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This item concerns about the rare white light flare recorded in hydrogen alpha at Kodaikanal Observatory. These observations were taken on photographic films or plates and digitized for scientific research purposes.

A reply letter from the Director mentioning the impossibility of fixing the sunshine recorder satisfactorily on the pier which was built for it. He also mentioned he will build a larger pier in a new and better site and will cement it in place as suggested

This is a reply letter to the Director from Gilbert Walker with reference to the previous letter. It was mentioned that the sunshine recorder should be firmly fixed so that it will not be accidentally thrown out of adjustment.

This office memorandum was sent from the India Meteorological Department to John Evershed about the difficulty in getting the press to set up correctly the type of Seismic records.

The letter was written by E. C. J. Bond who was the officer in-charge No. 18 party (Magnetic), Survey of India to the Director of the Madras and Kodaiknal Observatories, Kodaikanal. He was asking the director to set up the necessary procedures to collect various deflections from the magnetograph in Kodaikanal, including visual and photographic deflections.

The award was an honour of electing John Evershed as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

This item was about the brochure published by Department of Post. This brochure was published on 02-12-2008 for 500 paise. 4 lakh copies of this brochure were published to commemorate the centenary of the discovery of "Evershed Effect". It provides a brief detail about the "Evershed Effect".

The fond contain correspondence regarding the Astronomical Observatory at Lahore. The letter is from the Director of Kodaikanal & Madras Observatories to the Registrar, Panjab University, Lahore, giving suggestions for the proposed Astronomical Observatory to be built in Lahore. The letter has suggestions about transit instruments and a 7-inch equatorial telescope. A sketch of the roofing complex is also attached.

The fond contains correspondence between E. C. J. Bond, the officer-in-charge, No. 18 party (Magnetic), Survey of India, and the Director of the Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories during 1919-1920. The official letters are about the magnetic observations from the Kodaikanal Magnetic Observatory. The observations have been taken from the Kodaikanal Observatory and used to send to The Survey of India office for scientific purposes. This fond consists of 7 letters sufficient to understand the cooperation between The Survey of India and The Kodaikanal Observatory.

This fond contains letters and documents related to the meteorology in Kodaikanal during 1898 to 1925