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Letter from Hugh Trevor Lambrick to Professor Beckingham to advise how he would like his name on the inscription, to give the title of his lecture and to warn that recently ill-health has prevented him from undertaking some engagements.

Letter from Hugh Trevor Lambrick to Professor Beckingham, Royal Asiatic Society, to express his surprise and delight on being awarded the Burton Memorial Medal. He would like to accept the honour and suggests a date for his lecture.

Letter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Gangtok, Sikkim, dated 23 October 1949. He writes that the Tibetan Sentences and Words books are both unprocurable and suggests Mackenzie may be able to get a copy from the Tibet Mirror Press which also has further books to distribute. Richardson may have some books at home but doesn't expect to be on leave for another year. He writes about the political state of Sikkim and his fears for Chinese takeover of Tibet.

Letter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Lhasa, 19 June 1950. He writes that Lhasa is in a continuous state of anxiety though the communists are staging a peace offensive. He is hoping to leave in September but is unsure who his successor will be. He writes of heavy rain and snow up to Phan. He sends a few stamps.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to send the 'enclosed rigmarole' (not present). He writes of the melancholic news of Artur Waley and of some scripts that he sends from various weeklies. Porteus also writes of his own translations from various languages and the methods he uses.

Letter from Hugh Porteus to Angus Graham to reply to Graham's letter. He writes of his review of Graham's Penguin book, Poems of the Late T'ang. He also writes about T.S. Eliot's reaction to the article and that he had hoped to provoke a reaction from William Empson. He comments on other translations of the poems, in particular Robert Payne's anthology of The White Pony. Porteus sends some of his own translations.

Letter from Hugh Beaver to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks Allen for his copy of the notes from Bedi Karthlisa and states that if Allen would live in England rather than Ireland he could take on Chairmanship of the Institute. Dated: 4 February 1959.

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to Bernard Quaritch to thank Quaritch for the copies of the Persian Grammar which he had presented to the India Office Library and to the Professor. Wilson states that the grammar seems likely to be very useful. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 31 August 1857.

Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to My Dear Sir (unknown) enquiring about being able to purchase a copy of the Medal of Mehemet Ali for the East India House Museum. (The medal was produced by the Numismatic Society in honour of Mehemet Ali in 1841/2). The letter also refers to the Royal Asiatic Society not holding any meetings for some months and therefore Wilson will be unable to sign [Baghorn's certificate] for some time. Handwritten, dated 27 August [1842].

Letter from Hongshi Yuan to Angus Graham concerning his application to Pacfic Union College.