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The Barwis-Holliday was established in 1977 by the donation of investments to the value of £690 by Major J.E. Barwis-Holliday and supplemented by a bequest of £1,000 from the estate of the donor. The income was to be used to finance a monetary award for a paper upon a Far-Eastern subject to be published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. These papers consist of material created in the administration and conferment of the award.

Correspondence concerning the inauguration and endowment of the Barwis-Holliday Award for a paper upon a Far-Eastern subject to be published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Letter from Bebe Barwis-Holliday, wife of J. Edward Barwis-Holliday to Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society to send a newspaper cutting detailing Major Barwis-Holliday's trip to Japan as the British delegate to the OISCA conference in Japan, dated 2 October 1974. The cutting is with the letter.

Letter From J.E. Barwis-Holliday to Professor C.F. Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society, proposing the establishment of the Barwis-Holliday award to encourage more scholarship on the Far East, dated 18 April 1977. Also a covering note to Miss Diana Crawford, Secretary, RAS, to include a copy of the letter and a copy of her acknowledgement of receipt to Barwis-Holliday, dated 20 April 1977.

Correspondence between members of the Society in response to the proposed Barwis-Holliday Award.

Letter from C.F. Beckingham, President, Royal Asiatic Society to B.W. Robinson to enclose a copy of the letter from Barwis-Holliday proposing the Award and commenting favourably on it.

Letter from A.D.H. Bivar to C.F. Beckingham enthusing about the proposed award.

Letter from Arnold Kunst to C.F. Beckingham raising some issues about the administration on the proposed award.

Letter from Michael to Charles Beckingham concerning the administration of the proposed award and the use of the monetary endowment.

Postcard from Susan Skilliter to C.F. Beckingham in support of accepting the proposed award.