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Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, declining to review ‘A Short History of Manipuri’, feeling that he is ‘too ignorant of most of the subjects discussed in it’. He encloses some comments he made on the book which may indicate how help could be given to emerging Manipuri scholars (not with the letter).

Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, asking his notes and comments on Jhalajit Singh’s book be returned.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, asking for updates on the Society’s communication with SOAS in regards to the promotion of the study of Manipuri history. The letter was forwarded to Professor Eugénie Henderson, SOAS, who replies to give her full support but also writes of the difficulty, and writes that she is willing to meet Gimson in London to discuss further. Six letters, dated 12 October–12 November 1965.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, to say that he does not have a copy of '33 India Corps War History'. He further writes of his imminent visit to London. With reply from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary. Two letters, dated 11–13 February 1967.

Letter from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary, to Professor Henderson, passing on Gimson's message that Maharaj Kumar Priya Brata Singh might be a useful contact to make in regards to the study of ancient Manipur script and language, with further handwritten notes, presumably by Crawford, on the contact information of Priya Brata Singh and a Dr T. M. Singh, Manipuri in the UK.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary to say that he will bring ‘Chin-Lushai Land’ or ‘A Fly on the Wheel’ when he visits the Society. He asks for any updates from Professor Henderson about progress in the study of the old Manipuri language and script. With reply from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary. Two letters, dated 9–13 June 1967.

Letter from RAS Secretary to Christopher Gimson, asking whether he wants the photographs he left be returned. With Gimson’s reply to say that the Society can keep them, and that he is interested in what the experts can make of them. He further asks for updates from Professor Henderson.

With the letters are two typed copy letters from Gimson to P. B. Singh [Maharaj Kumar Priya Brata Singh] regarding 1) an article on a gold coin of Gambhir Singh and 2) Jhalajit Singh’s translation of ‘Cheethawl tumbaba’ and his book on the history of Manipuri literature, dated 7 April–1 June 1967, as well as three b/w photographs depicting some vessels and a [chicken-shaped] object, stamped by the Publicity Department of the Government of Manipur.

The papers of Ulla Johansen contains a scanned typescript of her habilitation thesis entitled Die Schamanentrache bei den Tuvanern. Vorschläge zur Methodik der Schamanismusforschung written in 1968. The work is described as a study of shaman costume in Tuva and the wider region in Siberia and Mongolia. The typescript is stored on a CD but a digital copy has been made.

Stored with the CD is a printed email from Peter A. Andrews to Alison Ohta, RAS Director, explaining the context and the scanning of the work and donating it to the Society for preservation and use by researchers, dated 6 July 2024.

The papers of Papers of Betty Heimann contain her annotated typescript entitled 'Hindu Thought in Illustrations, a Primer in Indian Philosophy', a study of the concepts and systems of Hindu philosophy using visual aids which remains unpublished. The typescript contains two versions of the work. The first version, containing 96 pages and a preface dated March 1952, appears to be more complete and is interleaved with colour illustrations. Additionally, there is a set of photostat copies of the illustrations bearing the RAS stamp at the back.

An accompanying note states that the papers were received from Dr Ruth Gaevernitz on loan in 1967. There is a further letter from Gaevernitz to the Society in 1974 expressing their wish of having the book published as a whole, and that the Society should contact them if approached by a publisher.