Bailey Collection: Synopsis.

Albums belonging to Lt.-Col. and Mrs Frederick Bailey. Photo 1083/1 96 prints 'F.A.M.' Album of commercial views of France, Belgium and Switzerland, 1860s, compiled by Frederick Bailey's mother, Florence Marshman. Previously Mss Eur F157/446. Photo 1083/2 136 prints Carte de visite and cabinet portrait album belonging to Florence Marshman, with inscription dated 23 April 1873. The album contains portraits of the Bailey and Marshman family and friends spanning the period 1860s-80s. A few sitters are identified, the majority unknown. Previously Mss Eur F157/447. Photo 1083/3 88 prints Album of views of Simla, Dehra Dun and Europe, 1860s-70s. Previously Mss Eur F157/448. Photo 1083/4 15 prints Album of unidentified Indian views, 1880s: camp scenes, elephants, etc. Previously Mss Eur F157/449. Photo 1083/5 24 prints Partly filled cabinet portrait album, 1880s. The majority unidentified. Previously Mss Eur F157/450. Photo 1083/6 167 prints Snapshot album, 1895-1901: Scotland, Belgium, Sandhurst, Norway. Previously Mss Eur F157/451. Photo 1083/7 190 prints Snapshot album recording a visit to Canada, August-September 1897. Previously Mss Eur F157/452. Photo 1083/8 92 prints Snapshot album recording a visit to Canada, August-September 1897. Previously Mss Eur F157/453. Albums belonging to Mrs F.A. Bailey and Lt.-Col. Frederick Marshman Bailey. [Many of the photographs taken by F.M. Bailey in Tibet and India were duplicated and sent home to be arranged in albums by his mother, Mrs F.A. Bailey. These albums are marked *.]. Photo 1083/9 173 prints 'Sunny Memories' snapshot album containing miscellaneous views of India and fishing holidays in Norway. Previously Mss Eur F157/454. Photo 1083/10* 188 prints 'F.M.B. India', snapshot album of miscellaneous Indian views, 1900-1909. Previously Mss Eur F157/455. Photo 1083/11 137 prints Snapshot album of Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04. Previously Mss Eur F157/456. Photo 1083/12* 246 prints 'Tibet 1903-4. F.M.B. I.' Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04. Album compiled by Bailey's mother, Mrs F.A. Bailey. This album is numbered 1-224, 1-18: the second sequence is in fact the start of the following album. Previously Mss Eur F157/457. Photo 1083/13* 305 prints 'Tibet 1903-4. F.M.B. II.' Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04. Album compiled by Bailey's mother, Mrs F.A. Bailey.Prints 1-18 of this album are located in the preceding volume. Previously Mss Eur F157/458. Photo 1083/14* 197 prints 'Tibet 1903-4. F.M.B. III.' Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1904. Album compiled by Bailey's mother, Mrs F.A. Bailey. Numbered 306-503, in continu ation of preceding volume. Previously Mss Eur F157/459. Photo 1083/15 339 prints 'Tibet 1904-1905. Photographs by F.M.B.' Previously Mss Eur F157/460. Photo 1083/16 134 prints 'Western Tibet 1904-5. F.M.B.' Previously Mss Eur F157/461. Photo 1083/17* 234 prints 'Tibet 1905-6-7. F.M.B. IV.' Previously Mss Eur F157/462. Photo 1083/18* 247 prints 'Tibet 1907-8. F.M.B. V.' Previously Mss Eur F157/463. Photo 1083/19* 258 prints 'Tibet 1908-9. F.M.B. VI.' Prints 237-58 in this sequence are located in the following volume. Previously Mss Eur F157/464. Photo 1083/20* 85 prints 'Tibet 1909. F.M.B. VII.' Also views at Ambala, Calcutta, Abu and Switzerland. This volume also contains prints 237-58 from the preceding album. Previously Mss Eur F157/465. Photo 1083/21 190 prints Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04. Parts 466-69 are a series of four notebooks containing prints in a single, undated sequence numbered 1-482. Most of this material appears to duplicate prints in other albums relating to this period. Previously Mss Eur F157/466. Photo 1083/22 104 prints Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04, prints 191-294. See note at Photo 1083/21. Previously Mss Eur F157/467. Photo 1083/23 94 prints Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04, prints 295-388. See note at Photo 1083/21. Previously Mss Eur F157/468. Photo 1083/24 94 prints Younghusband Expedition, Tibet, 1903-04, prints 389-482. See note at Photo 1083/21. Previously Mss Eur F157/469. Photo 1083/25 48 prints Views of Tibet. Photo 1083/25-31 forms a sequence of seven albums in similar format of views of Tibet taken between 1903-09. Captions on reverse. These photographs are duplicated elsewhere in the collection. Previously Mss Eur F157/470. Photo 1083/26 44 prints Views of Tibet. Uncaptioned. See note at Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/471. Photo 1083/27 46 prints. Views of Tibet. Some prints captioned on reverse. See note at Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/472. Photo 1083/28 46 prints Views of Tibet (and India?). Some prints captioned on reverse. Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/473. Photo 1083/29 48 prints Views of Tibet. Uncaptioned. See note at Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/474. Photo 1083/30 46 prints Views of Tibet. Uncaptioned. See note at Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/475. Photo 1083/31 46 prints Views of Tibet. Uncaptioned. See note at Photo 1083/25. Previously Mss Eur F157/476. Photo 1083/32 51 prints Photographs taken on home leave, 1907-11, mainly in Scotland. Previously Mss Eur F157/477. Photo 1083/33* 154 prints 'Peking to Assam. F.M. Bailey. 1911.' Small snapshots. Views in China, Tibet, Assam, portraits of Mishmis, Nagas, etc. Previously Mss Eur F157/478. Photo 1083/34 164 prints Peking to Assam, 1911. Prints 102-164 are in a separate section of the album entitled 'Abors & Mishmis 1911-12.' Previously Mss Eur F157/479. Photo 1083/35* 176 prints Mishmis, Abors and Nagas, 1911. Aligarh, 1912. Previously Mss Eur F157/480. Photo 1083/36* 188 prints Mishmis Survey and Tsangpo Expedition, 1912-13. Previously Mss Eur F157/481. Photo 1083/37* 165 prints Tsangpo Expedition (continuation), Indian troops in France, Srinagar, North-West Frontier, 1913-16. Previously Mss Eur F157/482. Photo 1083/38* 113 prints Album of Middle East views, 1917. Previously Mss Eur F157/483. Photo 1083/39* 117 prints Album of Middle East and Kashmir views, 1917-18. Previously Mss Eur F157/484. Photo 1083/40 257 prints Album of snapshot views, 1918-21: Delhi, Gilgit, Gangtok, home leave (Scotland), marriage, Sikkim and Tibet. Previously Mss Eur F157/485. Photo 1083/41 251 prints Album of miscellaneous snapshot views, 1919-21: Kashgar and Bokhara; home leave and wedding; Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal. Previously Mss Eur F157/486. Loose photographs in bundles belonging to Lt.-Col. F.M. Bailey. Photo 1083/42 Duplicate prints from Peking to Assam journey, 1911 (see Photo 1083/33) and Abor Expedition, 1911-12 (see Photo 1083/34-35). Photo 1083/43 56 prints Duplicates from (?)Tsangpo Expedition, 1913. Previously Mss Eur F157/488. Photo 1083/44 187 prints Duplicates from Turkestan Expedition, 1918-20. Previously Mss Eur F157/489. Photo 1083/45 473 prints Tibet and Sikkim, with some material from Darjeeling, 1920-29. (?)Mainly duplicates. Previously Mss Eur F157/490. Photo 1083/46 578 prints Bhutan Expedition, 1922, including photographs taken by the surveyor, Captain H.R.C. Meade. Previously Mss Eur F157/491. Photo 1083/47 98 prints Far East and (?)United States, 1929. Previously Mss Eur F157/492. Photo 1083/48 25 prints Central India, 1930-32. Previously Mss Eur F157/493. Photo 1083/49 13 prints Kashmir, 1932-35. Previously Mss Eur F157/494. Photo 1083/50 182 prints Nepal, including photographs of Field-Marshal Mannerheim's visit and Nepalese royal family, durbars, etc., 1935-38. Previously Mss Eur F157/495. Photo 1083/51 81 prints Miscellaneous, mainly Indian snapshots, c. 1930s. Previously Mss Eur F157/496. Photo 1083/52 54 prints Miscellaneous family snapshots, mainly in United kingdom, 1930s-60s. Previously Mss Eur F157/497. Loose natural history photographs. Photo 1083/53 87 prints Snapshots of plants, with rough list of some of the photographs, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/498. Photo 1083/54 89 prints Snapshots of butterflies, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/499. Photo 1083/55 152 prints Snapshots of birds and their nests, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/500. Photo 1083/56 40 prints Snapshots of mammals, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/501. Photo 1083/57 17 prints Snapshots of fish and fishing, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/502. Additional Collections. Photo 1083/58 464 prints Photograph album, 1900-1909. Mainly Tibet (Younghusband Expedition and subesequent travels), with a few pictures of Norway holiday and military life in Rawalpindi. Most of this material is duplicated elsewhere, although the prints here are often in better condition. Previously Mss Eur F157/819. Photo 1083/59 5 prints Photographs of hunting trophies, 1900s-30s, including the Takin shot by Bailey in Tibet in 1911. Previously Mss Eur F157/820. Photo 1083/60 5 prints Photographs of Tibetan lamas, officials and officers, including the Dalai Lama and Nepalese envoy, c. 1903-29. Previously Mss Eur F157/821. Photo 1083/61 23 prints Miscellaneous photographs of Tibet, c. 1903-29. Views of Lhasa, yak caravans, harvesting. The majority duplicated in other parts of the collection. Previously Mss Eur F157/822. Photo 1083/62 12 prints Photographs of Dalai Lama, Tibetan officials, soldiers, British and Chinese officials in Tibet, c. 1905-24. Previously Mss Eur F157/823. Photo 1083/63 13 prints Scenes of Turkestan and portraits of Frederick Bailey in various disguises, 1918-20. Previously Mss Eur F157/824. Photo 1083/64 38 prints Scenes in Egypt during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/825. Photo 1083/65 13 prints Scenes in Aden during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/826. Photo 1083/66 92 prints Scenes in Ceylon during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/827. Photo 1083/67 17 prints Scenes in Bombay during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/828. Photo 1083/68 27 prints Scenes in Delhi, Agra and fatehpur Sikri during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/829. Photo 1083/69 9 prints Scenes in Simla and Mahabaleshwar during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/830. Photo 1083/70 44 prints Scenes in Patiala during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/831. Photo 1083/71 28 prints Scenes in Kashmir during state visit of Crown Prince Carol of Romania, 1920. Previously Mss Eur F157/832. Photo 1083/72 3 prints Portraits of the royal family of Sikkim, 1910s-20s. Previously Mss Eur F157/833. Photo 1083/73 8 prints Scenes of Tibet and Bhutan, including Maharaja of Bhutan with his troops, c. 1923-28. Previously Mss Eur F157/834. Photo 1083/74 22 prints Scenes of Tibet and Sikkim, c. 1921-28. Pages extracted from album. Previously Mss Eur F157/835. Photo 1083/75 10 prints Snapshots of tiger hunting scenes, 1920s-30s. Previously Mss Eur F157/836. Photo 1083/76 301 prints Photograph album of Frederick Bailey's travels in Tibet, with a few pictures of Nepal and Calcutta, 1924-26. Previously Mss Eur F157/837. Photo 1083/77 4 prints Miscellaneous portraits: staff and friends, 1930-32. Previously Mss Eur F157/838. Photo 1083/78 1 print Portrait of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, 1930s. Previously Mss Eur F157/839.

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