The Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey are mainly concerned with gathering material for his research into Persian Literature. They include his own notes and draft publications and additional notes by people who subsequently worked with his research.

As Storey compiled information for his biobibliographical works, he created an index card system. When these were transferred to the Society's collections they were still within their original filing cabinet drawers. The contents have been transferred to archival quality boxes but the order kept as they were found. The boxes are labelled:

• 1 - Astronomy unused, Almanacs unused, Biography/History, Medicine, Omissions added to Appendix II, Not used Misc. 2 Unclassified, Geography
• 2 - Mu'ammī used
• 3 - Encycloped & Miscell used, Natural Science, Alchemy Used, Mineralogy used, Suyāq, Fauvie-y [falcousif] used, Kabūtar-bāzī, Khwushnawīsī, Saif-būzī, Harb, Games used. Polytechnics used, Ātash- bāzī, Jild-sāzī, Hr-sāzī, Sibāghat, Jild-sāzī,, Khaiyātī, Siyādi-sāzī, Tirandāzī used, Tabbākhī used, Agriculture used, Mūsīqī used, Divination, Jafr, Quyāfah, [Raml], Ta'bīr, Fāl.
• 4 - no labels
• 5 - Sufism unused (this is subdivided by individual Sufi practitioners).
• 6 - Religion & unused Sufism, Prayers, Christianity, Hurūfism, Zoroastrianism (includes some subdivision of Sufi practitioners)
• 7 - Addition and corrections included in PLI/2 (Persian Literature: Biography, Additions and Corrections, Indexes).
• 8 - Used in PL II/1 (Persian Literature: A. Mathematics. B. Weights and Measures. C. Astronomy and Astrology. D. Geography), Maths, Astronomy-Astrology.
• 9 - Adab, Hadith, Ethics Philosophy, Prayers, Hinduism, and 10 (share the same box) Literature not used.
• 11 - Marawārid, Ni'mat Khān, Tugrā, Aurangzeb, Bē-dil, Mughī works, Adab, Philosophy unused, Tales unused, Gulistān, Logic used, Dharm-shāster (also labelled Mahabhārara, Rāmāyana prob should be used, Firmans Treaties Official Letters unused,, Bābism unused, Mahābhārata, Inshā not used, Nafīs b. 'Iwad Kirmānī,
• 12 - Used History & Hinduism
• 13 - Religion, Miscellaneous, Official Manuals, Statistics, Law, Administration, Coins, Tūpū, Ethics, Qābūs-nāmah, Sujāgat-Nāmah.
• 14 - Firdausi, Abū Said, 'Unsurī, Qatrān, Khaiyām, Ahmadi-Jām, Mas'ūd, Sanā'ī, Adīb Sābir, Qiwāmī, Zahīir, Khāqām, Nizāmī, Sharaf i Shufurwah, 'Attar, Rumi.
• 15 - Hādith, Ethics and Philosophy, Prayers, Hinduism.
• 16 - Tibb used (tibb is Arabic for medicine)
• 17 - Poetry used in files? (the box is further subdivided into individual poets).
• 18 - a large section unlabelled followed by Nash'at, Nāsir i Khusrau,Ni'mat Allāh Walī, Nizām al-D. Amliyā], Nizām al-Din Thānēsarī, Nūr i wahdat, Nūr Bakhsh, Nuzhart al-arwāh, Pārsā, al-Qūnawī Sadr al-Dīn, al-Qushairī, Rājū, Ra'ūf Ahmad, Rāzī (Fakhr al-D.), Ridā b. M. Kāzim, Rūmī (Ahmad), Sā'in al-Dīa Turkah, Sirhindī, Rūzbihēn al-Baqli, Sa'd al-D Hummū'ī , Shāh (Mullā), Shihāb al-D. b. Fath M, Simnāmī, Shamā'il i atqiyā', Sittah i darūrīyah, Sūfī, Sharīf, Sunāmī, al-Ta'arruf, Tāhir Nasrābādī, Thanā'Allāh Pānipatī, Tarab al-majālis, Taswiyah, Thānēsarī, al-Tuhfat al munsalah, Tūsī, Tūsī (Muhyī al-D.), Urfī, 'Uthmān (Shāh), Wajīh al-Dīn), Walī Allāh Dihlawī, Zubdat al-Haqāiq.
• 19 - PL II/3 Omissions List (Persian Literature: . F. Encyclopaedias and Miscellanies; G. Arts and Crafts; H. Science; J. Occult Arts _
• 20 - PL III Authors etc. A-H (Persian Literature III: Part 1 A. Lexicography. B. Grammar. C. Prosody and Poetics. Part 2 D. Rhetoric, Riddles and Chronograms. E. Ornate prose, Part 3 Proverbs: Tales).
• 21 - PL III Authors etc. I-M.
• 22 - PL III Authors etc. N-Z, Titles A-B
• 23 - PL III Titles C-Muna
• 24 - PL III Titles Muns-Z
• 25 - PL IV Authors etc. A-J (Persian Literature IV: Law; Tradition; Religion, Sufism, Baha’ism, Prayers; Hinduism; Translations from Sanskrit, Hindi, and other Indian Languages, Ethics; Philosophy; Logic)
• 26 - PL IV Authors etc. K-Q
• 27 - PL IV Authors etc. R-Z, Titles T-Z.
• 28 - PL IV Titles A-L
• 29 - PL IV Titles M-S
• 30 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 31 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 32 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 33 - Poetry used in files? + Poetry Miscellaneous (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 34 - Poetry unused? A-T (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 35 - Poetry unused U-Z plus further omissions (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 36 - Poetry Index to Files, Authors etc.
• 37 - Poetry Index to Files, Titles.

A few of these cards have been removed in the process of compiling Persian Literature and will be found in the sections for the Volumes.

Charles Storey's main work was in collating the information for, and writing part of his bio-bibliographical survey of Persian Literature. Volume I is in 2 parts but was published in sections by Luzac & Co. Volume I covers Qurʾānic Literature; History and Biography and was originally published:

• Part 1, Sec. I: Qurʾānic Literature, London, 1927.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 1. A. General History. B. The Prophets and Early Islam, London, 1935.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 2. C-L. Special Histories of Persia, Central Asia and the remaining parts of the world except India, London, 1936.
• Part 1, Sec. II: fasc. 3. History of India, London, 1939..
• Part 2, Biography, Additions and corrections, Indexes, London, 1953.

The material in this series is concerned with the writing and publication of this volume:

• Volume I entries - handwritten descriptions which became the entries in Volume I. This is incomplete. The pages present are numbered, 87, 91, 93, 96, 101, 103, 118, 175, 202, 360, 308, 405, 408, 442-546, 548-718, 852, 871, 877, 887-888, 897, 900, 905, 1036-1106, 1114-1116, 1120-1121, 1129-1130, 1137-1140.
• Corrections for Volume I Part 1. These appeared in Part 2 - handwritten notes listing the corrections needed listed by page and line. The corrections only run to page 205 of the publication. The notes are page numbered but incomplete. Those present are 2-97, 100-126, 211-217, 220-221, 228-237, 245-254, 259-272, 295-299.
• Index for Volume I Part 1 - handwritten lists of entries 191-281. A note states that these were sent to Austin (publisher) on 22 August 1934.
• Draft of the opening pages of Part 1 plus other introductory pages. These are handwritten and numbered by Storey li-lxiii, lxv-lxxx, lxxxii-lxxxiii. They have been numbered in a different hand 4246, 4249-4261, 4263-4278, 4288-4289.
• Proof copy for pp.1-16, of Part I
• Complete proof copy for Part 2 with some handwritten annotations.
• Proof copies for parts of Volume I, Part 2. These have been annotated and dated as to their reading or return and consist of: pp. 781-796 dated 23 December 1946; pp. 893-924 dated 16 October 1947; pp. 925-941, 2 copies, dated 26 March 1947 NS 2 November 1950; pp. 941-988, dated 2 February 1948; pp. 989-1020, dated 23 February 1948; pp. 1021-1068, undated; pp.1069-1084, dated 10 November 1948; pp.1085-1164, dated 27 October 1950.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II was divided into 3 parts. Only the first of these was published within Storey's lifetime. After the Royal Asiatic Society received Storey's bequest it was decided to continue publishing his volumes. They employed Mrs Ann Walsh to undertake the work supervised by James Douglas Pearson (Part 2) and G.M. Meredith -Owens (Part 3). The parts were published:

• Vol. II, pt. 1. A. Mathematics. B. Weights and Measures. C. Astronomy and Astrology. D. Geography, London, 1958 [pp. 1-192]
• Vol. II, pt. 2. E. Medicine (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh and J. D. Pearson), London: Luzac and Co., 1971 [pp. 193-346]
• Vol. II, pt. 3. F. Encyclopaedias and Miscellanies; G. Arts and Crafts; H. Science; J. Occult Arts (prepared for publication by Ann Walsh, with the assistance of G. M. Meredith-Owens), Leiden: Brill, 1977 [pp. 347-499]

The archival material in this series is concerned with the preparation and publication of this volume.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II, Part 1 was published in 1958. The archival material associated with this part is:

• Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II Part 1, printed proofs with handwritten annotations, pp. i-xlix, 1-80.
• Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II Part 1, printed proofs with handwritten annotations, bound within a soft copy on which has been noted 'Some unprinted additions been inserted in this copy', pp. 1-67.
• 'Additions and corrections to PL II/1' - handwritten notes compiled from Storey's notes in his copy of Part 1. Compiled by Ann Walsh, December 1970.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II Part 2 was published after Storey's death using material he had created. it was compiled by Ann Walsh with supervision by James Douglas Pearson. The archival material is:

• Volume entries - handwritten notes created by Storey and edited by Walsh for some of the entries in the Volume.
• Manuscript lists - handwritten and typed lists of manuscripts to be included in the publication, ordered alphabetically by location, collection or catalogue.
• Index list - handwritten lists of authors.
• Proof pages - printed proof copy of the publication with handwritten annotation. With the proofs is a compliment slip from Stephen Austin and Sons Ltd., Foreign and General Printers.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume II, Part 3 was published in 1977 using original material created by Storey. It was compiled by Ann Walsh under the supervision of G.M. Meredith-Owens. The archival material associated with this publication is:

• Volume entries - handwritten entries for the Volume, created by Storey and annotated by Walsh.
• Xerox copies of some of the entries for the Volume.
• Duplicate and unused handwritten notes as identified by Ann Walsh.
• Indices of authors and titles - typed, created by Ann Walsh.
• Lists of location of manuscripts - handwritten, created by Ann Walsh.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume III was also divided in 3 parts. None of these were published in Storey's lifetime. Part 1 was published in 1984; Part 2 was published in 1990; and Part 3 was published digitally with the other parts by Brill in 2021. The parts cover:

• Part 1: A. Lexicography. B. Grammar. C. Prosody and Poetics (prepared for publication by V. M. Shepherd, with the assistance of S. Digby, R. Pankhurst, A. K. Irvine, and T. Gandjei), Leiden: Brill, 1984 [pp. 1-206].
• Part 2: D. Rhetoric, Riddles and Chronograms. E. Ornate prose (preparers not indicated), Oxford: Lavis Marketing, 1990 [pp. 207-407].
• Part 3: F. Proverbs G. Tales, Leiden: Brill 2021.

The archival material associated with this Volume is:

• Lexicographical handwritten notes by Storey in Persian and Arabic.
• Storey's handwritten notes for entries for Lexicography and others.
• Volume entries for Volume III, Part 2.
• Volume entries for Volume III, Part 3.
• Indices and locations lists - handwritten, prepared by Walsh and Shepherd.
• Corrections for Volumes I and II - these were intended to be put in Volume III but they were not included in the publication.
• Notes by Storey edited by Walsh and further notes by Shepherd.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume IV was also divided in 3 parts. None of these were published in Storey's lifetime. A digital version in a single part was created by Brill Publishers, Leiden, in 2021.

The envisaged parts were:

• Part 1: A. Law, B. Tradition
• Part 2: C. Religion, D. Sufism, E. Baha'ism
• Part 3: F. Prayers, G. Hinduism and Translations from Sanskrit, Hindi and Other Indian Languages, H. Ethics, J. Philosophy, K. Logic.

The archival material for this volume are:

• Volume entries for Part 1, handwritten.
• Volume entries for Part 2, handwritten.
• Volume entries for Part 3, handwritten.
• Index lists and manuscript locations, handwritten.

Volume V covers Poetry of the pre-Mongol period and is entitled 'Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey. Begun by the Late C. A. Storey'. It was compiled for the Royal Asiatic Society by François de Blois as an essentially new work, with some use of Storey’s material.

It was originally published in three fascicles: Part 1 in1992; Part 2 in 1994; and Part 3 in 1997. A second, hardbound edition of the entire volume, substantially revised and corrected, was published in 2004. The work on this volume was financed by the Royal Asiatic Society out of the funds bequeathed to it by Storey on a condition that the typescript of the first fascicle be completed in two years, which necessitated de Blois to compile it using only material available in London.

A further Volume VI was envisaged to be devoted to Persian poetry from the time of Saʿdi and Rumi onward. This has not been prepared or published.

The archival material available for this Volume is:
Research Notes - these were divided into sections and labelled according to their original files:

• Research Notes Poetry I - handwritten, typed and printed
• Research Notes Poetry II - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i a - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i b - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry IV - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry V - handwritten and printed
• Research Notes Poetry VI Appendix - typed draft

Other archival material is:

• Index lists/ Manuscript locations - handwritten.