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Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen thanks Minorsky for lending Dagestanski Sbornik. He informs Minorsky of meeting Nicholas Rast, professor of geology at Liverpool University. Dated: 16 March 1961.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen writes of their holiday in the Caribbean - not a success. He also writes of the progress of his book with the Hakluyt Society and that he thinks they would be delighted to consider a translation of Afansi Nikitine by Minorsky. Allen writes of the procedure of proposal. Dated: 18 May 1963.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which he expresses his concern for the Professor's conjunctivitis. Allen's progress with the Hakluyt volumes has been slow due to business preoccupations. He informs that some American company has republished all the earlier Hakluyt volumes. Dated: 18 May 1965.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky of his nervous breakdown and his wife's ill health and their respective recoveries. Allen also sends his delight on the Royal Asiatic Society's marking of Minorsky's 85th birthday (Minorsky was awarded the Society's Triennial Gold Medal in 1962, notification of which arrived on his 85th birthday). Dated: 3 April 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen offers to rebind Minorsky's copy of volume 5 of Zap.Koll.Vost and return it in January. Allen also informs Minorsky of his possible upcoming visit to Cambridge. Dated: 31 October 1961.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky that he has had a zerograph copy made of the Volume lent by Minorsky and has returned the original volume. Allen also updates Minorsky on the slow progress of his Hakluyt translation project and offers to send him a spare copy of the work thus far. Dated: 4 August 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky in which Allen informs Minorsky of his upcoming trip to London and thanks him for lending him a copy of Zap. Koll. Vost. Vol. V. Dated: 6 July 1962.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to Vera Bowen in which Allen thanks Vera Bowen for sending back his original letter and informs her that his Celebi project is still a work in progress which he hopes to accomplish before his death. He will be in London the next week and hopes to meet with her to discuss her husband's literary materials. Dated: 1 May 1964.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to Victor Karyagin, U.S.S.R. Embassy to inform him that his book is about to be published and that he would like to send advance copies to Professor Abayev and Academicians Amiranashvili and Tsereteli. Allen wishes to send these to the Embassy for them to be sent to the Soviet due to problems with postage. Letter dictated by and signed on behalf of Allen. Dated: 28 October 1970.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to Victor Louis Ménage in which Allen thanks Ménage for sending Serbo-Croat Celebi volumes and admits that despite his lack of knowledge in Serbo-Croat his knowledge of Russian helped him asses that the editor of the text has done a good job. Dated: 18 October 1960.