Letter from Geoff Salter, Hampshire County Library, to Raymond Head to enclose information regarding the pictures and articles that were in the house of George Staunton, Leigh Park House, Hampshire, in 1836. He asks whether any in the list match those in the Royal Asiatic Society's Collections. A photocopy of the list is with the letter. The list bears some handwritten annotations of items that are or were in the Society's Collections.
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Letter from J F Ford to Raymond Head to thank him for sending a copy of the portrait of Jahangir. He sends details of where Head can find information that will help him and to give details of the Chinese writing on the picture and other information that might help.
Ford J.F.Letter from J G Parker, Research Assistant, The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, to Raymond Head to inform which institutions hold papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson.
The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts LondonLetter from John Bastin to Raymond Head to send a copy of some of the proof sheets from his book, "Nineteenth Century Prints and Illustrated Books of Indonesia ". The copies are with the letter which is undated.
Bastin John b 1927Letter from John Nankivell to Raymond Head to try to provide some potential sources for provenance of his two drawings in the Society's collections
Nankivell JohnLetter from John Nicoll, Yale University Press, to Raymond Head to inform him that the Press would be unable to publish the catalogue. With the letter is a 2 page proposal for the Catalogue.
Yale university pressLetter from R McDonald, Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts and Records, The National Library of Wales, to Raymond Head to say that his letter addressed to the University College of Wales Library had been passed to them but there is no reference to correspondence of Charles Joseph Doyle or deposit of Sir John Doyle within their indexes. Dated 16 July 1981.
Also a letter from T.J.B. Dawkes, Reader Adviser, University College, Cardiff, to state there is no correspondence belonging to Charles Joseph Doyle at their library but they had sent the letter to the National Museum of Wales. Dated 31 July 1981.
Letter from Raymond Head to Ralph Pinder Wilson to state that he had just finished correcting the proofs and compiling an index for the catalogue. He insists on the necessity for a catalogue and includes his expenses. With the letter is a catalogue list of 16 pages.
Head Raymond b 1948Letter from Roderick Whitfield, Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum, to Raymond Head to give titles of reference books that maybe of help to Head. He writes that he found the Morrison prints most interesting and suggests they receive conservation treatment at the earliest opportunity. He also advises regarding "the painting on the wall in the hall".
Whitfield RoderickLetter from Susan Sloman to Raymond Head to discuss William Alexander and George Staunton. She sends a copy of an article from The Connoissuer with her letter and suggests a catalogue on William Alexander which might also be helpful. The article is with the letter - "Lord Macartney's audience with the Emperor of China" by Susan Legouix from the Connoissseur, February 1979, pp.122-127.
Sloman Susan Legouix