The Papers of Edward William West reflect his interest in Pahlavi language and Zoroastrianism. The majority are handwritten notebooks and other manuscripts in which he did his work. These often have many inserts. There are also loose handwritten notes, some correspondence and some printed material.

Parsee genealogy in Gujarati. One large sheet of paper, printed with handwritten insertion in English.

Printed material both authored by West and collated by him.

A Genealogy of "The Period During which the Moota-Valis of "Maneckji Seth Vakuff" managed the Nowroji Hill Estate" as a picture of a tree. Large item, colour printed with the handwritten annotation "With Jalbhoy Ardeshir Seth's fondest regards 18/5/89".