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Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a further part of the Saddharmapundarika translated by Kern.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Michael Pollock, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask Pollock to send a copy of part of the original of the Saddharmapundarika rather than Kern's translation.

Letter from Kathy Lazenbatt, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to J.D.M. Derrett to send a copy of the chapter that he has requested and an invoice for the copying. She also sends a copy of a portrait by the artist, Dora Gordine, believed to be undertaken in the 1940s and asks whether Derrett may be able to help in identification of the sitter.

Letter from J.D.M. Derrett to Kathy Lazenbatt, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for her letter and the material and to inform her of a sceptical letter from a leading German Buddhologist he received in the same post. He also writes that he cannot identify the man in the portrait which Lazenbatt had sent.

A journal documenting Reginald Campbell Thompson's encounters during his holiday to Algeria in 1901, when he was 25 years old, with multiple photographs, drawings, letters, newspaper clippings, etc pasted into the notebook throughout. The main text is in nine chapters, with a section at the end listing the expenses of the trip.

Additional papers include:

1. Folded map of the area.
2. Hunting license from the French Ministry of the Interior.
3. Piece of blotting paper.
4. A letter to R.C Thompson from Francois Thureau-Dangin to thank Thompson for his letter, handwritten in French, 30 August.
5. Letter from T. P. Peet of the Institute of Archaeology, 11 Abercromby Square Liverpool, 19 April, 1933, requesting R.C Campbell raise funds in order for Campbell's book to be published.
6. 'Caravan halting at El-Kantara. Haji Ali with my rifles in the foreground, 'Lochiel' on the left. The donkey is laden with dates' - a photograph of men Thompson hires in Algeria.
7. A letter to R.C from F.C Drummond-Hay replying to R.C questions about wild life in Algeria, 12 Feb, 1901.
8. A letter to R.C from R.N Hodgson, also answering R.C questions about wild life, 3 Sept, 1901.
9. A letter to R.C from the British vice consulate Philippebille again answering R.C questions about wild life. The writer says he has contacted a French official to find more answers, dated 10 August 1901.
10. A letter in French to the British vice consulate Philippebille, from Georges Bassey concerning the wild life.
11. A letter from Georges Bassey to L. [Luus-Réflet] concerning wildlife for hunting, dated 26 August 1901.
12. A letter to R.C from the British vice consulate Philippebille advising on the mouflon shooting and that Englishmen are at risk of being considered spies, dated 19 September 1901.
13. A letter from A. de la Croix concerning the Barbary sheep and gazelles to be found, dated 11 March 1901.
14. A letter from the British vice consulate, Philippebille, to provide details of the supplies which Thompson has kindly offered to bring, dated 4 October 1901.
15. 'Camp at 'Ain-el-gheuzlan. Campagnolle, 'Lochiel' and 'Haji Ali'. The Campagnolles' farm lies among the trees' - a photograph.
16. 'On the way to first Camp; the wady at El Kantara' - a photograph.
17. 'Prickly pear and palms round the Campagnolles' farm'- a photograph.
18. 'in the wady near El-Kantara' - a photograph.
19. 'Arab houses, El-Kantara' - a photograph.
20. 'Roman Bath' - a photograph.
21. 'Jebel Melah on the Horizon' - a photograph of Jebel el Melah, a hill in Tunisia.
22. 'The upper slopes of Jebel Melah' - a photograph.
23. 'Hajj Ali spying over Jebel Melah with binoculars' - a photograph.
24. 'Caravan of Camels, El Outaia' - a photograph.
25. A photograph of a man.
26. 'Group at El Outaia station' - a photograph of five men waiting at the train station.
27. A business card from Mabrouck ben Messaoud, guide, Hotel Bertrand.
28. 'Village of El Kantara' - a photograph.
29. 'Jebel el Melah on the left of the horizon' - a photograph.
30. 'Camp near the Roman Bath' - a photograph.
31. 'Sunset from near the 'Ain el-gheuzlan' - a photograph.
32. 'Where boots wear out Jetel Methili' - a photograph of a rocky area.
33. 'Arab Hunter, El Kantara' - a photograph.
34. 'Near the scene of slaughter, Jebel Methili' - a photograph.
35. 'Water on the Methili' - a photograph.
36. A photograph of a Man.
37. A photograph of a teenager and child.
38. 'Mouflon Hunting in the Aures Mountains' - a newspaper cutting, unknown publication.
39. A scrap piece of paper with notes of names on it.
40. A child's drawing of Professor Daddy, presumably by one of R. C Thompson’s children.
41. Letter from R.C Thompson to his father, sent from the Hotel Bertrand, El Kantara, giving details of the trip to Algeria, dated 3 November 1901.
42. Three Photos of Skiff sailing in England.
43. The questions for a cross word.
44. Fifteen rough notes on translating and poetry.
45. Six business-cards.

A journal documenting Reginald Campbell Thompson’s trip to Sinai Peninsula, Egypt in 1902, in ten parts. Cover written ‘Kodak Sinaiticvs’.

Additional papers include:

1. Equipment lists with some suppliers.
2. An itinerary listing the places Thompson was in and how long he was there for.
3. Some Arabic verses, story and vocabulary, some translated.
4. A page of expenses, showing Thompson spending £78 on the trip.
5. Several photographs, inserted into the text, mostly labelled but badly faded.
6. A memorandum of agreement between R.C. Thompson and Brahim Abulgadayel to rent three camels and two camel drivers, 9 October 1902.
7. A small note declaring that R.C Thompson paid three pounds for camels, 9 October 1902.
8. A letter to R.C Thompson informing him that a man called Abu Gadaie will not lower his price on camels and that a boat is awaiting him. This paper is marked with “H.B.M. Vice-Consulate Suez”, 9 October 1902.
9. A letter concerning camel hire and permits for the journey, dated 16 September 1902.
10. A letter to R.C Thompson from Amir [Choucri] replying to Thompson's letter informing he had arrived back in London, 2 January 1903.
11. A copy of the memorandum of agreement between R.C. Thompson and Brahim Abulgadayel to rent three camels and two camel drivers, 9 October 1902.
12. Letter in Arabic with the caption “Letter of introduction to El Abdu Kharieme Bey Ohdeh el Bidrashen”.
13. Four shipping invoices from the civil service supply association, showing many of the items R.C Thompson had with him on the trip.
14. Business card for a Mr D. Ballingall of the old Suez hotel.

entitled 'On traces of an indefinite article in Assyrian', written by Reginald Campbell Thompson when he was an assistant in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. Published in London by David Nutt. The pamphlet explores the presence of the indefinite article in the Assyrian language, with Thompson illustrating his point using passages in the cuneiform texts. It has 30 pages.

Sample correspondence from 1981-1990:

• Correspondence regarding exchange with the journal Studia Islamica. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 4 May - 14 December 1981.
• Letter from Frantisek Polkorab, Chief of the Acquisition Department of the Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, concerning the postal arrangements for exchange of publications. Typed, 1 piece, dated 1 June 1983.
• Letter from the Librarian. Archaeological Department Colombo (Sri Lanka) concerning the exchange of their publication, Ancient Ceylon. Typed, 1 piece, dated 11 October 1983.
• Correspondence with Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR concerning exchange of journals. Typed, 4 pieces, dated 29 February - 26 September 1984.
• Correspondence with the Institut for Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften concerning a new publication for possible exchange. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 13 March - 18 June 1985.
• Correspondence with the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem concerning the exchange of their journal, Levant. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 1 May -20 May 1985.
• Letter from C. Raceau, Conservator, Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient to request an update of the exchange agreement. Typed, 1 piece, dated 12 October 1988.
• Letter to the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka to request missing volumes of their journal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 17 November 1988.

Sample correspondence from 2001. Much of this correspondence is still within current records:

• Letter from the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna concerning payment for their journal. Typed, 1 piece, dated 10 May 2001.
• Letter to the Editor, Quarterly review of Historical Studies, to update the exchange agreement. Typed, 1 piece, dated 20 November 2001.
• Correspondence with the Bibliothèque de l'Institut d'études iraniennes, Paris, concerning exchange agreements. Typed, 2 pieces, dated 11 December 2001 - undated.
• Correspondence with Gordon Johnson, Wolfson College, about missing volumes of Modern Asian Studies. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 29 April - 11 July 2002.

Notebook containing catalogue entries of the Assyrian letters inscribed on clay tablets that were found at the excavations led by Max Mallowan, archaeologist and academic, at Nimrud, Iraq in 1952. Each entry records the measurements of the clay tablet, number of lines on it and the location at which it is found, running from the reference numbers ND 2350 to ND 2499, and from ND2601 to ND 2803. The writing is in several different hands so was probably compiled by the members on the excavation team led by Mallowan.