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Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 2 September 1996, to express his disagreement with a caption on an exhibit at the Hotung Gallery. He records his suggested change to the caption. With the letter are photocopies of images and captions for two exhibits, and some pages from 'A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism' by C. Humphreys concerning the Wheel of Life and the Wheel of the Law.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 19 February 2000, to send photocopies which help illuminate the problems concerning both Watter's and Fuhrer's interpretations and discoveries. With the letter are photocopies of:

• An extract from Watters' 'Kapilavastu in the Buddhist Books', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• An extract on the She Kia Fang Che by Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya;
• An extract from Fuhrer's Annual Progress report, Archaeological Survey, 1896-7;
• An extract from Fuhrer's monograph;
• An extract from NWP report, August 1899;
• An extract from V.A. Smith's article in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897:
• An image of the Aśokan pillar at Rummindei near Bhagvanpur.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 March 1996, in which he thanks Willis for sending an article on early Indian scripts. He states his reservations concerning the article. He asks to be informed if Willis knows of the posthumous deposit of Fleet's papers. With the letter is:

• a copy of part of the book, 'Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas by Romila Thapar', Oxford University Press, 1963, pp. 6-7, 258-263,
• an annotated map to show the possible Sravasti site,
• an annotated copy of the will of John Faithfull Fleet with attached note from Phelps concerning the condition of Fleet's gravestone.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 July 2001, concerning the dating of items from the excavations at Tilaurakot and Kapilavastu.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 July 1998, entitled 'Thinking the Unthinkable', to send articles concerning Hoet and Fuhrer and their discoveries in India. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Parts of the Proceedings, NWP Public Works Department, 1899:
• Miscellaneous, Archaeology and Epigraphy, India Office Library, London;
• 'Holy Places of Buddhism in Nepal and India' by Majupuries;
• An entry for Lumbini from the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics;
• 'The birthplace of Gautama Buddha' by V.A. Smith from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 18 April 1998, in which he encourages that the British Museum should appraise the Piprahwa relics held by the Peppé family. He also sends some articles which concern potential copies of the relics. With the letter are photocopies of:

• part of a letter from the Chief Secretary, N.W. Provinces and Oudh, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department concerning the relics;
• the letter from V.A. Smith in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• copy of a letter sent from Phelps to Neil Peppé, 10 January 1998;
• an annotated copy of 'The Annihilation of Lord Buddha's family' from the Pioneer, 18 August 1956;
• an extract from Debala Mitra's 'Buddhist Monuments';
• an extract from the catalogue of papers held by the Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge, with note by Phelps;
• parts of an article from the Peppé handlist and the Peppé article in JRAS, 1898.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 17 May 2001, to send further items of relevance to his research. With the article are copies of:

• An unnamed article concerning the location of Magahar;
• An extract about Kapilavastu;
• An annotated map and plan of the Piprahwa region;
• An extract concerning the ruins at Korau;
• An extract from Fuhrer's 'Monumental Antiquities and Inscriptions of the North-Western Provinces', 1891;
• An extract concerning the birthplace of Kanaka Muni; A further extract concerning Kapilavastu.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 17 March 1995, in which Phelps asks whether the British Museum might like reference documents from the Indian archives concerning Alois Fuhrer's activities with U Ma, a Burmese monk.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 16 November 1999, to thank Willis for advice concerning apposite articles, and to inform regarding his current modes of enquiry. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Extracts from R. Salamae's 'Indian Epigraphy';
• An extract from K.M Srivastava's 'Discovery of Kapilavasta', Delhi 1986;
• The title page for 'On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India'.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 16 February 2000, to inform of a CD that Willis might wish for his research. With the letter is a letter and advertisement from the Vipassana Trust concerning a CD-ROM of the Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka.