Documents from this file include: application for the Rome Scholarship in Medieval Studies 1959 and proposed scheme of research; recommendation letters from R.M. Crawford, John R. Hale and Karl J. Leyser; certificate of Robertson's cv from University of Melbourne; award confirmation letter; correspondence between Mrs D.W. Brogan (FAHL's Secretary) and Ian Robertson concerning administrative and financial issues; correspondence concerning Robertson's supervisor; report on work done as Rome Scholar in Medieval Studies, 1959-61 (7 June 1961); letter from J.B. Ward-Perkins to Ian Robertson in response to his report; extract of Ian Robertson's report included in FAHL's Agenda (June 1961); correspondence with J.P.V.D. Balsdon (Chair of FAHL's in 1961); correspondence between Ruth Whitehouse (FAHL's Chair) and Ian Robertson about his career up to 1990 (the letter is dated 12 November 1990).