Includes yearly reports on the work of the research department covering the years 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1948; interim report on the work of the Educational Research Department 1952-3; memorandum on expenditure, 1952; and correspondence covering topics such as appointments (which names employees and salary details), payments and bills to be paid, investments, and the payment of bursaries (which name students).

Also includes a copy of a memorandum of agreement between Pilley, William Buchanan Inglis, Robert Campbell, Alexander McCallum, Prof John MacMurray, and George Robertson with Prof Godfrey Thomson regarding the administration and publishing rights of the Godfrey Thomson Fund; balance sheets from 1954-1957; and photocopy of legal document regarding the formation of the fund with the first page missing.