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*''Naini Tal : a historical and descriptive account, 1927'', published 1928, is available to download as two different pdfs from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1927 and 1928.They are cataloged as ''1927 Nainital--a historical and descriptive account by Clay'' and ''1928 Naini Tal--a historical and descriptive account by Clay''. It appears the author is considered to be J M Clay.
*[http://archive.org/stream/MyIndia1952#page/n1/mode/2up ''My India''] by Jim Corbett originally published 1952 Archive.org. Includes some descriptions of Naini Tal. For more books by Jim Corbett, see [[Kumaon]]
*''The Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India'' Volumes I, II and III by Edwin T Atkinson published 1882, 1884, 1886 as Volumes X, XI, XII of ''Statistical, descriptive and historical account of the North-Western Provinces of India'' [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/IFLUJKZ7HXEEFPXISHCIAJY45YF5LLSX Volume I/Volume X], [https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/W57IR7Y7GX4B7EXNVE7D3SBKLJNPOVGH Volume II/Volume XI],[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/2HMTNQMGV7CTKJAWGJZJNKWEJV2TIYUM Volume III/Volume XII] [[Online books#Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek| Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek]]**''The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Province Provinces of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) originally published 1882, 1884, 1886 is available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, Part part 1 Contents computer digital page 12; Volume 1, Part part 2 Contents cp dp 12, Index cp dp 536; Volume 2, Part part 1 Contents cp18dp18; Volume 2, Part part 2 Contents cp dp 16 Index cp dp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, Part part 1 Contents cp dp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, Part part 2 Contents cp dp 8 Place names K-Z.:Pdf downloads: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95851 Vol. 1, Part 1] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/(handle/2015/97345 95851); Vol. 1, Part 2] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/(handle/2015/95852 97345); Vol. 2, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/(handle/2015/96527 95852); Vol. 2, Part 2], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/(handle/2015/95853 96527); Vol. 3, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/(handle/2015/95854 95853); Vol. 3, Part 2](handle/2015/95854). Additional files are available for Volume 3.*:Originally from the Digital Library of India. with mirror versions on Archive.org for [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Himalayan+Gazetteer%29&sort=-date ''Himalayan Gazetteer'']. If you have problems locating the above volumes, use the final number as a search term, example 2015.95851
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/773 ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 34: Nainital''] 1904 may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]
*[https://archive.org/stream/diaryofcivilians02kinguoft#page/72/mode/2up Naini Tal landslip] page 72 ''The diary of a civilian's wife in India, 1877-1882''
by Mrs. Robert Moss King 1884 Archive.org
