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Letter from W.S.W. Vaux, Assistant Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to inform that he had been elected Vice-President of the Society. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 1 side dated 8 June 1876.

Five administrative documents concerned with the inauguration of the Burton Memorial Fund.

Correspondence concerning the inauguration of the Burton Memorial Fund and the production of the medal.

Four items of published material relating to the inauguration of the Burton Memorial Medal.

Two casts for the Burton Memorial Medal. One side has the head of Burton and the inscription "SIR RICHARD BURTON. KCMG. 1821-1890" and the other side has a laurel wreath and the inscriptions "RICHARD BURTON MEMORIAL MEDAL" and "PRESENTED TO" with space for the recipients name. One is a complete medal, the other is in two halves each with one side plain and the other in the form of the medal.

Letters concerning the conferment of the Medal on Bertram Thomas.

Three notes in the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, Colonel Hoysted's hand. These are:

• Note on 1934 selection committee appointed by the Council.
• Note on Council Meeting of 12 April 1934 when no suggestions were given for a suitable recipient to be awarded the medal.
• Note to state that at the meeting of 14 June 1934 the name of Miss Freya Stark was recommended by the Committee.

Letters concerning the conferment of the Medal on Freya Stark.

This sub-series contains a printed invitation card for the Burton Memorial Lecture; several newspaper cuttings concerning the bestowal of the Award on Freya Stark; and a further cutting concerning her illness in 1935. There are also two obituaries and the programme for the Service of Thanksgiving for her life.

There is a single file in this sub-series - a document entitled "Royal Asiatic Society: The Burton Memorial Medal and Lecture" which gives details of the Burton Memorial Trust and its former recipients.