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"A Grammar of Azerbaijan Turkish" - an unpublished manuscript in which Tandy sets out in chapters what he has learnt about the language. The manuscript consists of 46 foolscap pages. With the manuscript are two letters. The first, unsigned, is to General Sir John Shea, c/o The Royal central Asian Society, to send this grammar which he believes is the only English language grammar of Azerbaijani Tartar or Turki. It was compiled in 1940 when Tandy was in Meshed and he hopes that it may be of interest to some member of the Royal Central Asian Society or, possibly, to the War Office.
The second letter is from R.O. Wingate, Secretary of the Royal Central Asian Society, to Major Tandy replying in the absence of Sir John Shea. He thanks Tandy for the Grammar and expresses that it is being kept in the rooms of the Society for use by its members and that the Secretary has found it interesting reading. This letter is dated 31 July 1946.

"Notes on Caucasian Turkish and the Turkoman Dialect By Capt. M. P. O'C. Tandy. Indian Political Service." An unpublished manuscript in which Tandy sets out his notes in lessons to aid travellers and beginners in the language. He gives an introduction to the work and a further introduction to the Turkoman dialect before proceeding with 15 lessons. The manuscript consists of 62 foolscap pages between soft covers.

Two handwritten manuscripts by Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, two allied letters, and some provenance information.

A note from the Library Records dating to 17 June 2000 to state that Mrs Virginia Pilbrow had donated several copies of Asian Affairs and the Tandy material. This document was originally located within the Collections electronic records and was printed out in February 2019 as a permanent record of the donation.