The correspondence comprises 3 letters from Schram; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.The letters also discusss the search for a suitable translator to work on selected chapters of the 'Huangchao Jingshi Wenbian' as part of the project and to be paid for by a grant from the European Science Foundation.
The related documents comprise typed information on a proposed seminar as part of the project entitled 'The State and the Economy'; curriculum vitae for Ray Huang [黃仁宇 / Huang Jen-Yu / Huang Renyu]; letter from Sandra C. Pratt of the European Science Foundation, about their decision to offer Huang the Leverhulme Fellowship in Chinese Studies.