Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer. Raynes suggests waiting a fortnight to see if Heffer can achieve the binding. With this letter is the one from W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. to W.L & E.G. Raynes to explain the delay in the binding due to the need for experienced women workers who have no special reservation on the 'Pay-as-you-earn' Income Tax schedule from H.M. Stationery Office. They hope to be able to continue the work once they have completed a large government order. They are uncertain as to storage until they have completed the order.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer which he has also sent to Nicholson. With this letter is the copy from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to W.L. Raynes to inform Raynes that they are unable to continue the work due to staffing problem as they need expert binding women. Further, since the flying-bomb attacks on London, they have been commissioned by the Foreign Office to undertake some highly confidential work which they must produce.

Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to include some extracts from a letter received from Heffer. The extracts concern sheet stock for volumes they are folding and stitching to supply to Luzac.

Seating Plan for Sir Thomas Smith's Feast, Saturday 6 December 1969. John Hansman was seated on the top table. On reverse of the plan are some handwritten notes: "Soma Divine, Mushroom of Immortality, Gordon Wasson (Harvard Univ.) Botan. mus., amanita muscaria"

This small collection consists of seven certificates of membership of organisations or Honorary conferment of degrees. Thus:

• Certificate of Honorary Membership of Die Geographische Gesellschaft in Munchen, 1909
• Confirmation of Degree of Doctor of Science, Cambridge, 1910
• Certificate of Honorary Membership of Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1910
• Certificate of Membership of Anthropologische Gesellschaft, 1911
• Certificate for Doctor of Philosophy from University of Tubingen, 1933
• Certificate on becoming Honorary Doctor of Law of St. Andrews University, 1939
• Certificate of Membership of American Philosophical Society, 1939
• Photograph of the engraving of Aurel Stein created by M. Howard in 1946. The engraving forms part of the Society's art collections (RAS Cat. 095.012)

Letter from Professor W. Smyth of Cambridge, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to write about his pleasure in hearing how Hodgson has been honoured for his difficult work, of pleasure in being in India and concerning his own publications. Handwritten 4 sides, dated 20 September, 1841.

The Gibb Memorial Trust was established in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a largely self-taught Arabic, Persian, and, above all, of Ottoman Turkish, died age 45 in 1901 and his mother established the Trust. These papers mainly cover the period 1927-1951 and consists of governance, finance and publication documents, produced mainly as a result of Charles Ambrose Storey's involvement as a Trustee of the Trust.

Minutes of "Meeting of the Trustees held at 90, Regent Street Cambridge on Saturday 27th May, 1933". Matters discussed included the finances detailing expenditure on publications and current stock investments; storage and identification of printed stock; possible publication of Nawaqif of Niffari, an index to the Shahnama, the Diwan of Ibn al-Rumi, and Kitah al-Badi of Ibn-al-Mu'tazz; other publications; and payment of the Clerk's salary.

"Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Trustees held at 90/ 92 Regent Street, Cambridge on Saturday 25th May, 1940." Matters discussed included the absence of Mr. Ellis due to illness; and the finances of the Trust. This document is incomplete, only the first page being present.

Correspondence concerned with the governance of the Trust and the trustees.