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Though the medal was conferred in both 1897 and 1900 the signed and sealed Declaration of Trust document which sets out the rules and regulations for the administration of both the finance and the conferment of the Medal, dates to 6th November 1900. The document is handwritten and signed by Lord Reay, President; T W Rhys Davids, Secretary; and A M Wollaston, Chairman of the Medal Committee. Large paper document.

Pen and ink drawings of the decorative frieze located above the figures flanking a doorway in Cave No. 3 and of a frieze included in the decoration of the outer face veranda parapet of Cave No. 51, including annotations and unfinished drawings of some surrounding architectural features. Scale is a ft. to an inch.

Deed of Foundation of the Burton Memorial Fund. There are two draft copies and a page of extracts from the deed. All typed, drafts dated 1922, each 3 pages plus single typed sheet of extracts.

Handwritten definitions for Elliot's glossary, with terms translated from various local dialects into English. Handmade notebook without cover.

Defy Old Age from the Chinese of Kuan Han-ch'ing, draft translation.

"Degagement Du Phra Chedi De Wat Keo, Chaiya", by Jean Boisselier. 1979. The Journal of the Siam Society, 67 (2), pp.40-46. Photocopy of French article.

"Democracy in the Making in China" by Quaritch Wales from The Catholic World, July 1944, pp.298-303.

Description: Dark green hardcover, unruled notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, with multiple inserts. Identified as West 32 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents: Denkart Bk. III continued from vol. 8 and completed to the end of Bk. III.

Inserts:

• Book Review of "The Dinkard, Vol VI." by Peshotan Dastur Behramjee Sanjana, Print from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Jan 1882 pp. 170-2
• Translation of "Denkard (Acts of Religion), Book 3" by Peshotan Dastur Behramjee Sanjana pp. 555 - 78
• Folios of transliteration and translation of "Dinkard Book III, last but one chapter - Pahlavi Text from the MS. B, written in 1659, and brought from Iran to Surat in 1783" note from EWW: "But from a copy supplied by Dastur D. Jamaspji , which I have been unable to collate with the original MS."
• Folio with translation of "Dk III, chap. 261 (Peshotan, ed. trans. vol vi. p.405) and "The three Lunar Periods in Avesta, OC"
• Folio with "Beginnings of Folios"
• "Great Western Railway Suburban Timeline" of December 1882
• scraps of paper with different translations and transliterations

Description: Green, blue and pink pattered hardcover notebook with white pages, handwritten in ink, inserts held in place with string, detailed table of content and page numbers. Identified as West 8 in de Menasce handlist.

Contents:

• Denkart Bk III continued to Chapter 372 (Sanjana = Madan p.354)
• Babylonian Chronology from George Rawlinson's Ancient Monarchies Vol. 3
• Kings of Assyria from Rawlinson's Ancient Monarchies Vol 2.
• Mythology of the Chaldeans from Rawlinson's Ancient Monarchies Vol 1.

Inserts:

• Explanation of the word "homast"
• folios with Pahlavi transliteration and its English translation, the passage identifying marks are written in the corner of each: pp.181-183 and pp. 238 & 56
• A blue folio with words meanings in Pahlavi and English, some of which have question marks next to them
• folio with list of words and page numbers they can be found on
• folio with passage DKa 313, 3
• folio with "Zand words in Din-Kard"
• folio with a few more words, mostly blank
• Gujarati newspaper article with the articles: "Pehlvi Inscriptions in South India," "Important Speech by Lord North Brook in the Delhi Durbar" from the newspaper "Rast Gopukar Tatha Satya Prakash"
• [unmailed/draft of a] letter to the editor of "The Academy" regarding the inclusion of Pahlavi texts
• Four Folios of description, praise, and introductions for "The Dinkard"
• loose folios that serve an index
• On the back of a Times of India "Saturday Afternoon Edition" announcement leaflet "Sections of Book III not quoted from Nike-i-Vehedas"

Dennis Duncanson's feedback on the Manila Seminar - 'Impressions of the the Seminar on Village Defence and Development, Manila 1973'.