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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India to thank for the information supplied. Typed, 1 side, dated 4 February 1939.

Card from D.L.R. Lorimer to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to apologise for the delay in reading and returning the essays. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 23 November 1939.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to W.H L. Richmond, Trinity College, Cambridge, to inform him that he hadn't be awarded the prize. Typed, 1 side, dated 13 December 1939.

Letter from Asa Briggs to Col. Hoysted, to thank him for notification of winning the competition and that he cannot attend the Society on January 9th, but would be honoured to attend on February 13th. Handwritten, 1 side, 27 December 1939.

Letter from Asa Briggs to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, in which he writes that the arrangements are suitable and that he will be honoured to attend a meeting of the Society. Typed, 1 side, dated 16 January 1940.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Asa Briggs to express his pleasure that Briggs would be able to attend the Society and to ask for some biographical details. Typed, 1 side, dated 2 February 1940.

Universities Essay Prize - cutting from The Times newspaper announcing the winner of the competition as Mr. Asa Briggs of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Printed, dated 1 February 1940.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Sir Frank Brown to ask if there was any way that Sir Frank could find out if the notice sent to The Times had been included. Typed, 1 side, dated 29 February 1940.

Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to Miss P.B.M. Myson in which he thinks that there should be no objection to her entering the competition but asks if her tutor could state the case and ask for permission. Typed, 1 side, dated 14 June 1940.

"A Brief Comparison of the British, French and Dutch Systems of Administration in the East" by "Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast". Another essay submitted for the Prize Essay Competition, probably that of the second prize winner, Miss R.W. Wilkinson. Handwritten, 41 pages.