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Computus Temporum Ecclesiae Aethiopicae - concerning the calculation of Ethiopian ecclesiastical dates. Handwritten in Amharic script with Latin title and additional note, "Codice MS. to D. collato cum codicibus C. & F."

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 5 April 1995, to send a revised copy of his paper (not present). He remarks upon the Piprahwa's 'casket' and its correspondence with a reliquary from Bhajpur.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 6 March 1997, to send previously overlooked sources which disclose more information concerning Piprahwa. He comments upon these sources. With the letter are photocopies from:

• 'The Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
• 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' by K.M. Srivasteva, Delhi 1986;
• 'The Piprawha Stupa containing relics of Buddha' by William Claxton Peppé, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, July 1898;
• 'Discovery of Kapilavastu' concerning Watters 1898 article on the location;
• Letter from V.A. Smith to Professor Rhys Davids, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1898;
• 'The Distribution of Buddhist Relics' from the Journal of the Mahi-Bodhi Society, May 1900;
• 'Buddha's Relics from Kapilavastu'.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 12 July 1998, to inform of his new address and to register his interest in any results if the British Museum were to examine the Peppé artefacts.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 15 December 1999, in response to a previous telephone call, to send copies of extracts from Fuhrer's Monograph. With the letter are photocopies of:

• Chapters II and VI from Fuhrer's Monograph;
• An extract from NWP and Oudh Proceedings, 1899;
• An extract from D.C. Sircar's 'Indian epigraphy', 1967.

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.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 27 June 2001, concerning a recent phone call with Dr Coringham about his recent excavations at Tilaurakat. Phelps writes of his assessment of the conversation and an article that he has subsequently read. With the letter are copies of extracts from:

• Beal's 'Yuan Chweng';
• Fuhrer's 'Birthplace of Buddha Sokyamuni';
• Watters, 1898 JRAS article;
• B.C. Law's 'India as described in Early Texts of Buddhism and Jainism';
• An extract from 'Dictionary of Proper names' by G.P. Malalasekera;
• Smith's JRAS article on Sravasti in 1900 with supplementary note by Phelps.

Letter from Terence Phelps to Michael Willis, 22 December 2002, in which he writes about his resolution to a problem concerning the Lumbini inscriptions. With the letter are copies of extracts from 'The birthplace of Gautama Buddha' from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1897.

'The Piprahwa Deceptions: Setups and Showdown' by T.A. Phelps, 2008, an article adapted from a talk given at Harewood House in 2006 and posted online.

'The RAS Peppé Papers' by T.A. Phelps. With this article is a letter from Phelps to the Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to send the article and thank for allowing access to the Papers, dated 23 November 2009. Also with the article are copies of the references he has cited within his work.