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Journal of William Alley describing fourteen voyages to India, Malaya and the East Indies in several ships. The typescripts cover most of the journal's text and include material from the records of the East India Company reporting Alley's activities.

Papers of Rev George Grenfell including two letters to the Rev Lawson Forfeitt from Birmingham 9 Aug 1901 and from Lualaba river, 24 May 1903 and two notebooks containing sketches for a map of the Congo, its tributaries and Lake Leopold, 1886-1888.

Biographical material relating to Rev Charles William Pearson including 'The Life of Charles William Pearson' by R Pearson, Aug 1991 and photocopies of research notes including on Pearson's missionary work in Sudan and Uganda, M'Tesa's kingdom, 1860s-1880s and Pearson's career in the Merchant Navy and draft chapters of a biography of Pearson.