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Two seals which Storey had collected. Their labels identify them as:

• State Seal of Maharaj Man Singh of Jodhpur (1804-1823). The seal, dated 1222 A.H., 1807 C.E., is attached to a 'kharzita' or envelope of gold thread for a Persian letter. The seal is made of red wax, is circular and measures 7.5 cm in diameter.
• Seal of Maharao' Mirza Raja Desarji, Fidwi-i Akbar Badshah Ghazi Batini-i Haramayn Sgarifayn A.H. 1234 (1819) with kharzita bag for Persian letter, made of crimson makhmal with butas of gold and blue thread. The seal is made of wax thread, circular and measures 7 cm in diameter.

Storey made many notes in his lifetime of research. Some have been catalogued within the Persian Literature Volumes. This series contains those that have not been assigned to any of the individual volumes.
These are:

• Bibliographical research notes - handwritten notes similar to the volume entries. Some have indications that they may have been used in the volumes but they have not been specifically ordered as volume entries.
• Notebook without cover with notes in Arabic from the 'Home Services Miscellany' - this notebook has suffered from water damage.
• Notes on periodicals - handwritten.
• 'Arabic lexicographical notes' - handwritten, title according to label within original file.
• 'Lexicographical notes - Persian I' - handwritten, title according to label within original file.
• Research notes in Arabic and English notes on manuscript pages, annotations and miniatures, handwritten.
• Research notes on 'Philologika' by Von Hellmut Ritter and other publications concerning Ansani, The Suhrawardiyya, 'Ain al-qudat, Kubra, and Najm al-Din Dajah, handwritten.
• Lists for the contents of MSS Eur. A.11; Persian manuscript titles, listed by size; Contents of the Persian Delhi Manuscripts, Volume III; A handlist of Arabic Printed Works divided by size; and 'Additions'. These are all typed lists. It is unknown which institution's lists from where these have been taken.
• A large bound notebook containing notes on Course in Bengal Madrassas; Courses at Panjab University; Prospectus of Studies and Examinations for the indigenous Arabic Schools of the United Provinces, 1911; Books Studied in al_Jami al-Azhan; Courses at Deoband. Also within this book are pressed flowers many of which are labelled. Several of these have also come loose and have been placed with a separate folder for safekeeping with loose labels. Inserted within the front cover are some handwritten notes, a copy of a letter from Professor Browne on Persian research, a news cutting - 'Baronet in the Dock: Extraordinary Allegations' and a sheet of a Persian newspaper.
• Large exercise book with covers missing containing notes in Arabic and English on Arabic texts. Inserted within the book are 2 printed sheets advertising a Seminar for the Comparative Study of Religions at the College, Baroda.
• Small bound exercise book with the title 'Rough Index to PL (Persian Literature)' with the annotation 'Get a large notebook for use as index'. This index is arranged alphabetically. Inserted into the notebook is a single sheet headed 'Proverbs not Indexed'. Index is in English but this list in Arabic script.
• Two pocket notebooks, one with a red cover and one unbound containing mixed research notes in Arabic and English.
• Shelf Lists of the Storey Collections of Printed Books and Persian Manuscripts - typed lists.
• Manuscript location/Index lists for catalogues - these probably belong to a volume of Persian Literature but it was not possible to identify them, handwritten.
• Seven pieces of miscellaneous notes, typed and handwritten.

Volume V covers Poetry of the pre-Mongol period and is entitled 'Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey. Begun by the Late C. A. Storey'. It was compiled for the Royal Asiatic Society by François de Blois as an essentially new work, with some use of Storey’s material.

It was originally published in three fascicles: Part 1 in1992; Part 2 in 1994; and Part 3 in 1997. A second, hardbound edition of the entire volume, substantially revised and corrected, was published in 2004. The work on this volume was financed by the Royal Asiatic Society out of the funds bequeathed to it by Storey on a condition that the typescript of the first fascicle be completed in two years, which necessitated de Blois to compile it using only material available in London.

A further Volume VI was envisaged to be devoted to Persian poetry from the time of Saʿdi and Rumi onward. This has not been prepared or published.

The archival material available for this Volume is:
Research Notes - these were divided into sections and labelled according to their original files:

• Research Notes Poetry I - handwritten, typed and printed
• Research Notes Poetry II - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i a - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry III i b - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry IV - handwritten
• Research Notes Poetry V - handwritten and printed
• Research Notes Poetry VI Appendix - typed draft

Other archival material is:

• Index lists/ Manuscript locations - handwritten.

Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey Volume IV was also divided in 3 parts. None of these were published in Storey's lifetime. A digital version in a single part was created by Brill Publishers, Leiden, in 2021.

The envisaged parts were:

• Part 1: A. Law, B. Tradition
• Part 2: C. Religion, D. Sufism, E. Baha'ism
• Part 3: F. Prayers, G. Hinduism and Translations from Sanskrit, Hindi and Other Indian Languages, H. Ethics, J. Philosophy, K. Logic.

The archival material for this volume are:

• Volume entries for Part 1, handwritten.
• Volume entries for Part 2, handwritten.
• Volume entries for Part 3, handwritten.
• Index lists and manuscript locations, handwritten.