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Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which he hopes Allen and his wife are in good health. He writes of his own health problems, his workload and difficulties with his current book. Dated: 29 February 1964

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which he thanks for Allen's Christmas card and asks regarding his health, He asks about Allen's book in the Hakluyt series. Minorsky has had no time to add further translations. He has had visits from a Persian general and then a Georgian Semitic scholar. He also attended a Congress of Islamology, He is involved in a project of republishing his HUDUD. He asks if Allen will be visiting Cambridge in 1965. In a postscript he writes that he is sending a list of his books to Allen to see if there is anything he would like. This list is present with the letter. Dated: 7 July 1964.

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen. Minorsky sends Allen eight books which Allen had chosen from the bibliography. Minorsky informs Allen that due to his age he no longer visits London often. Some of Allen's choices had already been intercepted but Minorsky will check his shelves again. He will, when free, look at his Afanasii Nikitin again. Dated: 14 January 1965.

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which Minorsky says that he has sent two parcels to Allen. He thanks Allen for notes on Bedi Karthlisa. Minorsky updates Allen on his revision of Hudhud al-Alam. Dated: 8 February 1965.

Letter from W.E.D. Allen to V. Minorsky with which Allen is sending a cheque to pay for the books he bought from the bibliography. Dated: 12 February 1965.

Letter from V. Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which Minorsky asks when Allen expects the Hakluyt to publish the translation of the Russian reports on Georgia. He has the fortune of the Cambridge librarian sending to him any volume he may require. His conjunctivitis affects his ability to work but his addenda for Hudad al-Alam are mainly finished. Dated: 16 May 1965.

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.

Card from Tatiana Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen in which she thanks Allen and his wife for their message of sympathy and that she is sorry to hear of Allen's wife's illness. [Petovsky] had visited Vladimir which had been enjoyable but tiring for Vladimir. His health had been failing for considerable time but he managed to keep working until the end. She writes that she will an essay shortly for her friends. Dated: 5 April 1966

Card from Tatiana Minorsky to W.E.D. Allen to thank him for sending the beautiful catalogue - a admirable and lasting memorial. She has now a lasting purpose in that various publications of her husband will be published. Dated: 12 December 1968.

Printed Bibliography of Minorsky's works from 1953 to 1957, with notification of those in the Press, and a reference as to where to find a list of his earlier publications. Printed sheet, undated.