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Examination papers handwritten by William Pettigrew answering questions in regards to proficiency in Manipuri language with annotations from the examiner, marks received 82 out of 100, total of 19 pages and a letter addressed to William Pettigrew congratulating him on passing the exam.

Typed manuscript presenting original notes on Archaic Manipuri, with an introduction to the history of the Archaic Manipuri literature, translations in Old Meithei and Meithei dialect.

Typed manuscript of a rough draft for a proposed monograph, can be in relation to WP 1/3. It is the arrangement of the material researched on Archaic Manipuri divided into chapters with a bibliography for reference.

Copies of manuscripts in Bengali script. These include:

• Copy of 'Kang, Its Rule and Origin' by KH Tolhal Singh, published by the Manipur State (Khwai) Kang Union, 1962.
• Copy of manuscript 'Old Manipuri Literature Text Book'.
• Five loose sheets of printed script with some annotations
• Printed booklet 'With the Compliments of The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad'
• Printed booklet of 'Worship of Fovoibi' by Nq. Kulachamba
• Copies of documents, one labelled 'Tikinaha jit memorial'
  *Copies of Akham Langol documents
• 'Chronicles Bengali Script' - Copies of Chronicles of the Kings of Manipur with some annotations.
• Notebook containing 'Miyad (hand copied by N. Khelachandra. Bengali Script)'.
• Notebook containing 'Sanamali Laihul'
• Copies of 'Pamheiba Larei Lathup (secrets on Pamheiba) Hand copied by Tomba Metei (Bengali Script)', two versions, one handwritten and one photocopied
• Documents entitled Pamheiba vagyoebandra; Angai Fammang; Khuman Chronicle; Luwang Chronicle; Angom Chronicle; Angom Low; Notes on Khuman Chronicles; [Gambhin Sigh genealogy??]; Bamon khunkhoklon; Moinang lambaba, handwritten
• Copies of various Manuscripts in Manipuri - not identified, with some English annotations also photocopied.
• Copy of Leisernlow Creation story
• Proof copies of a printed manuscript, uncut

Copies of documents written in Meetei Mayak Script, the ancient script of the Manipur region. These include:

• Copy of Ningthou Phambal-lon
• Copy of Manuscript labelled 'or 11715'
• Copy of manuscript labelled 'Paorou Eesei'
• Copy of 'Chainarol. (p.109-123.) (meaning of Meetei words)'
• Copies of two further manuscripts.
• Partial copies of manuscripts, Pambhoikei Khoangkron, and Cheitharel Kurobaba; newspaper articles from Huiyan Lampao and Sangai Express; and original statement in Manipur vs Kanykipon..

A green pattern cover notebook handwritten possibly in Sanskrit, the title on the first page reads 'Langlol and Notes on same'. It has annotations in English and the content is possibly related to a dialect from Manipur, India.

Collection of manuscripts on the language Manipuri by William Pettigrew, Yumjao Singh and Mrs Ethel A Pettigrew. A letter from Roland B Dixon (1875-1934) an American cultural anthropologist, the letter mentions work of William Pettigrew and a copy of Rules and Regulations of The Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Examination papers taken by William Pettigrew to test proficiency in Manipuri language and Hindustani tribal culture and accompanied by a note from the examiner congratulating William Pettigrew for passing the exam.

The Parratts collected and copied articles relating to Manipur. These are:

• Copy of 'On the Manners, Religion and Laws of the Cucis, or Mountaineers of Tipra, communicated in Persian by John Rawlins, Esq.' from Asiatic Researches, vol. II, London 1807.
• Copy of 'Extracts from a Journal kept by Captain F.T. Grant, of the Manipur Levy, during a Tour of Inspection on the Manipur Frontier along the course of the Ningthee River, &c., in January 1832' from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. III, 1834, pp.124-134, plus additional map of the area.
• Copy of 'Precis of Correspondence &c., regarding Manipur Affairs and the Cession of the Kubbo Valley to Burah' by J. Clark, Calcutta, 1879.
• The Appeals of the Manipur Princes with A Memorandum of Arguments submitted on their behalf by Manoban Ghose of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law and Advocate of the Calcutta High Court with an Appendix containing the Evidence adduced at the Trial of Tikendrajit Sing, Jubraj or Senapati. Printed and Published by W. Newman & Co., at the Caston Stream Printing Works, 1 Mission Row, 1891. Soft bound copy + further typed copy with some handwritten notes.
• Copy of 'Manipur under British Management 1891-1907' by John Shakespear, published at the Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Printing Office, 1907.
• Notes on the Early History of Manipur: A paper read at the Fifth Meeting of the Indian Historical Records Commissions, Held at Calcutta in January 1923 by F.M. Abdul Ali, Keeper of the Records of the Government of India.
• Copy of 'A Note on the Kom People of Manipur' by Paresh Chandra Das Gupta from Journal of the Calcutta University of Letters, volume 27, 1935, pp. 1-7.
• Copy of extract from 'Kirata Jana-Kriti: The Indo-Mongoloids, their Contribution to the History and Culture of India, by Suniti Kumar Chatterji, from the Journal for the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. XVI, 1950, pp. 222-229.
• Copy of 'The Dance Among the Koms of Manipur' by Dr. Minendra Nath Basu, from Indian Folk-lore, Oct-Dec 1957, pp.9-10.
• Copy of 'Manipuri Dancing: Revival of a Classical Tradition' by Nayana Jhaveri, United Asia, Volume 10, 1958, pp. 172-177.
• Copy of 'Purana Apocrypha: A "Manipura-Purana"' by Suniti Kumar Chatterji from Indological Studies in Honor of W. Norman Brown, American Oriental Society, 1962, pp. 28-41. This article is annotated and a sheet of handwritten notes inserted into it.
• Copy of 'Manipur Vaishnavism: A Sociological Interpretation' by Kunj Bihari Singh, from Sociological Bulletin (Bombay) Vol XII, No. 2, 1963, pp.66-72.
• Copy of 'Traces of Pre-Hinduism in the Meitei Society' by Kunj Bihari Singh, from Folklore Vol V, No. 6, June 1964, pp. 210-206.
• Copy of 'The Vestiges of Tree-Cult among the Meiteis' by Kunj Bihari Singh from Folklore, September 1964, pp. 334-6.
• Copy of 'India: Introduction', pp. 205-214, from South-East Asia Tribes, Minorities and Nations, edited by P. Kimstadtor, Princeton University Press, 1967.
• Manipur newspaper [1972]
• Iconographs in Manipur' by O.K. Singh, offprint from Sculptures of Manipur, Mutua Museum Bulletin No.2, December 1982.
• Copy of 'Jurisprudential Study of the Interaction of Meetei Customary Law and Hindu Law- by Sanaban Raghumani Singh, a thesis for the Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Law, Kurukshetra University, April 1985, Prologue and Chapters 1 and 2.
• Manipur - A Ritual Theatre State' by Lokendra Arambam reprinted from Manipur University Research Journal, 1986: Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. III, No. 1 August 1986.
• Hoyang Hiren (Royal boat of Manipur)' pamphlet in English produced by the Manipur State Museum, September 1988.
• Advertising brochure for the 'Exhibition of Indigenous Musical Instruments of Manipur (from the collection of Manipur State Museum)' held from 7-24 January 1989.
• Copy of 'Urn-burial at Khaidem-Mang, Sugnu in Manipur' by O.K Singh, reprint from Souvenir - National Seminar on Man and Culture, 10-11 April 1991.
• Handwritten Notes on 'A Report on the 1994 excavation of Sikta, Manipur', 2 pieces.
• Copy of 'Some Rituals' part of Kwatha by Mayanglambam Gourachandra, published, People's Museum, Kakching, 1995.
• Copy of an extract from 'A Grammar of Meithei' by Shobhana L. Chlliah, published 1997, with handwritten annotations concerning incorrect entries.
• Correspondence between L.S. Springate, Royal Botanic Garden and Professor John Parratt concerning cuttings of 'langthrei' which Parratt had sent to the Botanic Garden, letter and email transcript, 19-26 August 1999. On reverse of email transcript are handwritten notes concerning the plant. This was found among the articles.
• News cutting of 'Response to NISC Paper' (Naga International Support Center) by Professor John Parratt, Imphal Free Press, 11 September 2004.
• Copy of 'Nupilal': Women's War, Gender and Sports in the History of Modern Manipur' by James H. Mills, published in NEIS Volume 1, No. 2, January 2006, pp.1-23. With the article is a compliment slip from James H. Mills.
• Copy of 'Manipuri Dance' by Christel Stevens, taken from Internet, in five parts, the first dated 2 February 2006.
• Copy of 'Bringing Manipuri Dance to the World Stage' by Christel Stevens. Abridged and edited version of the above article. Undated.
• Copy of 'Religious and Economic Reform: The Gaidinliu Movement and the Heraka in the North Cachar Hills' by Arkotong Longkumer. From the South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2007, pp. 499-515.
• Copy of 'The Art of Thang-Ta' by Laitonjam Kokngang Singh and Nongthombam Premchand published in Indian Folklife Serial No. 30 August 2008.
• Copy of 'Secondary Burial of the Chakpa Lois of Phayeng Village, Manipur, India' by Dr. Hoabijam Vokendro Singh, from Antrocom Online Journal of Anthropology, 2011, volume 7, n.1, pp.99-101.
• Copy of 'Manipur State Congress, Hijam Irabot and the Merger of Manipur with India' by John Parratt, Eastern Quarterly 2015. Paper delivered to the 34th Archives Week Celebration, Imphal, December 2013.
• Photocopy of 'Boundaries Blurred? Folklore, Mythology, History and the Quest for an Alternative Genealogy in North-east India' by Sohini Ray, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 25, Part 2, 2015, pp. 247-267.
• Counting the dead in Manipur's shoot-to-kill war', report from BBC world News website, 3 July 2017.
• The Pioneer of Manipur, Typed by P.I.S.' - typed copy, undated.
• Copy of a map entitled 'Burma Mission Stations' printed by George Philip & Son Ltd., London, undated.
• List entitled 'Manipur State Archives, Photo Gallery', undated.
• Copy of 'Poireiton Khunthok: Birth, Origin or Migration Myth?' by Takhellambam Tomba, undated.
• Copy of 'Specimens of Meitei Proverbs' by Sm. Anima Devi. From Indian Folk-lore, pp. 63-74, undated.

Two manuscript pages from the puya Takhel Ngamba (Conqueror of Trippera) about the early 18th century King, Garib Niwaz. The pages can probably also be dated to the 18th century.

With these page are a photocopy of a letter in Manipuri script sent by Maharaj Chandrakirti Singh to the Viceroy of India in May 1868.

There is also a copy of an email from John Parratt explaining these documents, dated 27 June 2022.