.1873-1876
   4. Report, 1875-1876
   5. Tour diary, 1875-1876
   6. Notes, 1881
4. John Butler:
   1. Sketch of Assam 1, 1847
   2. Sketch of Assam 2, 1847
   3. Tour diary, 1870
   4. Tour diary, 1870-1872
   5. Tour diary, 1873
5. H.H. Godwin-Austen, Tour journal, Nov 1872 - April 1873
6. Capt. P.J. Maitland, 1879-80
7. Assam Administration Report, 1882-1940

Other accounts

1. Keith Cantlie:
   1. Tour diary, 1919-1920
   2. Memoir as a Deputy Commissioner, 1919-1920
2. C.S. Mullan, Extracts from the Census of India 1931
3. C.R. Pawsey:
   1. B&W photographs, 1937
   2. Diary, 1925
   3. Tour map
4. C.R. Stoner, The Feast of Merit, 1950
5. Unidentified published pieces

Content Arranged by Media Type

1. Sound Recordings
2. Sketch Maps
3. Maps from 'The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes', 1965
4. Further maps from 'The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes', 1965
5. Films:
   1. 1930s-1940s
   2. 1962
   3. 1970
6. Sketches:
   1. Coloured sketches, c.1873-1876 (54)
   2. Hutton article illustrations, 1920s (67)
   3. Sketches 1922,1926 (53)
   4. Sketches, 1939-1945 (72)
   5. Sketches from 'The Book of Indian Animals', 1965 (64)
7. Photographs:
   1. Photographs of Naga Artefacts
   2. B&W photographs by R.G. Woodthorpe, c.1873-1875
   3. B&W photographs by J.H. Hutton, 1913-1928
   4. B&W photographs by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937
   5. B&W photographs by Sir Charles Pawsey, 1937
   6. B&W photographs by Ursula Graham Bower, 1937-1946
   7. B&W photographs by W.G. Archer, 1946-1948
   8. B&W photographs by C.R. Stonor, 1946-1948
   9. B&W photographs by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1962
   10. Colour photographs by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1962, 1970
   11. B&W photographs by J.P. Mills
   12. Colour photographs (other)
8. Books:
   1. Naga Path by Ursula Graham Bower, 1937-1946, pub 1950
   2. Konyak Nagas by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1969
   3. Return to the Naked Nagas by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1939, 1976
9. Thesis/report:
   1. R.G. Woodthorpe, Report, 1875-1876
   2. Capt. P.J. Maitland, 1879-80
   3. Assam Administration Report, 1882-1940
   4. Ursula Graham Bower, 'Village Organization, Central Nzemi', 1950 and Footnotes
10. Diaries/accounts:
    1. Major W. McCulloch, 1858
    2. John Butler, 1870
    3. John Butler, 1870-1872
    4. E.T. Dalton, Ethnography, 1872
    5. H.H. Godwin-Austen, Nov 1872 - April 1873
    6. John Butler, 1873
    7. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1875-1876
    8. J.H. Hutton, 1917-1935
    9. J.H. Hutton, facsimile page from tour diary, 1917
    10. Keith Cantlie, 1919-1920
    11. Keith Cantlie, Memoir as a Deputy Commissioner, 1919-1920
    12. Henry Balfour, 1922-1923
    13. C.R. Pawsey, 1925
    14. J.H. Hutton, 1926
    15. J.P. Mills, March 1927
    16. J.P. Mills, 1928
    17. J.P. Mills, Nov-Dec 1936
    18. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937
    19. Ursula Graham Bower, Manipur and North Cachar, 1937-1940
    20. M. Archer, 1947
    21. W.G. Archer, 1947
    22. C.R. Stoner, The Feast of Merit, 1950
    23. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1970
    24. Unidentified published pieces
11. Notes:
    1. R.G. Woodthorpe, 1881
    2. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1936-1937
    3. Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, 1970
    4. J.P. Mills, December 1944
    5. Ursula Graham Bower, Facsimile page of field notes
    6. Ursula Graham Bower, Another facsimile page of field notes
    7. Nzemi folk tales, 1940-1944
    8. W.G Archer, Manuscript notes, 1946-1948
    9. W.G Archer, Sketch note, 1946-1948
    10. Ursula Graham Bower, Manuscript notes
12. Letters:
    1. Letters from J.H. Hutton
    2. Letters to J.H. Hutton
    3. Letters from J.P. Mills
    4. Letters to Henry Balfour
    5. Papers, notebooks and letters by Ursula Graham Bower