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Two letters from Angus Graham to Henry Rosemont concerning Rosemont's publication, Against relativism, on which Graham comments and then highlights how his own thinking has moved on.

Correspondence from Andrew Topsfield, Victoria and Albert Museum, to Raymond Head concerning the Royal Asiatic Society's Tod Collection:

• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head to inform that he has worked through the Tod material loaned to the V&A museum and has edited the entries. He asks for Head to come and see them. He also writes that he is concerned about preparing a note on the Tod Collections. He writes of other similar material in a private collection in San Francisco and at the Chandigarh Museum. Dated 19 October 1982.
• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head to inform that the cloth-painting of Ketelaar's camp was published by E. Penkala where it was wrongly called a Mughal painting. The identification of the painting was made by T. Clowney-Morris. Dated 29 March [1983]
• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head regarding the ordering of the Jaipur ragamala and asking for Head to check his spellings. Dated 22 August 1983.
• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head regarding the snakes and ladders picture, a copy of which Head has sent to Topsfield. He wonders if it would be possible for Head to bring it to the V&A to be photographed. He writes he is re-reading Tod's Annals. Dated 25 November 1983.
• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head to write he found another version of Tod on an elephant reproduced on the cover of Angus Wilson's "The strange ride of Rudyard Kipling". Dated 27 February 1984.
• Letter from Andrew Topsfield to Raymond Head to state that he has located the V&A portrait of Maharaja Ali Jah Daulat Rao Sindhia Bahadur. He gives a description of the portrait but cannot find out its early provenance. Dated 21 March 1984.

This correspondence covers the time that Manning spent in France, mainly in Paris and at Chateau de Serrant. It holds historical interest because Manning was held in France at the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars and the letters include both official and personal correspondence dating from that time. They are arranged into 4 Sections:

TM/3/1 Official correspondence and documents TM/3/2 Personal Correspondence TM/3/3 Calling cards and invitations TM/3/4 Diligence information

Correspondence concerning the preparation of the translation of the Goğğam chronicle.

• Letter from John O. Hunwick, Department of History, Northwestern University College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois, USA, to Richard Pankhurst to reply to Pankhurst's letter concerning the preparation of the translation of the 'Gojam Chronicle' (The Goğğam chronicle). Dated 23 October 1983.
• Letter from Professor P.M. Holt, Chairman, Fontes Historiae Africanae Committee, The British Academy, to Richard Pankhurst concerning possibly finding another collaborator to undertake the translation. Dated 18 November 1983.

Correspondence concerning the acquisition of the Richard Burton Consular Hat and Stick. There are two letters - one written by E J Passant at the time of the original donation and one written by Earl Attlee in response to an inquiry from the Royal Asiatic Society regarding the donation.

Correspondence concerning the Festschrift of Derk Bodde and asking Graham to contribute, and expressing disappointment at his refusal. Two letters from Wallace Johnson, University of Kansas, and two letters from Charles Le Blanc and Susan Blader, Dartmouth College.

Correspondence concerning the bust of Brian Houghton Hodgson. Two items concerning the making of a bust of Hodgson, 1844-1845.

Two letters from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, one to Professor Luce to ask whether he minds if Mr Stewart Wavell of the B.B.C. makes a recording of his lecture; the other to Mr Wavell to enclose 2 tickets for the Presentation. Both typed and dated 6 January 1966.

The correspondence can broadly be divided into several categories:

• Correspondence concerning Eckenstein's acquisition of material
• Correspondence concerning possible sale of material by Eckenstein
• Correspondence concerning acquisition of the material by the Royal Asiatic Society
• Correspondence concerning the acquisition of the hat and stick

Correspondence regarding speakers' accommodation and the Papers they wish to present at the Symposium. These include correspondence with Connaught Hall where the speakers were to be accommodated and corespondence with individual speakers regarding their arrangements, 20 letters, dated 11 January 1973 -12 July 1973. There are five letters concerning the nature of the Papers to be presented, dated 16 April 1973 - 16 July 1973, one of which is written in German and one in French.