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The Papers contain material related to some of Allen's Literary Activities and Publications.

The papers consist of a single letter from John Haffenden, Malaysian Agency, British and Foreign Bible Society, to William Edward Maxwell to send two copies of the "Acts of the Apostle" in Malay (Arabic character) which had been printed in Europe by the Society. Haffenden asks Maxwell for his opinion on the type with which the book has been printed. The letter is dated Singapore, 18 January 1889.

This fonds contains the personal papers of William Pettigrew, including research notes connected with the Manipuri language and other local dialects, examination papers, as well as correspondence primarily relating to a monograph on archaic Manipuri on which he collaborated with Yumjao Singh.

These Papers of William (Bill) Roff relate mainly to his research interests in the Hajj pilgrimage particularly among pilgrims from Southeast Asia. The material consists of research notes, papers of Roff and others, and official documents.

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)