This item was donated by Cherry Armstrong Great-Great Grand daughter of N.R.Pogson in 2006. We can see that Mr. Pogson was standing with Lucy Sylvia, An unknown Indian and Louise Camilla. Some small children were also seen in the photo seated infront, who probably be Charles Albion, Isis, and Robert Owen.

The award letter was regarding the order of the Indian Empire Certificate by George the Fifth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to John Evershed, Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, Madras. Evershed was nominated and appointed to be the Ordinary Companion of the said Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire.

This item was a order of the extension of leave granted by His Majesty's Secretary of State for India extension of leave or permission to return to duty as advised in list dated the 13th October 1920

The order is from the Government of Madras to the chairman, the Municipal Council, Kodaikanal, approving the proposal to extend its limits to the observatory buildings and as for the objection from the Director regarding the water supply, the area will be exempted from paying the water tax proviso(b) to section 84 of the Madras District Municipalities Act, 1920.

The order was related to granting leaves to R. Ll. Jones for 11 months and ten days. R. Ll. Jones was working as the Meteorologist at Madras and Deputy Director of the Madras Observatory.

The handwritten document was an explanatory memo by John Evershed, signed in 1918. A. A. Narayana Ayyar was the 3rd Assistant of the Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, from 1913 to 1918. During that period, he also served as the 2nd Assistant of the Observatory for more than one year. The memo was about the approval of the allowance provided to A. A. Narayana Ayyar for the service as 2nd Assistant. The exact dates during which he acted as the 2nd Assistant of the Observatory are also mentioned in the document.

This fond contains letters, several photographs, and observations related to A. A Narayana Ayer during the year 1913-1920.

This fond contains official letters, photographs, and administrative files related to P. R. Chidambara Ayer during the years 1919-1932.

The fond contains documents of Thomas Royds, the past director of Kodaikanal Solar Observatory. It consists of mainly official letters, administrative documents, pay slips and handwritten documents related to Thomas Royds.

The font contains letters, correspondence, life, achievements and participation at National and International level of Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu