Mir Haider Khoja Mirbadalev (1856-1938), Russian official in Bokhara until 1919; then refugee in Peshawar and Meshed. Correspondence in Russian and English; also correspondence about him.
Rai Bahadur Norbhu Dhondup, personal assistant to the political officer in Sikkim, based mainly in Tibet. Includes originals and translations of letters from the Dalai Lama.
Hugh E. Richardson (1905-), Indian Civil Service 1930-47; British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1946-47; Indian trade agent, Gyantse, and officer in charge of mission to Lhasa, 1947-50.
Professor Alastair Lamb, author of Britain and Chinese Central Asia. Also his father, Sir Lionel H. Lamb (1900-), British ambassador to Switzerland 1953-58.
Brigadier Sir Clinton Gresham Lewis (1885-), Royal Engineers 1904; Survey of India 1907-41; in charge of Miri Mission Survey, 1911-12; Surveyor-General of India, 1937-41.
Official correspondence and reports by Bailey and others, mainly to the Foreign Department, Government of India and the British Consulate-General at Kashgar, concerning Bailey's activities in Turkestan.
Letters of acknowledgement for gifts and loans from the British Museum, the Royal Scottish Museum, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh, and the London Zoo.