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Photographs with one envelope and list:

• 1. Panorama of Selarang Square taken at the time of the "incident"
• 2. That of the Australian corner sewing their socks
• 3. View of the latrines in the middle of the square
• 4. Beds made from stretchers and old wood
• 5. Men sitting on their kits. This gives a fair idea of the overcrowding
• 6. Two or three "lucky" once who got a place on the verandah, Collins R.I.A.S.C., Gwyn Roberts R.A.S.C.
• 7. The final day. An officer signing the non-escape from "Under Duress"
• 8. Scenes on the square during the heavy rain
• 9. Selarong Square, British Battalion cook house. They are cutting up one of their goats

With these photographs is a typed list describing them and the envelope in which they were sent, addressed to Simmonds at Keble College and postmarked, May 1946.

The Selarang Barracks incident was a revolt of British and Australian prisoners-of-war interned in a Japanese camp in Changi, Singapore.

The events started on 30 August 1942 after the Japanese recaptured four POWs escaped from the Selarang Barracks camps, and required that the other prisoners sign a pledge not to escape. After they refused, they were forced to crowd in the areas around the barracks square for nearly five days with little water and no sanitation. The executions of the recaptured POWs failed to break the men. The commanders, however, finally capitulated on 5 September when their men started to fall ill and die from dysentery. Upon signing the pledge, the men were allowed to return to the barracks buildings. Simmonds was at this camp and these photographs give a clear depiction of some of the conditions.

Digital photographs of early correspondence between the Société Asiatique and the Royal Asiatic Society. There are 24 images of 12 letters. With the images is a copy of an email from Jean-Michel Mouton to Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, explaining about the photographs, dated 22 April 2022.

Miscellaneous Photographs, Plates and Illustrations used for Journal Articles. These include photographs of the tomb of I'timad Khan Khevayasara, Images of An Ancient Arabic Sphere, FIG 1-8 K42174 and Figs K47163 for unknown articles.

Two photographic negatives from G.L.M. Clauson's Paper on "A Hitherto Unknown Turkish Manuscript in "Uigher" Characters" published in the Society's Journal in January1928. With the negatives is the original envelope.

"Photos of Himal-races". List of photographs of different ethnic tribes of the Himalayas. Single piece of papers enclosed within a large paper folded as a packet which also has similar list written on it. Also enclosed is a newspaper header for The Bengal Hurkaru for 27 May 1854 on which Hodgson has written "Nepal series No. 1 to 26 Besides duplicates. Nov 79". Handwritten and printed material, 3 pieces, dated 1854-1879.

Pencil and ink sketches of pilaster and bench head ornamentation from Caves No. 29, No. 31, No. 35, No. 45, No. 56, No. 59 and No. 85, with some annotations. Scale is 2 ft to an inch.

Drawing of a Pilaster and columns of Verandah, Cave No.17. There is a furhter drawing on tracing paper of the pilaster in cave 26.

Drawings of a pilaster ornament of the inner verandah, and of panelling to the parapet of the outer verandah of Cave number 6.

Three pencil and ink drawings of pilaster ornaments from Caves No. 37, 69 and 76. The drawings are date 18th May 1862, included however is a note on the similarity of ornamentation between Cave No. 37 and pilasters at Cave No. 59 which is dated 1st July 1863. Scale is 2 ft. to an inch.

Detail of a pilaster ornament in Cave No. 42 and of a square column in Cave No. 10. Both are pencil sketches.