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Letter from the Manager, Barclays Bank Limited, Paddington Branch, to Charles Ambrose Storey concerning the transfer Storey has requested.

Letter from Muhammad Masood Ahmed, Department of Urdu, S.A.L. Government College, Mirpurkhas, Pakistan, to Charles Ambrose Storey to provide a correction to an entry in Storey's Persian Literature Volume I, Part 2.

Euthanasia Society Correspondence:

• Letter from M. Arnold Brown, Honorary Secretary, to Members to give news of the Society including the resignation of the former Hon. Secretary, Miss G.F. Fishwick, 1 piece, 1958.
• Letter from Lucy Dorling-Bone, Honorary Secretary, to announce the Annual Meeting of the Society on 28 May, 1964, 1 piece,15 May 1964.
• Secretary's Report to the Annual General Meeting, 2 pieces, 15 May 1964.

Correspondence from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., Publishers and Booksellers regarding books required by Storey.

Invoices:

• Messrs. Deighton, Bell & Co. Limited, English and Foreign Booksellers for purchase of one book. Printed and handwritten 7 September 1935.
• Doit a la Librarie Orientalists Paul Geuthner, Paris, for purchase of one book. Printed and typed, 30 December 1939.

Maps collected by Storey. These are:

A set of maps of the Badakhshan- Wakhan region of Afghanistan compiled and edited by Exploration Pamir 75, the Austrian Scientific Research Programme, 1975, in the Wakhan-Pamir region of Afghanistan. The expedition was directed by R. Senerciens de Grancy and R. Kostka and sponsored by the Austrian Alpine Club, the Austrian Council for the Promotion of Scientific Research, the provincial governments of the Tyrol and Styria and numerous other sponsors. Printed in German and English. The editions in this collection are :

• Topographhische Karte - Topographic Map - Koh-e Pamir (Koh-i-Pamir) 1:50000
• Gletscherkarte - Glacier map - Darrah-e Issik-e Balal - Upper Issik Valley 1:25000
• Vegetation und Geologie - Vegetation and Geology - Darrah-e Issik-e Payan - Lower Issik Valley 1:25000
• Geologische Karte - Geological Map - Pamir-e Wakhan Dardistan 1:250000
• Die Ortschaft - Village of - Ptukh 1:5000

There is also one other map:

• Kart van Java door S.H. Serné. Lithographis van J. Smulders & Co. te's Hage, 1886. Map of the island of Java, scale 1: 1600000

Storey collected newspaper cuttings concerning situations which interested him. These are:

• The Question of Mosul: Conference Today concerning the arrival of Sir Percy Cox in Constantinople to negotiate with the Turks about Mosul. The Times, 17 May 1924. Printed,1 piece.
• Iran under Reza Shah: Security Risked for National Prestige: Playing off Germany against the Allies concerning the politics of Iran with western nations. Unknown paper [The Times], 26 August 1941. Printed, 1 piece.
• The Great Square in Teheran - photographs of Tehran and British and Iranian dignitaries. The Times, 26 August 1941.
• War Transport in Persia (with Map by Bip Pares) concerning transport issues in the War in Iran. The Railway Stockholder, December 1941. Printed, 1 piece.
• Withdrawal from Persia: Teheran's Suspicions of Russian Intentions: Soviet Influence in the North concerning the withdrawal of Allied troops from Persia. The Times, 6 October 1945. Printed, 1 piece.
• Persia Today concerning the Council of Foreign Ministers and their response to the withdrawal of troops from Persia. The Times, 6 October 1945. Printed, 1 piece.
• Revolt in South Persia: Tribal Agitation for Regional Autonomy: Reaction to Events in Azerbaijan concerning unrest in Fars, South Persia. The Times, 6 November 1946. Printed 1 piece.
• University of the Punjab - Applications for the post of University Professor of Persian. Job advertisement. The Times, 10 September 1948.
• 11th Century Persian MS. Purchase by the Bodleian concerning the purchase of a manuscript of a medical work by Abubakr at a sale at Sotheby's. The Times, 28 May 1950. There is a further news cutting about the purchase from unknown paper. Two pieces, printed.
• Disappointing: Experts' Persian Studies Review of 'The Legacy of Persia' edited by A.J. Arberry, review written by Raymond Mortimer. Sunday Times, 3 May 1953.
• Actualities in Persia concerning the current politics and culture of the area. The Times Literary Supplement, 5 August 1955. Printed, 1 piece.

Two seals which Storey had collected. Their labels identify them as:

• State Seal of Maharaj Man Singh of Jodhpur (1804-1823). The seal, dated 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E., is attached to a 'kharzita' or envelope of gold thread for a Persian letter. The seal is made of red wax, is circular and measures 7.5 cm in diameter.
• Seal of Maharao' Mirza Raja Desarji, Fidwi-i Akbar Badshah Ghazi Batini-i Haramayn Sgarifayn A.H. 1234 (1819) with kharzita bag for Persian letter, made of crimson makhmal with butas of gold and blue thread. The seal is made of wax thread, circular and measures 7 cm in diameter.

Publications by other people found within the Storey archive (his bequest included many pamphlets associated with his research. These have been kept separately):

• Photographic plates for an unknown publications produced by the 'Bombay Art Printing Works, Fort' and photographer, 'S. Vasudeorao, Indore'. There are 7 plates showing the Patlia people, 17 plates of the Bhil people, 14 plates showing weapons, ceremonies and domestic scenes, and 7 plates showing the Bhilala people. These are all in black and white and each section is preceded by a written index.
• Plate of a portrait of George Borrow produced from the painting by Henry Wyndham Phillips by permission of Mr Murray. A black and white print mounted on green paper.
• Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Programme des Cours de L'annee Scolaire, 1933-1936, printed pamphlet advertising courses available with the school.
• Proceeding of the Iran Society, Vol. II Part 3, 'Iraqi, Mystic Poet of Iran' by Arthur J. Arberry, 18 April 1939, printed pamphlet.
• Review by H. Ritter of Storey's 'Persian Literature: A bio-bibliographical Survey' published by Luzac in 1953. This is from an unknown German publication.
• Bulletin of C.I.V.I.C. Council for Investigation of Vatican Influence and Censorship, Vol. 1 No. 8, 15 October 1941, printed pamphlet
• The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review Vol. LXII, No.2, February 1947 and Vol. LXII No.3 March 1947, Printed pamphlets.
• 'Intiqād al-I'Tirād', article written by G.M. Wickens to rebuff criticisms of his previous article on the poetry of Hafiq. Typed, 15 pages.
• Selected bibliography: The Study of International affairs compiled by Lt. Colonel J.V. Delahaye, typed, 4 pieces.

Material in Persian and Arabic script. These are:

• A bound notebook with cloth cover containing a series of essays on religion and history. An index can be found at the front of the book
• A small handmade notebook held together by a simple tie containing texts in Persian.
• A further small handmade notebook containing texts in Persian
• Pages from an unknown printed text contain historical material, 18 pages. These are in a fragile condition.
• The final few pages and the back board of an unknown publication of a history text.
• Large blue sheet on which is compiled genealogical material, handwritten.
• Four sides of paper with words taken from gravestones, handwritten.