Thomas Manning lived in Asia from 1807-1817, mainly in Canton and Macao. But he also tried to reach the interior of China via Tibet. The correspondence covers this period and is of both official and personal nature.

These letters concern the possible employment of the two Chinese men who had come to England with Thomas Manning, and ask for help with the cost of Manning's expenses regarding these gentlemen. These date from 1817-1818.

Stanislas Aignan Julien (13 April 1797 – 14 February 1873) was a French sinologist who served as the Chair of Chinese at the Collège de France for over 40 years and was one of the most academically respected sinologists in French history. This correspondence is mainly concerned with Thomas Manning trying to source Chinese books for Julien.

These are a mixture of personal and official letters from Manning's return to England in 1817 until his death. Highlights include correspondence with the East India Company concerning possible employment of the Chinese men that Manning had brought back with him, letters regarding spying in the Napoleonic Wars and letters of introduction for Manning's time in Italy

There are 52 letters mostly written by Thomas to his father. They include letters from when Thomas was at Cambridge, in France, in London, and in Canton, Macao and Kolkata.

Correspondence between Henry [Rosemont] and Angus Graham concerning Chinese grammar.

Correspondence between Edwin G. Pulleyblank and Angus Graham concerning Pulleyblank's article on Chinese grammar. These are: Letter from Angus Graham to [Edwin Pulleyblank] concerning points of Chinese grammar, photocopy of typed, 6 pieces. Letter from Edwin Pulleyblank to Angus Graham to send a paper on Chinese negatives and to explain his tentative argument. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 19 May 1976. Letter from Angus Graham to [Edwin Pulleyblank] again concerning points of Chinese grammar, photocopy of typed, 2 pieces, dated 21 June 1976. Letter from Edwin Pulleyblank to Angus Graham to argue his case concerning Graham's rebuttals. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 29 June 1976. Letter from Angus Graham to [Edwin Pulleyblank] to express his anger at Pulleybank's continual insistence on refuting Graham's hypothesis without providing an alternative. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 July 1976. Letter from Edwin Pulleyblank to Angus Graham to agree not to spoil their friendship over a Chinese negative and to emphasise the areas in which he agrees with Graham. Handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 25 August 1976.

Correspondence between Angus Graham and Christoph Harbsmeier concerning Harbsmeier's work on classification of count, mass and generic nouns.

Much of the correspondence within the Graham papers is connected to his publications and activities and has therefore been catalogued in those series. This series contains those letters that do not easily fit into the other categories of the collection.

"Conventions for describing types of phrase", and a further single page of "The reconstitution of a mutilated document of the Mohist logicans: the Ta ch'u".