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Correspondence concerning regiments in the Indian Army.

• Letter from Brigadier V. Madan, Military Adviser's Unit, The High Commission of India, to Richard Pankhurst to send a list of the Corps and Units in India in 1867-68 and their current title. The list is with the letter. Three pieces, dated 8 September 1982.
• Letter from Major J.M.A. Tamplin, Army Museums, Ogilby Trust, to Richard Pankhurst to supply information about the Regiments of the Indian Army. His information is not with the letter. One piece, dated 10 September 1982.

Correspondence concerning the preparation of the translation of the Goğğam chronicle.

• Letter from John O. Hunwick, Department of History, Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois, USA, to Richard Pankhurst to reply to Pankhurst's letter concerning the preparation of the translation of the 'Gojam Chronicle' (The Goğğam chronicle). Dated 23 October 1983.
• Letter from Professor P.M. Holt, Chairman, Fontes Historiae Africanae Committee, The British Academy, to Richard Pankhurst concerning possibly finding another collaborator to undertake the translation. Dated 18 November 1983.

Two cards from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to Richard Pankhurst.

• Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send some photographs to illustrate some writing he had undertaken. The photographs are with the card. Dated 10 November 1983.
• Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send a list he had received from Addis Ababa. The list is not with the card. Dated 12 March 1984.

Correspondence concerning archives pertaining to Queen Lakiyaye and Prince Alamayou of Ethiopia.

• Letter from Sheila de Bellaigue, Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle to Richard Pankhurst to inform him that there are no letters from Queen Lakiyaye in the Royal Archives but there are possible references to them in the 1872 letters. She sends a copy of a letter from E.W. Hamilton to Sir Thomas Biddulph referencing them. The copy is with this letter. Dated 1 March 1984.
• Letter from Daniel Bates to Richard Pankhurst to discuss possible sources of material regarding Queen Lakiyaye and Prince Alamayou. Handwritten, dated 1 March 1984.
• Letter from Nicolas Cox, Public Record Office, Kew, to Richard Pankhurst to supply a list of the references to Treasury Papers concerning Prince Alamayou. dated 14 March 1984.

Correspondence concerning the location of archives connected to James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. These are:

• Letter from S.R. Tomlinson, Assistant Librarian, Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford, to Richard Pankhurst to give details of some letters from James Bruce in their collections. One piece, dated 26 February 1981.
• Letter from J.G. Parker, Research Assistant, The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, to Richard Pankhurst concerning the letters and papers of James Bruce in their collection. One piece, dated 25 February 1981.
• Letter from the Hon. Jane Roberts, Royal Library, Windsor Castle, to Richard Pankhurst concerning the drawings by James Bruce in the Library's collections. She includes copies of the frontispiece of the catalogue, 'English Drawings Stuart and Georgian periods in the Collection of His Majesty to King at Windsor Castle' by A.P. Oppé and the relevant page concerning the Bruce material. Three pieces, dated 12 March 1981.

Correspondence from Henri L. de Mink, Managing Director, Inter Documentation Company, BV, The Netherlands, to Richard Pankhurst concerning the copying of Ethiopian Bibles.

• Letter from Mink to Pankhurst to enclose photocopies of collections of printed Bibles and manuscripts. One piece, dated 12 October 1983. With this letter are photocopies of the relevant parts of 'Historical Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Bible House Library', 'A Bibliography of Scripture in African Languages' and a list of books in 'Agni, Akunakuna, Aladian, Amharic'.
• Letter from Mink to Pankhurst to express his uncertainty regarding the usefulness of Bibles in various languages and to send a photocopy of the cards from Pankhurst's Ethiopian lists and suggests he checks it with the holdings at SOAS and the Royal Asiatic Society. One piece, dated 24 October 1983. The photocopy is with the letter.

The First International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art was the first conference specifically devoted to the study of Ethiopian art. It was convened by Richard Pankhurst at the Warburg Institute in October 1986, and was sponsored by the Royal Asiatic Society. The Proceedings were published by Pindar Press in 1989. The archival material consists of abstract and summaries of some of the papers delivered at the conference. These are:

• 'The Annunciation in Ethiopian Art: Its Iconography from the 13th to the 18th Century', author unknown.
• 'Skunder and Modern Ethiopian Art' by Wendy Kindred, Professor of Art, University of Maine.
• 'Notes on the Ethiopian Story Painting about the Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon of Judea' by Winthrop Palmer Boswell, Hillsborough, Califormia.
• 'The Illuminated Manuscripts of Lake Zway' by Paul B. Henze.
• An Aksumite Survival in Late Medieval Ethiopian Miniatures' by Bent Juel-Jensen, St. Cross College, Oxford.
• 'Le portrait inédit du negus Lebna-Dengel ayant appartenu à la historien Paolo Giovio (1483-1552)' by Salvatore Tedeschi.
• 'Ethiopian Illuminated Ornament' by Csilla Fabo Perczel.
• 'Gondar-Sty;e Architecture and its Royal Patrons' by LaVerle Berry, Alexandria, Virginia.
• 'The Battle of Adwa in Traditional Ethiopian Art: Changing Historical Perspectives' by [Richard Pankhurst].
• 'Observation on the iconology of the so-called "Four apocalyptic Creatures" on the stone altar of the Trinity Chapel in Lalibela' by [P. Scholtz].
• 'The ancient tradition of Ethiopia's painting developed a new branch during the rule of Menelik II...', untitled summary. 'Dr Ranning' has been added at the head of the summary.