Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing a paper on the present state of the sites of the seven churches of Asia referred to in the Book of Revelation.

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Sir George Thomas Staunton in which he writes that he is returning to India after two years in Syria, Palestine and Asia Minor. The fine climate of Syria has improved his health. He intends returning to India through Persia. He sends with the letter copies of inscriptions to be presented to the Royal Asiatic Society. He writes to warn that a parcel of his had been lost last December. He writes of his thoughts on archaeology after the success of Messrs Layard and Botha at Nineveh. Please note that part of this letter is over-written by Newbold - the writing being both horizontally and vertically on the page.

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing a paper for the Society on "the country between Tyre and Sidon and the Jordan" together with a note to be added to his paper on the Seven Churches of Asia. Newbold also encloses a Paper on the "Site at Bether" (see TJN/2/4). In a long postscript he writes about Rawlinson's mission in Persia and sends some inscriptions from the Syrian sites.

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing a paper on the site of Caranus and writes of his continuing exploration. This paper was published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 16, 1856, pp.32-36. The letter is in poor condition with 2 small pieces separated from the letter.

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing "a drawing, by Mr Critchton the architect at Jerusalem of some curious tombs we discovered a few miles to the N.E of Jerusalem … called by the Arabs … Tombs of the Amalekites." Newbold hopes to also send an account of them to Clarke. He also asks Clarke to edit his paper on the country inland of the Coast of Tyre and Sidon. The drawing is included with the letter and has a picture of the tombs on one side, and an example of the stonework of the tombs on the reverse.

Description of an archaeological site by Capt. Newbold, entitled "The Site of Bether, the Bittir of the Arabs" which he states is the site of the struggles of the Jews against the Romans in the reign of Adrian A.D. 135. Newbold records his journey to the site from Jerusalem and his discoveries. A note reads: "Recorded 16th June 1849". With the paper is a label stating "The Site of Bether".

Copy of the 'Notes of Excavation at Muqeyer during January and February 1858'. A handwritten manuscript with pencil drawings describing Taylor's excavations at Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq, in ancient times known as Ur. This is a description of later excavations, not those first written about by Taylor (wrongly attributed as J.E. Taylor) in the 1855 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, under the title Notes on the Ruins of Muqeyer.

These Papers are mainly concerned with excavations undertaken by David Stronach and John Hansman at Šahr-e Qumis in 1971 and 1976, and by David Stronach at Pasargadae in 1963. There is also the manuscript for Hansman's book, "Julfār, an Arabian Port", and more recent correspondence between Hansman and RAS Archivist, Nancy Charley.

Two Notebooks with plastic covers entitled "Pasargadae Register I 1963" and "Pas. 1963 Register II". These notebooks contain handwritten notes, sketches, and some photographs on finds made in the archaeological excavation of the site at Pasargadae in 1963. This excavation was supervised by David Stronach. Each entry has its own classification number, a description and measurements, Within Register II are loose notes at both the front and rear of the notebook. These include:

• Three letters in French from Pasche, Swiss archaeologist, concerning the tomb of Cyrus, temple of Artemis at Ephesus and identification of items, handwritten, dated 18 May -29 June 1970.
• List of Registered Objects, Pasargadae '63, typed list.
• Notes, drawings and a photograph.

Two letters, one from Max Mallowan to John Hansman, the second from David Stronach to John Hansman. Also a table plan for Sir Thomas Smith's Feast, 6 December 1969.