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Descriptions, plans and drawings relating to the excavations in Cave No. 13. These were published in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 10th October 1861. Included are:

• A draft descriptive paper.
• Plan of Cave 1.3 Drawings of stone pots.
• Drawings of copper coins and sundry found in the stone pots.
• Drawings of clay receptacle containing seal.
• Further drawings of clay receptacles.
• Drawings of 16 fragments.
• Drawings of 9 seals.
• Drawings of 12 seals.
• Lithographs of seals.
• Further drawings of seals.
• Sundry notes.
• Letter from Arthur Anderson West to Edward West, 25 August 1861, checking the date of the find Tracing of the plan of Cave 13.

"Researches in Prehistoric and Protohistoric Comparative Philology, Mythology and Archaeology in connection with the Origin of Culture in America and the Accad or Sumerian Families by Hyde Clarke" Printed Pamphlet published by N Trübner & Co., London. Hodgson has inscribed his own title and date of reception on the front cover but has not annotated the material. Soft bound pamphlet, 74 pages, dated 1875.

'Research Student: Work Approval' - note From Edward G. Browne to inform that the Degree Committee of the Special Board for Oriental Studies had decided that the work of Kamal'd-Din Ahmad was of merit as original research.

Rasearch notes on Indian towns and religions which Ingham has gathered.

An A4 folder labelled 'Enki and S. Arabia' plus loose notes on topics of interest to Ingham including dervishes, Enki, family, Chinese horoscopes and Gilgamesh.

Handwritten manuscript titled 'The Original Notes' on archaic Manipuri, taken by William Pettigrew chiefly at Harvard Library and the British Museum. Annotations are made on some pages in modern and archaic Manipuri.

Stored with the manuscript are two items:

• Letter from Roland B. Dixon (1875-1934), Harvard University, giving updates on the progress of William Pettigrew's research on archaic Manipuri inscriptions, dated 8 June 1929
• 'Rules and Regulations of The Asiatic Society of Bengal', printed by The Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta 1929, signed on the cover 'WP 27/3/39' [Pettigrew was elected Associate Member of the society in 1939]

Research Notes and related correspondence concerning Ingham's interest in India.

Two items:

• "The Library [and Museum] of the Royal Asiatic Society" - research notes concerning acquisition of items and care of the collections in the time period 1824-1831. 14 typed sheets, 2 handwritten sheets, undated.
• "The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Vol. 10, 1841: The Royal Asiatic Society's Museum. Computer printed document of an article available on the internet, 6 pages.

Two sheets of research notes in a modern hand and written in biro. The first bears notes on the Letter Book, giving page numbers of some of the salient details. The second has some biographical notes for Turner Macan. The author of these, and when they were written, is unknown.

Notes concerning the images, possible titles for those to be used within the book. Handwritten, 13 pieces, 14 sides, undated.