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 document is a letter from William Butler, Director General of Stores, to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories, Kodaikanal, informing that imperial latern plates required by the Kodaikanal Observatory have been ordered. The product was ordered from Imperial Dry Plate Company, London. The specifications and the quantity of the plates are also mentioned in the letter.

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 letter is from William Foster, registrar and superintendent of records, to the Secretary to the Government of India Department of Revenue and Agriculture regarding changes in address. It is to inform that the Solar Physics Observatory, formerly at South Kensington, was moved to Cambridge, and future communications and parcels should be sent to the new address.

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 item was a handwritten letter by John Evershed, past Director of Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, to Thomas Royds in which he informs aboout his leave and do not know when he will return.

The item was a petition submitted by P. R. Chidambara Ayer to The Secretary to the Government of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department, about his salary. The facts of the case have been stated very clearly in the petition. The letter was sent to The Director General of Observatories and the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories in 1920.

The letter contains a request from Thomas Royds to The Director General of Observatories, Simla, about issuing a copy of his appointment order.

A letter referencing the countersignature and return the plans and estimates for constructing a residence without-houses for the European Assistant Astronomer at Kodaikanal

This letter is requesting morse paper for the chronograph and 25 rolls of the sample. Here, the width and length were mentioned regarding these items, and it was also mentioned the supply of Morse paper would be suspended for a while.