1. Correspondence and notes relating to political developments in Malaya from former Malayan civil servants S.W. Jones and Meadows Frost, the architect John McNeill, the lawyer Sir Arnold Robinson, Edward Gent, assistant under-secretary of the Colonial Office, and the politicians Patrick Donner and W.W. Astor (circa 40 sheets). Included is a copy of the House of Commons Parliamentary Debates, 6 June, 1944, containing a speech by Astor, and a paper entitled ‘Recruitment to Government Services in British Malaya’ by the former under-secretary of the Federated Malay States, C.W. Harrison.

2. Published copies of pamphlets and articles written by Maxwell, accompanied by some related correspondence, drafts and research notes:

‘The S.S. and F.M.S fallacy’ (London, 1927)
‘The constitutional problems of Malaya’, 'Crown Colonist', Aug. 1932, 21-25 and Dec. 1932, 253-54
‘Decentralisation in the Federated Malay States’, 'Crown Colonist', July 1933, 297-302
‘The administration of Malaysia’, 'British Malaya', Apr. 1943, 139-43 and May 1943, 153-58 (2 copies of each).

3. Notes and correspondence relating to other works written by Maxwell:

‘Notes on a policy in respect of the Unfederated Malay States' (Oct. 1920)
‘The mixed communities of Malaya’, 'British Malaya', Feb. 1943, 115-19
‘The Dindings and Province Wellesley’, 'Crown Colonist', Sept. 1944, 609-10

4. 14 newspaper clippings from the ‘Times’, ‘United Empire’, ‘Daily Telegraph’ and ‘Malay Weekly Mail’ relating to Malayan and wider imperial affairs.