Documents from this file include: application for the Rome Scholarship in Medieval Studies 1961 and proposed scheme of research; recommendation letters from Sir Anthony Blunt, C.R. Dodwell and the Reverend J.C. Dickinson; correspondence with R.H.C. Davies; award confirmation letter; correspondence between Anthony James (FAHL's Secretary) and M.Q. Smith concerning administrative and financial issues; correspondence concerning Smiths's position at University of Manchester and Glasgow University; letter concerning the renewal of his second year tenure; correspondence on Smith's paper on Anagni; letter addressed by M.Q. Smith to Miss Tighe (BSR Registrar/Secretary) dated 15 November 1990.