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An Equivocation in Confucian Philosophy, draft article by Dennis M. Ahern, eventually published in Journal of Chinese Philosophy 7.2 (June 1980): 175-185.

"An escorted tour of Persia, 1973" - Printed itinerary by BOAC with handwritten annotations, 1 piece, 2 sides.

'Unto us a Child is Born' - a manuscript documenting the story of the rise and fall of a supposed miracle or holy child in a village near the Indo-Afghan border. The narrator describes himself as a junior officer serving in an administrative capacity. The story is of interest to him for its potential disruption to the area as people took sides believing or negating the child, who showed his holiness by wanting his father rather than his mother. The incident occurred a little while after Halley's comet had been visible in the night sky which some took to be a portent. The matter died down once the child started preferring its mother.

The story would seem to be related by somebody in the nineteenth century, but the document is from the mid-twentieth century. There are no identifiers as to the author or the narrator, so it is possibly a transcription of an earlier text or a work of fiction.

"Introduction to the Study of Siamese Painting" by Quaritch Wales. Copy of article and accompanying plates, undated.

An official letter in Arabic script addressed to a Christian man named Mikhail abd-al Massih who comes from the town Kawm al-Asfar; it is a letter of discharge from further military service; illustrative army insignia on top of the page.

B&W photograph (taken from painting) of an unidentified man.

List and short description of the columns in the Ajanta Caves.

Notes on types of columns and paintings within the Ajanta Caves.

Appendix No.1(1), titled "Analysis of Phaulkon's letters of 20th Nov. 1686 to P. La Chaise". Handwritten notes.

Analysis of subscription income and proposed changes, October 1965, advised by the Finance Committee and brought before a Special General Meeting, 14 October 1965.