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Two draft translations into English of Pushkin's 'A History of the Pugachev Revolt'. Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775 was the principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762.

Drafts of the translation into English of 'A Journey to Arzrum'. The original was written by Pushkin and recounts the poet's travels to the Caucasus, Armenia, and Arzrum (modern Erzurum) in eastern Turkey at the time of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–29).

Three notebooks containing research notes:

• Spiral bound Silvine exercise book containing handwritten notes on viewed archive source material.
• Silvine exercise book with handwritten notes of viewed source material including one item from the RAS archive.
• Spiral bound Tellus exercise book containing excerpts from consulted texts.

Notes and lists of references for Davis' commentary on 'The Journey to Arzrum' and the 'History of Pugachev', including a collection of British Library request slips showing the books consulted in research.

Notes and drafts concerning Pushkin. These are:

• 'Introduction' - an introduction to Pushkin's 'History of the Pugachev revolt'.
• 'Pushkin in the Archives'
• Pushkin biographical notes in English and Russian
• Drafts for a section called 'The revolt'.
• 'Pushkin and Pugachev' - typed draft
• 'The Pugachev File' - typed draft
• 'Introduction' - typed draft of biographical details of Pushkin.
• 'Introduction' - typed draft concerning Pugachev.
• 'Glossary' - typed glossary and bibliography
• Photocopied articles in Russian.

The papers are mainly concerned with Derek Davis' interest in Russian history and, in particular, research for his translation of Pushkin’s ‘A Journey to Arzrum during the Campaign of 1829’.