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Three volumes concerned with British involvement in Java:

• Java Antiquities, a bound volume composed of four sections including lists, correspondence, a memorandum and private journals.
• Java Antiquities Craufurd, a bound volume containing two sections, both on the ruins of Javanese temples.
• British in Java 1811-1812 Contemporary Documents, a bound volume containing multiple manuscripts including letters, contracts, instructions, memoirs, minutes, treaties, notes and reports.

These volumes provide information and a valuable insight into British involvement in Java during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Additionally, they offer accounts of the architecture (particularly of temples), culture, history, traditions and practices of Java and its people, prior to and during British Rule.

Two tables listing the communities of the zamindars (landlords) in the parganas of [ ] and Akbarabad (Agra). These are signed and stamped with the signees' seals, one of which dates the table to 1228 Hijri (1813 A.D.). One table also list the Tahsildars (revenue agents) as well as the zamindars. The tables are written in Shikasta Nasta'liq script.

'The personal narrative of the Taleb Sidi Ibrahim be Muhammed el-Messi, of the province of Sus; including some Statistic and Political Notices of the extreme south-west country of Morocco'. The Berber manuscript was commissioned by William Brown Hodgson (1801-1871), US State representative to North African Barbary States, who had it translated into Arabic. From the Arabic translation he made an English translation. All three are bound within the book with an introduction by Hodgson, concerning the commissioning of the manuscript, which he believed was the third manuscript to be written in Berber. The introduction is dated 1 March 1835.

Handwritten research notes, made by Roff, on publications about Hajj. The notes are arranged alphabetically by author of the work, 101 pieces.

Bibliographic lists collated by Roff. These are:

• 'Hajj Monograph Titles in French', typed list, 4 pieces.
• 'Hajj Articles in French Serials', typed list with supplementary handwritten sheet, 7 pieces.
• 'Pilgrimage accounts', handwritten list in Arabic and English, 3 pieces.
• 'Accounts of the Hajj by South Asians', provided by Barbara D. Metcalf, 2 typed lists, 6 pieces.
• 'Hajj from S. Asia', typed list, 2 pieces.
• 'Sardar's Classification, typed list, 1 piece.
• 'Subject Index', handwritten list, 2 pieces.
• 'N.Y. Academy of Medicine, Periodicals relevant to hajj materials', handwritten list, 1 piece.
• 'Key words', handwritten list, 1 piece. 'NYAM', handwritten list, 1 piece.
• 'Britain, India and the Hajj', handwritten list, 2 pieces.
• 'Health Material not yet found', handwritten list, 3 pieces.
• Further handwritten bibliographic lists, 16 pieces.
• Index for 'Hajj in Focus', edited by Zafarul-Islam Khan and Yaqub Zaki, published by the Open Press, 1986, photocopy, 3 pieces.
• Letter from Harry B. Partin to William Rolf to supply the name of M. Amin's book, Pilgrimage to Mecca. Typed, 1 piece, dated 16 July 1980.
• Letter from Barbara [D. Metcalf] to William Roff to send a list of citations, typed, 1 piece, dated 10 October 1986. The list is with the letter, photocopy, 10 pieces.

Papers by other scholars sent to Roff:

• 'Ziarat: Pilgrimage in an Iranian City', by Anne H. Betteridge, given at 10th ICAES Congress, Delhi, 1978, typed.
• 'The Abortive Uprisings of the Indonesian Communist Party and its Influence on the Pilgrims to Mecca: 1926-1927' by Akira Nagazumi, from Rima, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1980, typed.
• 'Islam in the Mirror of Ritual' by William A. Graham, given at the 1981 Levi della Vida Conference, typed.
• 'The Economic Effect on Indonesia of the Hajj', by Zamakhsyari Dhofier, from Prisma, 36, 1985, early typed draft and photocopy.
• 'The Pilgrim Ships: Southeast Asia' by H.W. Dick, draft chapters, dated 20 May 1986, typed.
• 'Mecca: Center of Communication' by Harry B. Partin, typed, undated.
• "I have been curious for some years about the way the experience of the hajj has changed over time...", untitled paper with annotation asking for Roff's comment, typed, undated.
• 'Ayat hajj ki Sufi tafasir', from Islam awr 'Asr-i Jadid, Delhi, photocopy, in Arabic.

Correspondence concerning the setting up of the O.W. Sansom Award. These are:

• Letter from Elizabeth Samson (Mrs M.E. Samson) to Sir Cyril Philips, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask to arrange a meeting to discuss the possibility of setting up a Fellowship in memory of her husband. Typed, 1 piece, dated 1 September 1986.
• 'To Consider: Proposal for an annual award in honour of Dr O.W. Samson', a statement setting out the details of the award. Typed, 1 piece, undated.
• Note from Elizabeth Samson to Sir Cyril Philips to thank for his letter and enclosure but to ask for a correction to be made on the spelling of the name. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 20 December 1986.
• Letter from Cyril Philips to Anne Southwark, to enclose Elizabeth's Samson's note. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 9 January 1987.
• Note from Elizabeth Samson to Anne Southwark to enclose the cheque for the donation. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 17 February 1987. The note is annotated to state the cheque was received on 23 February and acknowledged on 24 February 1987.

Documents and correspondence concerned with the administration of the Award:

• Letter from Elizabeth Samson to Professor A.D.H. Bivar, President, Royal Asiatic Society, expressing her concerns that the Award should primarily be for student travel. She has only been informed of one use of the Award for a publication, Islamic Fundamentalism, following a seminar. She asks for a meeting to be arranged to discuss the matter. Handwritten, one piece, dated 22 July 1991.
• List of correspondence concerning the award, mentions of its use, and current details of the account. Handwritten, 1 piece, undated [1991].
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to John Payne, Hon. Treasurer, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform concerning the letter sent from Elizabeth Samson, and proposing visiting her in September to discuss her concerns. Typed, 1 piece, dated 30 July 1991.
• Copy of a letter from John Payne to Ralph Pinder-Wilson to inform of Elizabeth Samson's letter and the impending visit on which he will accompany Professor Bivar. Typed, 1 piece, dated 1 August 1991.
• 'File Note: Dr. O.W. Samson Fund' - Note on the forthcoming visit to Mrs Samson and the references to the fund in the Council Minutes. Typed, 1 piece, dated 1 August 1991.
• 'Dr. O.W. Samson Fund' - report, written by John Payne, on the visit of the President and the Honorary Treasurer to Elizabeth Samson and the proposals for the administration of a Travelling Award, Typed, 3 pieces, dated 16 September 1991.
• Letter from Elizabeth Samson to Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for her letter and to ask her to thank Professor Bivar and John Payne for their understanding. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 15 December 1991.
• Note from Sharon Eicher to the Royal Asiatic Society to ask if she is eligible to apply for the award. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 1 April 1992.
• Letter from Clio Whittaker, SOAS Journals, to Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a copy of the Bulletin in which the Society had placed an advertisement for the O.W. Samson Travelling Award and to send the invoice. Two pieces, typed and handwritten, dated 3 November 1992.
• 'The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, O.W. Samson Travelling Award (1993)' - notice of the award and to invite applications. Printed, 2 copies.
• List of institutions to which adverts had been sent. Typed, 1 piece, dated August 1993.

Correspondence regarding the death of Elizabeth Samson:

• Letter from Lydia Collins, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr D.W. MacDowall, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform of a phone call she had received relating the circumstances of Elizabeth Samson's death. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 12 September 1994.
• Letter from Dr D.W. MacDowall, to Mr and Mrs Richard Lake, sister and brother-in-law of Elizabeth Samson, to send the condolences of the Society on the death of Elizabeth Samson. Typed, 1 piece, dated 15 September 1994.

These Papers consist of items collected or made by Henry Harkness. They include copies and rubbings of inscriptions, a Commentary on Aryabhatta theorems made by Dikshitan & Ellayan, an abridged Treatise on Mirkum, or Logic, Manusyâlaya-candrikā and Fourteen Chapters of the Suryasiddhanta with Commentary, and the names of the Divinities of the Zodiac.