These Photographic slides contain compressed photographs of a 20-inch telescope building, dome, guest house, photometer, and Bhavnagar telescope at Leh.

These photographic slides contain the images of the spectrometer, and Ondrej telescope related to the Optical Science Department of Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

This letter is from Gilbert T. Walker to the Director of Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal regarding forward of the glass object via post to the Director General of Stores, London enclosing the a copy of a letter

This letter from J. Evershed to the Director-General of Stores regarding the 30-degree prism ordered for Kodaikanal M6145 Hilger, which should not be sent out for trial as judged by Mr Shackleton, the prism does not meet the requirements of the specification and should be rejected.

This letter is from K.D. Naegamvala to Dr G.T. Walker regarding lending two prisms to Kodaikanal, which was asked to be forwarded by passenger train where transit charges would also be considerable.

In this notice, Walker mentioned that Prism customs refuses drawbacks unless the contents are opened for identification wire instructions.

This letter is from the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding specifications for new grating for Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal

Letter from the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories to the Director General of Observatories regarding sending the lens details via mail. The specifications of the new lens are enclosed in this letter.

This letter to Mr McDowell states Dr Pfund is now ruling gratings up to 4.5 in, and his diamond points do not last much longer than that. Hence, they are searching for others to rule out some big gratings from the beginning of next month. And this letter was copied to the Director General of Stores to do something needful about this problem, and they mentioned in their last reply letter due to some problem it was impossible to give delivery on time, but everything under their power was done, however, to furnish the grating and the first 6-inch plane ruled of first quality would be shipped.

The album contains photos taken during the 25th anniversary of the Vainu Bappu Telescope (also called VBT, 2.34m telescope, and 90-inch telescope) installed at Kavalur observatory in 1986. Photos of the jubilee ceremony meeting, presenting a miniature form of the VBT to the persons who were working for VBT by M. G. K. Menon, publishing a book titled ' Vainu Bappu Telescope- Silver Jubilee 2011' by M. G. K. Menon and S. S. Hasan, a talk on the VBT inside the telescope building, exhibition on the theme of VBT in the library of Bangalore campus are organized.