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Description: Loose sheets, mainly handwritten in ink, identified as West 57B in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:

• "Notes from H. Speight's 'Niddendale and Garden of the Nidd'" (8/3/1899)
• Excerpts and summaries from Rawlinson
• A draft of Persian history with reference to History of Persian (London 1815)
• "Notes on some minor Pahlavi texts"
• "Conclusion of Ganj-i Shaigan, from the Tehran MS. (continued from p.11, l.11 ed. Peshton)"
• Excerpts with translations fol. 47a and 74b
• Excerpts from Denkart
• "Notes on First Series of the Selections of Zad-sparam" and serves an indexical purpose to West 10 (Vol. 10)
• "From App. To Dr.. Wm. Rovertson's Disquistion. . . " concerning a 1791 book on India
• Map of 16 Gunterstone Road
• blue folio with Pahlavi and Pazand sentence fragments
• "Pahlavi Alphabets"
• calculation of day
• Books noticed and reviewed in the "Academy" from 1874 - 88
• List of books and MSS "Pahlavi Literature" - a list with word count of each text
• An academic to-do list relating to Dk.
• A glossary
• List of Shahnamah names
• A short newspaper review on "The book of Sage Jamasp"
• Letter and Library Card for E.W. West for the British Museum with envelope
• "Defective lines at the foot of folios" fol.232a (p.286,2) - fol237b (p.300,1)
• "The remaining texts a/// [are] contained in the second MS. of 42 additional folios and are as follows"
• "Bund. Queries"; references to West 13 (Vol. 13) serving an indexical purpose, missing folios noted in red
• copying history of the "Yas" MSS
• Selections of Zad-Sparam
• blue and red page numbers with line numbers
• "Dk. III"
• Eight Reading room request forms
• A copy of a snakes and ladders game with translations. Source of game unidentified

Notes from H. Higgens to W.E.D. Allen concerning items they had been discussing. He also writes about a forthcoming visit and thanks for an enjoyable dinner party. Dated: 25 November 1969.

A collection of notes transcribed by A. A. W from letters sent to him from E. W. West between May 14th and June 14th 1872. The notes sent were taken from the 'White Note Book'. The notes were originally written by A. A. West, C. West and E. W. West. Alongside three sketches, they list short descriptions, architectural measurements, and dates of surveys undertaken by the brothers.

These are pages 8a and 8b on the folder list.

Notes on the Kárli caves taken from Fergusson's 'Rock cut Temples' of 1845.

Notes from Chinese Period - these are loose notes associated with Thomas Manning's period in China. They consists of a translation fora Chinese prescription, a Memorandum note to the Factories and Residents at Canton and Macao, and a farewell note from General Liu

Notes for Reason and Spontaneity.

Various notes, plans and rough glossaries for Elliot's 'A History of India', originally to be named 'A Complete History of Muhammadan India'. Attached at the end are English letters and newspaper clippings, as well as one sheet of notes in Devanagari script. Handwritten bound volume in English and local Indian dialects.

This material consists of notes and manuscripts towards making a book about Old Tehran intended to help visitors to Tehran find many of its historical buildings and artifacts. There is also allied correspondence mostly regarding the possibility of its publication.

Two notes concerning the whereabouts of the die of the Medal - found to be with Paul Cutbill of Firman & Sons.

Mixed notes concerning equality of man.