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This sub-series contains administrative material regarding the Prize.

This material contains correspondence and notices concerned with the administration of the prize.

This sub-series contains correspondence and notices concerning the Prize Essay Competition for 1940.

This is correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and the Essay prizewinner, Mr N.S. Adams.

Correspondence concerned with administration of activities for care and accessibility of the Collections. Much of this is not kept for archival purposes. These documents give illustration of the type of material produced in administration of the Collections.

The majority of administrative correspondence is only kept for its working life. This series contains representative samples of the types of administrative letters and those considered to be of archival value, dating from 1901 to the current day.

This sub-series consists of letters regarding the competition, printed notices and lists of Universities eligible to compete.

This consists of administrative correspondence with candidates and examiners, and notices of the competition.

Administrative documents concerned with Lectures and General Meetings:

• Advertising documents and correspondence concerned with the Royal Asiatic Society's celebration of the bicentenary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal which took place at the General Meeting of 12 January 1984 with Sir Cyril Philips lecturing on 'The Young Wellington in India'. There was also a lecture held at the British Library, given by Garland Cannon, on 14 March 1984, in connection with their exhibition, 'Sir William Jones and the Asiatic Society of Bengal', which ran from 20 January - 29 April 1984. 14 items, dated 16 March 1978 - 3 July 1984.
• 'Fabric of History', a newspaper article from the Evening Standard about the home of Philippa Scott. The article was kept as she pulled out of giving a lecture at short notice. Dated 21 December 1988.
• Correspondence with Walid Arafat concerning his lecture, 2 items, dated 31 December 1988.
• Letter from Helen Ballhatchett concerning her forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 4 March 1989.
• Letter from Dr I. Raeside concerning his forthcoming lecture, 1 item, dated 24 October 1989.
• Biographical Notes for Christopher Aslet, 3 items, dated 11 December 1989.

Some administrative documents have become archival material. Currently:

• Letter from Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador, Embassy of Georgia, to Alison Ohta, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank the Society for hosting 'Shakespeare and Rustaveli meet in London' as the annual Rustaveli Day celebrations on 28 November 2016. Typed letter, 1 piece, dated 2 December 2016.