The photographic slides contain images of the 40-inch telescope control desk, it's construction, reparing of it's dew cap from 1971 to 1984.

The photographic slides contain images of Ritchey Chretien, Raheem and Nadhan at Kavalur, a rite of the first hut, a 16-inch telescope, a 30-inch drive circuit microprocessor, ribbon cutting at STARS(1977 Jan 23), 6-inch telescope, Schimt telescope, etc in Kavalur Observatory.

The item was about the rich tributes paid to the noted Indian astronomer M. K. Vainu Bappu. Scientists of Bombay at a condolence meeting held at the Nehru Planetarium on August 22. The director of TIFR said M. K. Vainu Bappu was a giant among astronomers and also suggested that the famous 90-inch telescope should be renamed after him. It also speaks on the M. K. Vainu Bappu-Wilson effect and also the first Indian to discover a comet that had been named after him.

These photographic slides contain the 6-inch telescope at Mount Nimmu top on an astronomical site survey at Leh-Ladakh during 1984-1989.

These Photographic slides contain compressed photographs of a 20-inch telescope building, dome, guest house, photometer, and Bhavnagar telescope at Leh.

The album contains photos taken during the 25th anniversary of the Vainu Bappu Telescope (also called VBT, 2.34m telescope, and 90-inch telescope) installed at Kavalur observatory in 1986. Photos of the jubilee ceremony meeting, presenting a miniature form of the VBT to the persons who were working for VBT by M. G. K. Menon, publishing a book titled ' Vainu Bappu Telescope- Silver Jubilee 2011' by M. G. K. Menon and S. S. Hasan, a talk on the VBT inside the telescope building, exhibition on the theme of VBT in the library of Bangalore campus are organized.

The letter is from Gilbert T. Walker, meteorological reporter to the government of India, to J. Wilson, Secretary to the Government of India, regarding an invitation to visit the residency at Hyderabad to pronounce the merits of the new telescope. It also asks, due to lack of time, if it will be possible for Michie Smith to check the telescopes.

The letter is to Charles Michie Smith from the Nawab informing that all the arrangements will be made possible for his reception and to let them know a few days in advance of his arrival at Hyderabad.

The letter is from the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories stating a report on the Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur's telescopes. It states the conditions pertaining to the telescopes and how their location has affected the tests.

The album comprises photos of the second workshop on the Vainu Bappu Telescope at Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, from 19 to 20 April 1990. Images of the discussion and participants, the outdoor and indoor views of the observatory and the staff of the VBO can be seen in the album.