The item is a letter from William Butler to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, Kodaikanal related to the supply of Imperial ordinary plates as requested by the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories. It is mentioning that that six dozen 5*4 plates were supplied by Messrs. Houghton and Company.

The item is a letter from William Butler, Director General of Stores, to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, stating that the photographic plates requested by the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories have been supplied to Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories by Imperial Dry Plates Company. The quantity of sent items is also mentioned in the letter.

The item is a letter written by Charles P. Butler, Ag. Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to John Eliot, the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India and Director General of Indian Observatories, Simla, in 1903. The letter inquires about sending a personal copy of the administration report to M. Compte de la Baume Pluvinel, who was one of the distinguished astronomical spectroscopists.

The letter was sent by an anonymous person to Gilbert T. Walker in 1905. It is mentioning that this letter was sent with two memos and the Madras rainfall tables (containing the daily averages for 80 years). The letter also notes the about the unfavourable weather and the freshly constructed lathe for mechanical work.

This fonds consists of images from Sakunagiri, a conical mountain in the Malnad region of Chikmagalur. Here are images of viewpoints in Sakunagiri, a photograph of Mallik, Sanjaya Bhattachayya and Bhattachayya, a hill near Sakunagiri, and a view from Sakunagiri of a large lake.

This fond contains photographic slides of random images in New Zealand. It contains images of mulla jubilee and freesia flowers in New Zealand. The images of cattle grazing and a foliage in New Zealand

This fond contains images from Waikato in New Zealand. It mainly consists images of the University of Waikato, an image of Bottlebrush flowers in Hamilton and a bridge over Waikato River and Hamilton.

The photographic slides contain the images of IIA Bangalore main lb annex seen from St.John's hostel on 2nd Aug 1987.

The photographic slides contain images of different places in Bangalore like GPO & TV tower, St.John's main campus, Vidhan Soudha and a mosque.

This item was about the history of the Kodaikanal Observatory and the events that took place during its 100-year completion celebration. The observatory was established in 1899 as a Solar Physics Observatory and was the new home for all the activities of the Madras Observatory.