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* [http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/s-z.htm Business records relating to tea companies] in the Guildhall Library, London. It seems likely these companies are ones registered in the U.K.
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=81070 The Story of India Tea] 1917 British Pathe film clip
*[http://www.sms.csx.cam.ac.uk/media/1077801 The Elephant Man] is about the rescue of refugees fleeing Burma in 1942 by Gyles Mackrell, an Assam tea planter. He mounted an operation to save refugees who were trapped by flooded rivers at the border with India using the only means available to get them across - elephants. Includes YouTube film clip from the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge. More about Gyles Mackrell’s story in this [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/07/flight-by-elephant-andrew-martin-review link] theguardian.com([https://web.archive.org/web/20131114023120/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/07/flight-by-elephant-andrew-martin-review archive.org] link)
*[http://www.assamco.com/heritage.html Assam Company Ltd] Background to the Assam Tea Company and its [http://www.assamco.com/teaplantation.html Tea Plantations]
*[http://www.upasi.org/ UPASI (The United Planters' Association of Southern India)] is an apex body of planters of tea, coffee, rubber, pepper and cardamom in the Southern States of India viz. Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in existence since 1893, located at [[Coonoor]], Nilgiris. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-05/1336487052 post] says they have records of all planters [for that area] and an extensive library going back nearly 100 years. Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20131127092701/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/a-tea-industry-anniversary/article4544060.ece A tea industry anniversary] by S. Muthiah, Madras Miscellany March 24, 2013 ''The Hindu''. The first tea auction at Coonoor was in 1863.
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%205/otherstories.html#story4 When planters turned to their ''Directory of South India''] by K.V.S. Krishna ''Madras Musings'' Vol. XXI No. 5, June 16-30, 2011
*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20121025064420/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/oct/28/kerala-homestays-rubber-plantations-kochi "Rubber soul"] by Lesley Gillilan 28 October 2011 ''The Guardian'' mentions the rubber plantations in the foothills of the Western Ghats.(archive.org link)
*The Path to the Hills: History of the Plantations on Western Ghats. Tea Coffee and Rubber. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:mb4CNqQRCP4J:www.stayhomz.com/history.pdf+The+Path+to+the+Hills:+History+of+the+Plantations+on+Western+Ghats&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShykzcs746xK8gx-9gUcVbCosd1GdhTgwYbrr_CGGnE4tiwU-uikALEM1MjCswgoLKzwEuu8fPO2SNlc78HhwGl1ztKcywrYnYGabdQ4n-nA7CEabA8KFh9JANlJrqtkbh2lpnH&sig=AHIEtbRc0xnPWfot6-Vp8dd6x-QJ1jHf6A html version], [http://www.stayhomz.com/history.pdf original pdf] www.stayhomz.com
*[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/total-tea-day/article4081155.ece "Total Tea Day:A Taste Of History. The museum at the Nullathani estate in Munnar] November 9, 2012 thehindu.com
*[http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea] includes many [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Browse/browse-our-archives.asp online publications] including [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Fe_Browse/fergusons-directories.asp Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories] from 1871 to 1930 (Broken range). For Ferguson’s Directories, this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-05/1306396281 post] advises "In the index on the left hand side look for an entry marked (usually) General Directory (towards the bottom) and then click on a page to see the contents".
*[http://www.almarteas.com/tea_history.html History of Ceylon Tea]almarteas.com
*[http://www.ringtons.co.uk/blog/2012/10/ Blog with extracts from a booklet from 1935/36, a special edition of ''The Ringtonian'', from the diary of Mr Samuel Smith during a journey to India and Ceylon]. Rington’s, a tea and coffee merchant. Scroll to the bottom of the October 2012 Archives to commence. Includes photographs.
