Letter from Robert Gordon Latham to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges the receipt of Hodgson's letters and works, and discusses ethnological and linguistic points relating to Aryans, Europeans and various Himalayan tribes including Chepangs, Magars, Gurungs, Kusundas, Hayus, Lhopa. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 10 August 1852.

Letter from Joseph Barnard Davis to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 11 April 1859. Davis apologies for not replying sooner. They have come to the country for a few days to try to help relieve Mrs Davis' spasms of the stomach. He writes about collecting ethnological data and will go to the British Museum to see some of the heads. He had seen Schlginhbeit's casts when they were exhibited by Colonel Sykes. Davis writes of a letter he has received from a friend in the Sandwich Isles who is a geologist and a little of an ethnologist. Davis continues with more ethnological discussion. Handwritten, 4 sides with accompanying envelope, dated 11 April 1859.

Letter from Mr James Clark, President of the Ethnological Society, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the works he has donated to the Society and to invite him to the next meeting. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 3 sides, undated. With this is a formal printed announcement of the next meeting of the Ethnological Society for 18 May 1859. Signed by Thomas Wright, Honorary Secretary. Printed material, 1 side, dated 8 May 1859. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.

"Bahing verbs". Declension of different verbs in the Bahing language and notes concerning them. Note on back "Kirânti people presented by self in person to As. Soc. Beng. Nov 1857, 4 photographs. The paper "On the Kirânti tribe of the central Himalaya by B.H. Hodgson also with this document in which Hodgson sets out to explain the Kirânti language. Handwritten, 13 pieces, Nov 1857. Further cover with "Printed in Jour As Soc Bengal: Memoir of Kirânti people presented to As Soc Beng with 4 photographs, Nov 1857".

"Photos of Himal-races". List of photographs of different ethnic tribes of the Himalayas. Single piece of papers enclosed within a large paper folded as a packet which also has similar list written on it. Also enclosed is a newspaper header for The Bengal Hurkaru for 27 May 1854 on which Hodgson has written "Nepal series No. 1 to 26 Besides duplicates. Nov 79". Handwritten and printed material, 3 pieces, dated 1854-1879.

"On the Indo-Chinese Borderers (Reprinted from Journal No.1 1853)" Offprint of two papers from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. The first is "On the Indo-Chinese Borderers and their connexion with the Himálayans and Tibetans." The second is "On the Mongolian Affinities of the Caucasians". On the front page, Hodgson has written "J.D. Hooker with affectionate regards". Unbound printed material, 76 pages, 1853.