One of the letters asks Joseph Needham to provide a reference for a funding application to the Royal Geographical Society. The related documents comprise a copy of a letter from Needham to the Society providing a reference for Moran; letter from the Royal Geographical Society thanking Needham for the reference; booklet explaining the aims of the project; 7 photographs of the expedition vessel, Cocachin; photocopy of a photograph of the vessel in Hong Kong, published in the 'South China Morning Post', [Undated, 1990?]; expedition newsletter, (December 1989).