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These papers consist of "The Symbolism of the Puranas (Part I)", subtitled, "An enumeration of the symbols on the 'Purana' coinage of Hindustan (with four plates) by W. Theobald, formerly Deputy Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India". (The plates are not with these papers). This is a draft manuscript, typed with handwritten corrections, of an article by Theobald subsequent to his two previous articles on the subject published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1890, Part 1, No. 3, p.181f and Vol. LIX, 1901, Part 1 No. 2, p.38f. The article builds on this work and the earlier work of Walter Elliot and Edward Thomas. It is a systematic review of all the symbols used. It is unknown whether this article was ever published.

Unfinished pen and pencil drawing of the a highly ornamented parapet from the court of Cave No. 3, including annotations and auxiliary sketches. Scale is 1 ft. to half an inch.

Survey of the various Zamindar caste identities in the local Parganas (administrative units) within the district of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. All written in Arabic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, and with what appear to be official stamps. Many items are in table format, though some are short fragments and others letters.

Parsee genealogy in Gujarati. One large sheet of paper, printed with handwritten insertion in English.

Author: W.E.D. Allen. Title: Russian Embassies. Section from Allen's book entitled 'Part I: The Embassy of Zvenigorodski and Antonov (1589-90)' with some annotations.

Part of a letter from Wilhelm Kleinschmit to [Thomas Manning] concerning him being incorrectly assigned as a citizen of Britain. Postmarked 22 Messidor an 11 (11 July 1803)

Description: White hard cover notebook with unruled pages, handwritten in ink. Some inserts. Identified as West 62 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Pahlavi and Zand characters, compounds, vowels, consonants transliteration with original of "Commencement of the Pehlavi Bundehesh, perhaps of the 7th Centurty" which is then translated in the subsequent pages "The following transcript contains the text of the Yasna, Visparad & Vendidad mingled together in the usual order. The text of the Yasna has been compared throughout with the text in Gujarati characters of Aspandiji Framji . . ."

Inserts: folio serving an indexical purpose to the Yasn folios of linguistic study

This material is continued in EWW/1/61 and EWW/1/62.

Description: Green hard cover notebook with ruled pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 63 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Continuation of West 62 (EWW/1/60). "The following transcript contains the text of the Yasna, Visparad & Vendidad mingled together in the usual order. The text of the Yasna has been compared throughout with the text in Gujarati characters of Aspandiji Framji . . ."

Description: Purple blue and grey patterned hard cover notebook with ruled pages, handwritten in ink. Inserts held in place with string. Identified as West 64 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: Continuation of West 62 and 63 (EWW/1/60 and EWW/1/61).
Inserts: scraps of paper with "copy of Zend from words Journal As. Soc. Vol. 4".

Description: Green, blue and pink pattered hardcover notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of content and page numbers. Identified as West 6 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:

• Pahlavi Denkard, from H13a ("no more copied, as I have another complete copy that collates with the most original MS. In Bombay, H13 and all other Bombay copies are derived)
• Two versions of Bahman Yasht
• Jamaspi [MS.]
• Ahktami-I Jamasp Hakim
• Afrim-I Zanatusht, Persian
• Du'a-i Bahran-i Vanjanand, Pazand
• Du'a-i Hushidan Bahram Vanjanand
• Du'a-i Ham Stayishu kih Ba'd az hyayish u Yashit mi khevanand ba ma'ni navisam
• Du'a-i ham-stagishni Paz-Pers.
• Other Rivayat texts
• Dia Kas Bk VI end and VII.
• Ulama i Islama (all from MSS. in the Library of the University of Bombay)

• Denkart Bk. VI end (pp. 585, line 17 to 590 in Madan's edition). Fragment from Denkart Bk. VII.

  Inserts:

• scraps of papers with numbers referencing books and personal papers, miscellaneous calculations, word meanings;
• "E.W. West's Transcript of the Pahlavi Denkard, Book VI" a note seemingly about an exhibition on West in "the [Royal Asiatic] Society"
• torn financial documents from "The Machinery Trust Limited" used to note calculations and page numbers in Pahlavi Texts.