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"W.C. Peppé's Excavations at Piprahwa: Supplementary Note by R B Parsons" in which he comments concerning how further excavations of the site, which are published in "Excavation at Piprahwa and Ganwari" by K.M. Srivastava (New Delhi 1996: Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No 94), may affect interpretation of the material.

Untitled list of finds subdivided into containers, labelled A-M and I-XIII. Handwritten, 4 sides, undated [1898].

"The Buddhist Stupa at Piprahwa on the Birdpur Estate." A draft of the paper published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1898 (3), pp.573-578. The main body of the text is in Peppé's handwriting but there some emendations and additions in another hand, probably that of Vincent Smith. However these do not appear in the article as published but the article is considerably revised from this draft and has an additional note by Vincent Smith (pp. 579-588). Handwritten, 7 sides, undated [1898].

A short description of the caves written by Arthur Anderson West on the 22nd December 1861.

"Scale plan of the Piprahwah stupa." Plan on yellow/brown paper in black, red and blue colouring with writing in English and nagari script, 55 x 45.5 cm. Plus a further loose page of nagari text and chart with numerals, 22.5 x 14 cm. Handwritten, 4 sides, undated [1898[.

"Preliminary handlist of transcripts of the William Claxton Peppé correspondence from the papers of Neil Peppé, Esq., prepared by Charles Allen With additions by Kathy Lazenbatt Amended and annotated by R.B. Parsons". Transcriptions originally carried out in 2008 with amendments in 2009. With these is: "What happened at Piprahwa: a chronology of events relating to the excavation in January 1898..." by Charles Allen Paper on the William Claxton Peppé Correspondence presented by Neil Peppé at the Harewood Conference in 2006.

All are typed documents, dated 2006-2009.

Pencilled plan of the stupa site, 34 x 21.5 cm, on brown paper. Writing and numerals are in nagari script. Handwritten, 1 side, undated [1898].

Photocopies of the lists of finds (WCP/1/20, WCP/1/37, WCP/1/38 and WCP/1/39). Large photocopied sheets of the original material.

Pencilled plan, with position in relation to Siwalapur and Dakkim with notes in Indian script on reverse. Undated.

This series contains all the papers donated to the Royal Asiatic Society by Neil Peppé. There is correspondence with William Claxton Peppé, lists of the excavation finds, some site plans, and a draft of Peppé's article for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.