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Governance, administrative, and event material from the Royal Asiatic Society China in Shanghai and some material from their interaction with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Council Minutes and Agendas for the Society:

• Agendas for September 2006, 21 September 2006, 14 December 2006, 18 January 2007, 15 March 2007, 19 April 2007, 23 March 2007 and 24 June 2007.

• Minutes for 21 September 2006, 19 October 2006, 14 December 2006, 15 March 2007, 19 April 2007 and 23 May 2007.

• List of Council Members undated

Minutes and Agendas from Committees of the Society:

• List of Committees, undated.

Finance Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Finance Committee Agenda, undated [2006]'
• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 19 April 2007.
• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, Report on Finances, 31 May 2007.

Library Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, North China Branch RAS Library Report, 2 June 2007.

Membership Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Membership Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].

Scholarship Committee

• Royal Asiatic Society of Hangzhou - Shanghai, Scholarship Committee, Agenda, undated [2006].

Administrative documents and correspondence concerned with the governance of the Society:

• 'Message to those considering reforming the Asiatic Society in Shanghai' from Professor Francis Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, dated 6 March 2006.
• Letter from Judith Kolbas, President, RAS China in Shanghai, to Geoffrey concerning his recent visit and advice on building the library of the Society, dated 24 July 2006.
• Correspondence concerning the visit of Dr Liu Wei, Honorary Vice President, Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai Branch, to the Royal Asiatic Society. Copies of emails and letter confirming invitation, dated 15 January -17 January 2007. (Note these are physical documents.)
• Letter from David E. Mungello, Professor of History, Baylor University, to Judith Kolbas concerning the Xujiahui Library and the possibility of books from the former RAS North China Branch being within the library, dated 15 March 2007.
• Royal Asiatic Society, Shanghai, Sponsorship Strategy, A Working Paper, dated 6 June 2007.
• Letter from Rebecca, HSBC (China) Bank, to Judith Kolbas to arrange a meeting for the 3 July 2007.
• HSBC Priorities - a list of points to be considered at the meeting of 3 July 2007.
• 'Articles on China' - a list of articles taken from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for possible inclusion in a book on China. It is unclear whether this is a potential RAS Great Britain project or RAS China in Shanghai but the material was part of the donation from Judith Kolbas.
• 'RAS In-House Co-ordinator' - job description, undated.
• 'ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY - Shanghai - Objectives of the Society', a description of the objectives of the Society, undated.
• Objectives of the Society - written in Chinese, undated.
• 'RAS NEWSLETTER' - article by Judith Kolbas concerning the meetings of the Society in Hangzhou and their aim to have the Society registered with the official channels in China, undated.
• '222 Years Royal Asiatic Society' - prospectus concerning the possible re-establishment of the North China Branch in Hangzhou

Files concerned with membership of the Society:

• Draft Membership Prospectus - leaflet explaining the purposes of the Society and how to become a member, undated.
• 'ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY - Shanghai – List of Fellows, Last up-date: 25 May 2007' list of Fellows as of 25 May 2007.

The Society holds regular General Meetings at which a speaker delivers a lecture. The material in this subseries concerns both general administration for these meetings and minutes and lecture details for individual events.

General Administration

• 'Royal Asiatic Society - Shanghai – Lectures and Activities' - list of events from March 2006 - June 2007.
• Invitation to speakers - an invitation to interested parties to lecture at the Society, 2007.
• 'Lecture Programme' - administrative document concerning the organisation of lectures in 2007.
• 'Royal Asiatic Society - Shanghai – Activities in Shanghai' - list of events from May - October 2007

Individual Meetings
22 June 2006

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Zenaida des Aubris.
• Publicity for the lecture by Zenaida des Aubris.
• Photograph of Zenaida des Aubris.

16 November 2006

• Introduction to the speaker Dr Tianxiang Zhan.
• Summary of the life of John Leighton Stuart as publicity for the lecture (Publicity 1).
• Publicity for the lecture giving details of the event (Publicity 2).

13 December 2006

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Maria Blanco Facal.
• Publicity for the lecture by Maria Blanco Facal (please note that this is dated as 14 December 2006).

17 January 2007

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Judith Kolbas.
• Publicity for the lecture by Judith Kolbas.

15 March 2007

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Li Yanfeng
• Publicity for the lecture by Li Yanfeng giving details of the lecture and venue (Publicity 1).
• Publicity for the lecture by Li Yanfeng giving details of the lecture (Publicity 2).

18 April 2007

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Betty Wei.
• Publicity for the lecture by Betty Wei giving details of the lecture (Publicity 1).
• Publicity for the lecture by Betty Wei giving details of the lecture and venue (Publicity 2).

23 May 2007

• General Meeting Agenda for the meeting.
• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speaker Paolo Sabbatini.
• Publicity for the lecture by Paolo Sabbatini giving details of the lecture and venue.

24 June 2007

• General Meeting Minutes for the meeting.
• Introduction to the speakers Beth McKillop and Jane Portal.
• Publicity for the lectures by Beth McKillop and Jane Portal giving details of the lecture and venue.

21 October 2007

• Introduction to the speaker Peter Hibbard.
• Publicity for the lecture by Peter Hibbard giving details of the lecture and venue.

This material covers other events organised, given or attended by Society members. These are:

20 and 25 January 2007 - Visit to Huqingyutang Apothecary

• Publicity for the visits to learn about the Medicine Men of Hangzhou.
• Itinerary for the visits.

23 January 2007 - Rotary Club Lecture

• Copy of the lecture given by Judith Kolbas, Vice-President, to the Rotary Club concerning the move of the Royal Asiatic Society China to Shanghai.

29 May 2007 - Visit to the Tea Fields at Meijiawu near Hangzhou

• Announcement for the visit to the tea fields at Meijiawu.
• Details of the Visit.
• Itinerary for the Visit.

2017 - Visit to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• Postcard from Officers of "Shanghai RAS Library" to Edward Weech, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the tour of the Royal Asiatic Society Library. Handwritten, dated 8 August 2017. The image on the postcard is of "Lane 481, Taixing Road, a shikumen longlang".

Royal Asiatic Society China in Beijing was established in 2013. The archival material is:

• Letter from Professor Anthony Stockwell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Alan Babington-Smith, President, Royal Asiatic Society China in Beijing concerning the proposed change of name for the Society in Beijing. Typed, one piece, dated 30 October 2018.

Letter from C.A. Storey to Luzac & Co. to send them the Presentation List for the new volume of the Gibb Memorial Service. They should not let anyone see it other than the trustees. He suggests they now receive 150 copies rather than 100 in order to cover the ones needed to be sent to those on the Presentation list.

Letter from Luzac & Co. to C.A. Storey to thank Storey for the presentation list. The volumes will be despatched to those on the list the following week. The list will be returned to Storey as soon as possible. They have ordered, from Tehran, the Diwan i-Bābā.