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These catalogues cover the holdings of India Office Private Papers, Prints & Drawings, and Photographs within the Library's Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections.  
  The main focus of the catalogues is on the countries of South Asia, although there are also considerable holdings relevant to other parts of Asia and the Middle East.

You can:
   •  search the Private papers, Prints & drawings, or Photographs collections separately.
   •  search for visual material in any medium by selecting All images.
   •  read about the scope and history of the three collections.

For details of how to use the system, see our search tips.

These catalogues are currently being updated. As a result, the ALL IMAGES search will not contain any new or updated cataloguing until further notice. See changes page for more details.

Please note that these catalogues contain no images at present. Images will be added at a later date.