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Two letters from the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, one to Professor Luce to ask whether he minds if Mr Stewart Wavell of the B.B.C. makes a recording of his lecture; the other to Mr Wavell to enclose 2 tickets for the Presentation. Both typed and dated 6 January 1966.

Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Richard Harris, The Times, to include an invitation card to the Presentation of the Gold Medal. Typed, dated 10 January 1966.

Letters to the Editors of The Times and The Illustrated London News, and to The Press Association Ltd., to send a note on the career of Professor Luce. A copy of this is with these letters. All typed, dated 10 January 1966.

In this sub-series there is a letter concerning the production of the January lecture card and an example of the Invitation.

Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Messrs. Barnard & Crannis, Ltd. to enclose the draft for the January lecture card and request the proofs before it is printed. She also confirms the order for library cards. The draft is with the letter. Typed, dated 24 November, 1965.

Invitation/ Lecture Card for the Presentation of the Society's Triennial Gold Medal to Professor Luce. Printed material, dated 13 January 1966.

Two newspaper cuttings, one from The Times for 23 December 1965 announcing the award of the Gold Medal to Professor Luce; the other from the Daily Telegraph for 13 January 1966 to announce that the Presentation of the Medal would take place that evening.

This series contains correspondence regarding the conferment of the Medal, correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal; correspondence with media organisations; newspaper cuttings; and material concerning the death of Hamilton Gibb. See Related Material for further information

This sub-series contains material regarding the selection of the candidate for the award and correspondence from Sir Hamilton Gibb,

A letter from the Selection Committee for the Gold Medal to the President of the Royal Asiatic Society to nominate Sir Hamilton Gibb for the award of the Medal. They had considered 6 candidates and the Committee recommends that these names be put on record for the use of further committees. Their second choice was Sir Harold Bailey (see RAS TGM/26). The letter is handwritten and signed by the members of the Committee - John Burton-Page, Professor Edward Ullendorff and H.C. Shorto. Dated 26 June 1968. With this letter is a handwritten note to the Director recommending Sir Harold Bailey and a letter from E.H.S. Simmonds to John Burton-Page, also recommending Harold Bailey. This is typed and dated 14 June 1968.