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There are three letters from David Lorimer to Sidney Duly and one letter from Emily Lorimer to Sidney Duly. There is a further letter from Duly to Richard Pankhurst, RAS Librarian, to donate the material to the Society

Correspondence concerned with the organisation of the London Congress. These are:

• Draft letter to Professors A Dillmann and A [Knewen], Presidents of 5th and 6th Congresses and to inform them that places of honour are reserved for them on the organising committee as ex-presidents. Undated.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to send replies from Sir George Birdwood (not with letter) and to ask that the Minutes of the meeting not be entered in the book until sure no more corrections would be needed. Dated 20 June 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger concerning the contention between different groups regarding the Congress. Dated 22 June 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to enclose a letter from Birdwood to fix a meeting of Secretaries. He writes concerning the division of work among the Secretaries. He also asks concerning Minutes of the previous meeting which he deems was illegal but the items discussed can be put on agenda of a meeting that is legal. He also writes with his estimates for the cost of the Congress. Dated 29 June 1890.
• Letter from L. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to ask him to ask Mr Douglas to return Sir George Birdwood's letter which had been sent by her husband. Dated 30 June 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to enclose a letter from Hewitt (not present) and one from Samuel Ball Platner (enclosed). He also writes about possible delegates and other administrative matters. Dated 6 July 1890. Samuel Bell Platner writes to suggest contacting the American Oriental Society. Dated 16 June 1890. Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to arrange the next meeting of the signatories. Dated 10 July 1890.
• Two letters from Sir George Birdwood to Dr Bullinger concerning organising the forthcoming meeting and the work of the Secretaries. Dated 10 July-15 July 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to express his grievances concerning the division of work, proposed members of the committee and contravention of the rules. dated 14 July 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to state that he will try to attend the forthcoming meeting. Dated 19 July 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to send his corrections for the Minutes, to hope these Minutes would not be discussed at the forthcoming meeting of the Secretaries, and to send agenda items for the next Committee meeting. Dated 21 July 1890.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to state that the meeting held was illegal and his reasons for believing that. Dated 7 October 1890.
• Letter from G.R. Badenoch to Sir George Birdwood to tender his resignation but will endeavour to promote the congress. dated 13 October 1890.
• Letter from G.R. Badenoch to Dr Bullinger to ask for the subscriptions received for the 1891 Congress when they are now preparing for an 1892 Congress in opposition. Dated 14 November 1890. On the reverse is a copy of a proposed reply denying that the an opposing Congress had been started.
• Letter from G.W. Leitner to Dr Bullinger concerning the prospect of Henry Rawlinson and Grant Duff retiring from the Committee and to enclose letters from Dillman and Birdwood (not present). Undated.
• Letter from L. Leitner to Dr Bullinger to inform that Grant Duff had postponed the meeting. Undated.
• Letter from Arthur [Chalk] to Dr Bullinger expressing his concerns regarding the Congress after the resignations of Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir Grant Duff. Dated 17 November 1890.
• Letter from G.R. Badenoch to Dr Bullinger to ask for him to reply to his letter of 14 November 1890. Dated 26 November 1890.
• Letter from Dr H.W. Bellew to Dr Bullinger expressing his concern regarding tickets issued and his name being used without his consent. Dated 30 December 1890. On reverse is a copy of Bullinger's reply to express his surprise that Bellew had not given his consent. Dated 31 December 1890.
• Letter from W [Maitir] Wood to Dr Bullinger expressing his concerns regarding the management of the Committee. Dated 10 January 1891.
• Letter from Dr Bullinger to explain the reasons for some of the changes and to return the recipient's cheque. Dated 13 January 1891.
• Letter from A. Weber, translated from National Zeitung, 7 March 1891 expressing his concerns regarding the 9th Congress of Orientalists.
• Letter from Robert L. Douglas to state that from a note from Sir George Birdwood it would appear that Leitner had resigned and to ask the recipient to obtain any official papers from Leitner. Dated 19 June.
• Translation of a letter from from the Vice-President of the Central Committee of Organisation of the Congress of Orientalists projected to be held in Seville Cordoba and Granada in September and October of 1892, to inform that due to the division of parties concerned with the Congress the Government of His Majesty in Spain withdraw their offer of support. Dated 29 January-6 February 1892.
• Letter from W. Henry to Professor Rhys Davids to thank for the honour of invitation and to ask whether the international jury will proceed by mutual exchange of letters. Dated 5 November 1892.

Correspondence concerned with information about the collections. These are:

• Letter from Michael Faraday, Royal Institution, to Sir Alexander Johnstone, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the constitution of a bowl from Java which was made from an alloy of copper and tin. Handwritten, 1piece, dated 11 April 1827. With the letter is a sheet of information about the bowl in which it states it was in the possession of John Crawfurd, handwritten, 1 piece.
• Letter from Joseph L. Williams to the Royal Asiatic Society to ask for permission to inspect the art collection of the Society with the view to them being copied for publication in 'The Comprehensive History of India'. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 6 September 1838.
• Letter from the East India House to accede to the request for Henry Rawlinson to remove to the Society a slab to create a facsimile of its inscription. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 29 April 1858.
• Letter from General Jacob to James Redhouse, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send a letter from Mr Friederich concerning the Bali Purana. Unfortunately the letter is no longer enclosed. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 27 February 1863.
• Letter from J.W. Freeland to the Royal Asiatic Society to provide the translation of a Chinese Inscription found on a stone presented to the Society by Sir Henry Parkes. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 3 August 1863.
• Letter from John Scarth to the Royal Asiatic Society to give his and Dr Hobson's views on a manuscript, perhaps by Charles Gutzlaff, concerning Chinese philosophy. There is some doubt as to the authorship of the manuscript. Handwritten, 7 sides, dated 8 October. With the letter is the one from Hobson to Scarth expressing his views. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 1 October.
• Letter from N. de Khonikof to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the Tarikh namah. Handwritten in French, 1 side, dated 26 July 1868.
• Letter from Robert K. Douglas, British Museum, to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to provide information on two volumes of Japanese poems. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 21 December 1893.
• Correspondence between H.F. Eggeling, F.W. Thomas and Miss Lowes Dickinson concerning manuscripts belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society found among the property of Professor Eggeling, former Honorary member and Secretary of the Society, upon his death. Handwritten and typed, 9 pieces, dated 24 May - 2 December 1918.
• Correspondence from Gertrude A. Anderson to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning gift of Thomas Manning's Chinese books to the Society - information needed for her research to produce a book on Manning's letters to Charles Lamb. Handwritten, 2 pieces, dated 17 July -3 August 1919.
• Correspondence with William Foster providing information concerning the collections. Foster published the article, 'The Pictures of the Royal Asiatic Society' in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, January 1924. Handwritten, 4 letters, dated 16 November 1915 - 24 October 1923.
• Correspondence concerning Japanese pictures left at the Royal Asiatic Society by Henry Faulds of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Handwritten and typed, 6 pieces, dated 31 January 1921 - 21 April 1932.
• Correspondence concerning the reproduction and the repagination of the Shahnamah of Firdausi manuscript. Also included is information concerning annotations in the manuscript and a short history of the donor. Typed and handwritten, 30 pieces, dated 22 October 1930 - 14 February 1932.
• Correspondence concerning the identification of the Chinese books donated by Thomas Manning and the subsequent employment of Shelley Wang to catalogue the Chinese books of the Society. Typed and handwritten, 24 pieces, dated 5 November 1929 - 15 April 1937.
• Correspondence from Dr. P.E. Pieris concerning an error in the description of a watercolour by J. Stephanoof representing the High Court of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Typed, 5 pieces, dated 15 April - August 1937.
• Letter from Dr Y.D. Sharma, Assistant Superintendent, Department of Archaeology, Calcutta (Kolkata) to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning an inscribed slab within the Collections originally from the Anantavasudeva Temple at Bhuvanesvar. He asks if a thick squeeze could be made of it. Typed, 1 piece, dated 6 August 1948.

Correspondence pertaining to the award of the Medal to Cecil John Edmonds.

Correspondence concerned with the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to Wilfred Thesiger.

Letters concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Stephen Helmsley Longrigg.

Correspondence concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Mary Boyce.

Letters concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Professor Robert Bertram Serjeant.

Correspondence concerned with the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Doreen Ingrams and Beatrice de Cardi.

Copies of emails concerning the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal posthumously on Ralph Pinder-Wilson.