Book excerpt: Contains research notes, professional correspondence, teaching materials, drafts of writings, memoranda, and miscellaneous notes and articles relating to the history of Asia, Inner Asia, and the Middle East, and to the languages - Arabic, Chinese, Mongolian, Manchu and others - of this region. There are drafts of his chapters for the Cambridge History of China and the Cambridge History of Inner Asia. Also includes detailed notes (along with recordings and transcripts) for Fletcher's course on Inner Asian history, Social Sciences 20, and notes for his other classes. For information on component parts of collection, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.