The Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey are mainly concerned with gathering material for his research into Persian Literature. They include his own notes and draft publications and additional notes by people who subsequently worked with his research.

Publications by other people found within the Storey archive (his bequest included many pamphlets associated with his research. These have been kept separately):

• Photographic plates for an unknown publications produced by the 'Bombay Art Printing Works, Fort' and photographer, 'S. Vasudeorao, Indore'. There are 7 plates showing the Patlia people, 17 plates of the Bhil people, 14 plates showing weapons, ceremonies and domestic scenes, and 7 plates showing the Bhilala people. These are all in black and white and each section is preceded by a written index.
• Plate of a portrait of George Borrow produced from the painting by Henry Wyndham Phillips by permission of Mr Murray. A black and white print mounted on green paper.
• Ecole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Programme des Cours de L'annee Scolaire, 1933-1936, printed pamphlet advertising courses available with the school.
• Proceeding of the Iran Society, Vol. II Part 3, 'Iraqi, Mystic Poet of Iran' by Arthur J. Arberry, 18 April 1939, printed pamphlet.
• Review by H. Ritter of Storey's 'Persian Literature: A bio-bibliographical Survey' published by Luzac in 1953. This is from an unknown German publication.
• Bulletin of C.I.V.I.C. Council for Investigation of Vatican Influence and Censorship, Vol. 1 No. 8, 15 October 1941, printed pamphlet
• The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review Vol. LXII, No.2, February 1947 and Vol. LXII No.3 March 1947, Printed pamphlets.
• 'Intiqād al-I'Tirād', article written by G.M. Wickens to rebuff criticisms of his previous article on the poetry of Hafiq. Typed, 15 pages.
• Selected bibliography: The Study of International affairs compiled by Lt. Colonel J.V. Delahaye, typed, 4 pieces.

Material in Persian and Arabic script. These are:

• A bound notebook with cloth cover containing a series of essays on religion and history. An index can be found at the front of the book
• A small handmade notebook held together by a simple tie containing texts in Persian.
• A further small handmade notebook containing texts in Persian
• Pages from an unknown printed text contain historical material, 18 pages. These are in a fragile condition.
• The final few pages and the back board of an unknown publication of a history text.
• Large blue sheet on which is compiled genealogical material, handwritten.
• Four sides of paper with words taken from gravestones, handwritten.

As Storey compiled information for his biobibliographical works, he created an index card system. When these were transferred to the Society's collections they were still within their original filing cabinet drawers. The contents have been transferred to archival quality boxes but the order kept as they were found. The boxes are labelled:

• 1 - Astronomy unused, Almanacs unused, Biography/History, Medicine, Omissions added to Appendix II, Not used Misc. 2 Unclassified, Geography
• 2 - Mu'ammī used
• 3 - Encycloped & Miscell used, Natural Science, Alchemy Used, Mineralogy used, Suyāq, Fauvie-y [falcousif] used, Kabūtar-bāzī, Khwushnawīsī, Saif-būzī, Harb, Games used. Polytechnics used, Ātash- bāzī, Jild-sāzī, Hr-sāzī, Sibāghat, Jild-sāzī,, Khaiyātī, Siyādi-sāzī, Tirandāzī used, Tabbākhī used, Agriculture used, Mūsīqī used, Divination, Jafr, Quyāfah, [Raml], Ta'bīr, Fāl.
• 4 - no labels
• 5 - Sufism unused (this is subdivided by individual Sufi practitioners).
• 6 - Religion & unused Sufism, Prayers, Christianity, Hurūfism, Zoroastrianism (includes some subdivision of Sufi practitioners)
• 7 - Addition and corrections included in PLI/2 (Persian Literature: Biography, Additions and Corrections, Indexes).
• 8 - Used in PL II/1 (Persian Literature: A. Mathematics. B. Weights and Measures. C. Astronomy and Astrology. D. Geography), Maths, Astronomy-Astrology.
• 9 - Adab, Hadith, Ethics Philosophy, Prayers, Hinduism, and 10 (share the same box) Literature not used.
• 11 - Marawārid, Ni'mat Khān, Tugrā, Aurangzeb, Bē-dil, Mughī works, Adab, Philosophy unused, Tales unused, Gulistān, Logic used, Dharm-shāster (also labelled Mahabhārara, Rāmāyana prob should be used, Firmans Treaties Official Letters unused,, Bābism unused, Mahābhārata, Inshā not used, Nafīs b. 'Iwad Kirmānī,
• 12 - Used History & Hinduism
• 13 - Religion, Miscellaneous, Official Manuals, Statistics, Law, Administration, Coins, Tūpū, Ethics, Qābūs-nāmah, Sujāgat-Nāmah.
• 14 - Firdausi, Abū Said, 'Unsurī, Qatrān, Khaiyām, Ahmadi-Jām, Mas'ūd, Sanā'ī, Adīb Sābir, Qiwāmī, Zahīir, Khāqām, Nizāmī, Sharaf i Shufurwah, 'Attar, Rumi.
• 15 - Hādith, Ethics and Philosophy, Prayers, Hinduism.
• 16 - Tibb used (tibb is Arabic for medicine)
• 17 - Poetry used in files? (the box is further subdivided into individual poets).
• 18 - a large section unlabelled followed by Nash'at, Nāsir i Khusrau,Ni'mat Allāh Walī, Nizām al-D. Amliyā], Nizām al-Din Thānēsarī, Nūr i wahdat, Nūr Bakhsh, Nuzhart al-arwāh, Pārsā, al-Qūnawī Sadr al-Dīn, al-Qushairī, Rājū, Ra'ūf Ahmad, Rāzī (Fakhr al-D.), Ridā b. M. Kāzim, Rūmī (Ahmad), Sā'in al-Dīa Turkah, Sirhindī, Rūzbihēn al-Baqli, Sa'd al-D Hummū'ī , Shāh (Mullā), Shihāb al-D. b. Fath M, Simnāmī, Shamā'il i atqiyā', Sittah i darūrīyah, Sūfī, Sharīf, Sunāmī, al-Ta'arruf, Tāhir Nasrābādī, Thanā'Allāh Pānipatī, Tarab al-majālis, Taswiyah, Thānēsarī, al-Tuhfat al munsalah, Tūsī, Tūsī (Muhyī al-D.), Urfī, 'Uthmān (Shāh), Wajīh al-Dīn), Walī Allāh Dihlawī, Zubdat al-Haqāiq.
• 19 - PL II/3 Omissions List (Persian Literature: . F. Encyclopaedias and Miscellanies; G. Arts and Crafts; H. Science; J. Occult Arts _
• 20 - PL III Authors etc. A-H (Persian Literature III: Part 1 A. Lexicography. B. Grammar. C. Prosody and Poetics. Part 2 D. Rhetoric, Riddles and Chronograms. E. Ornate prose, Part 3 Proverbs: Tales).
• 21 - PL III Authors etc. I-M.
• 22 - PL III Authors etc. N-Z, Titles A-B
• 23 - PL III Titles C-Muna
• 24 - PL III Titles Muns-Z
• 25 - PL IV Authors etc. A-J (Persian Literature IV: Law; Tradition; Religion, Sufism, Baha’ism, Prayers; Hinduism; Translations from Sanskrit, Hindi, and other Indian Languages, Ethics; Philosophy; Logic)
• 26 - PL IV Authors etc. K-Q
• 27 - PL IV Authors etc. R-Z, Titles T-Z.
• 28 - PL IV Titles A-L
• 29 - PL IV Titles M-S
• 30 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 31 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 32 - Poetry used in files? (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 33 - Poetry used in files? + Poetry Miscellaneous (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 34 - Poetry unused? A-T (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 35 - Poetry unused U-Z plus further omissions (The box is subdivided by individual poets).
• 36 - Poetry Index to Files, Authors etc.
• 37 - Poetry Index to Files, Titles.

A few of these cards have been removed in the process of compiling Persian Literature and will be found in the sections for the Volumes.

The correspondence contains letters concerned with publishing, with his research and work at the India Office Library and the University of Cambridge and more personal letters.