This item was about the page from M.S. Records stating that the Madras Observatory was established in 1786. The Madras Observatory was first was established in 1786.

The photograph of A. A. Narayana Ayyar was taken in 1913 at Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal.

The item contains a photograph of Dr. Normad (DGO) and Dr. A. L. Mudaliar's visit to the Kodaikanal Observatory. The Director, Dr.A. L. Narayan, Dr. Normad (DGO), Dr.A. L. Mudaliar, and staff are in the photograph.

The document is a pay slip of Thomas Royds for the month of March in 1916, Issued by the Assistant Account General office, Madras. During that time he was working as Assistant Director of Kodaikanal Observatory.

This is the last pay certificate for K.V. Sivarama, 1st assistant at the Kodaikanal Observatory.

This item was about the sketch of the path of a total solar eclipse that occurred in India in 1868. It depicts the Peninsula of India and shows the track of the Moon's shadow during the eclipse on August 17, 1868. The sketch was created by V.T. & A.K. Johnston in Edinburgh and includes scalar measurements at the bottom.

This item was about the Padma Bhushan Award honoured to M.K.Vainu Bappu on 28-03-1981. The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India. It is awarded for "distinguished service of a high order". The award was established on January 2, 1954.

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 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.